Constituency
387. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-CHIDAMBARAM
PMK 47.7%won by 16.5%TMCM 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedPattali Makkal Katchi held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.2% to 16.5%.
- New challengerTMCM (TMCM) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.8% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 65.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,10,229
Turnout
65.2%
Valid votes
7,24,305
Margin
1,19,563
16.51%
Candidates
6 contested · winner PMK- 1Ponnuswamy, E.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,45,33147.7%
- 2Thirumavalavan, R.TMCM · TMCM2,25,76831.2%
- 3Sumathi Udayakumar, Thirumathi, T.Indian National Congress · INC1,50,79420.8%
- 4Muruganantham, D.Independent · IND1,6060.2%
- 5Kanagasabai, R.Independent · IND4220.1%
- 6Kamaraj, V.Independent · IND3840.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- PMK
- Winner now
- PMK
- PMK–TMCM swing
- −29.3%
- PMK share
- 45.8% → 47.7%
- TMCM share
- 0.0% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- 63.2% → 65.2%