Constituency
388. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-DHARMAPURI
PMK 47.5%won by 3.6%AIADMK 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedPattali Makkal Katchi held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 3.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 58.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,26,879
Turnout
58.3%
Valid votes
7,15,771
Margin
25,540
3.57%
Candidates
9 contested · winner PMK- 1Elangovan, P.D.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,40,16247.5%
- 2Munusamy, K.P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,14,62244.0%
- 3Rajendran, M.C.TMCM · TMCM26,6813.7%
- 4Appavu Chetty, V.Independent · IND20,1252.8%
- 5Selvam, C.TDK · TDK12,2151.7%
- 6Mahendran, D.Independent · IND6400.1%
- 7Elangovan, V.Independent · IND5900.1%
- 8Padmarajan, Dr.K.Independent · IND3720.1%
- 9Murugan, R.Independent · IND3640.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- PMK
- Winner now
- PMK
- PMK–AIADMK swing
- −51.5%
- PMK share
- 55.0% → 47.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- 52.9% → 58.3%