Constituency
399. Madurai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-MADURAI
CPM 43.9%won by 5.0%DMK 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janahitha Paksha (JP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.0%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 16.9% to 43.9% of the vote here (+27.0%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 52.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,29,975
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
7,48,404
Margin
37,223
4.97%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1Mohan, P.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,28,20443.9%
- 2Muthuramalingam, Pon.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,90,98138.9%
- 3Rambabu, A.G.S.TMCM · TMCM89,97312.0%
- 4Subramanian SwamyJanahitha Paksha · JP20,4892.7%
- 5Singarajan, S.Independent · IND10,6251.4%
- 6Meenakshi Sundaram, M.Dr.Independent · IND5,5930.7%
- 7Gunasekaran,R.AJBP · AJBP2,5390.3%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- JP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–DMK swing
- −11.9%
- CPM share
- 16.9% → 43.9%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- 48.7% → 52.3%