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Constituency

400. Periyakulam

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-PERIYAKULAM

AIADMK 46.1%won by 7.0%DMK 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 7.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.3% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 58.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,21,725
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
6,58,531
Margin
45,806
6.96%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMKDMK swing
−4.8%
AIADMK share
53.1% 46.1%
DMK share
41.3% 39.2%
Turnout
55.8% 58.7%