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387. Chidambaram

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-CHIDAMBARAM

PMK 46.2%won by 11.8%JDU 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Pattali Makkal Katchi held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 11.8%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1999.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,25,487
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
7,43,410
Margin
87,651
11.79%

Candidates

13 contested · winner PMK
  1. 1PONNUSWAMY, E.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,43,42446.2%
  2. 2THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOLJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,55,77334.4%
  3. 3PERIASAMY. DBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,13,97415.3%
  4. 4RAMALINGAM. DIndependent · IND6,0510.8%
  5. 5JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. PJanahitha Paksha · JP5,5260.7%
  6. 6KUMAR. KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,0920.7%
  7. 7PONNUSAMY. V EIndependent · IND3,1590.4%
  8. 8PERIYASAMY. S AIndependent · IND2,8280.4%
  9. 9RAMAMOORTHY.Independent · IND2,0030.3%
  10. 10KANAGASABAI. RIndependent · IND1,7580.2%
  11. 11ARCHUNAN. TIndependent · IND1,4860.2%
  12. 12PURUSHOTHMAN. KIndependent · IND1,2740.2%
  13. 13THIRAVIDAMANI. SIndependent · IND1,0620.1%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
PMK
Winner now
PMK
PMK–JDU swing
−35.9%
PMK share
47.7% → 46.2%
JDU share
0.0% → 34.4%
Turnout
65.2% → 66.0%
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