Constituency
388. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-DHARMAPURI
PMK 56.0%won by 30.4%BJP 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedPattali Makkal Katchi held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 30.4%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1999.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.5% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 54.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,95,521
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
7,09,991
Margin
2,16,090
30.44%
Candidates
13 contested · winner PMK- 1SENTHIL, DR. R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,97,54056.0%
- 2ELANGOVAN. P. D.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,81,45025.6%
- 3MUNUSAMY (ALAIS) THAMILSELVAN. MJanata Dal (United) · JDU62,9608.9%
- 4BALASUBRAMANIAM. MTDK · TDK23,5533.3%
- 5JAGANATHAN. V. PIndependent · IND10,9681.5%
- 6MAHENDRAN. DIndependent · IND10,3701.5%
- 7KANNAN KALIRUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,2200.9%
- 8PADMARAJAN. DR. KIndependent · IND5,1610.7%
- 9BAYAS AHAMED. A. JIndependent · IND3,0850.4%
- 10MURUGAN. RIndependent · IND2,8440.4%
- 11AYYAPPAN. RIndependent · IND2,1780.3%
- 12SENTHIL. KIndependent · IND1,9110.3%
- 13SUBRAMANI. PIndependent · IND1,7510.2%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- PMK
- Winner now
- PMK
- PMK–BJP swing
- −17.1%
- PMK share
- 47.5% → 56.0%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- 58.3% → 54.8%