Constituency
408. Sivaganga
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-SIVAGANGA
INC 60.0%won by 24.4%AIADMK 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 24.4%.
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1999.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 76.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.8% to 61.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,83,542
Turnout
61.6%
Valid votes
6,67,208
Margin
1,62,725
24.39%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1CHIDAMBARAM, P.Indian National Congress · INC4,00,39360.0%
- 2KARUPPIAH. S PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,37,66835.6%
- 3SUBRAMANIAN MUTHARAIYAR. M ARIMALAMIndependent · IND9,7091.5%
- 4NOWSHAD ALI KHAN. KBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,5031.0%
- 5CHIDAMBARAM. NIndependent · IND4,5120.7%
- 6CHIDAMBARAM. S PIndependent · IND1,5030.2%
- 7VENKATACHALAPATHI. A RRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD1,4870.2%
- 8IRUDHAYARAJIndependent · IND1,2980.2%
- 9CHIDAMBARAM. KIndependent · IND1,2150.2%
- 10GUNASEKARAN. PIndependent · IND1,0670.2%
- 11SHANMUGAM. CIndependent · IND9610.1%
- 12KAAYAMBU. VIndependent · IND8920.1%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AIADMK swing
- −15.8%
- INC share
- 40.2% → 60.0%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- 54.8% → 61.6%