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Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha election 1998

39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 56.18% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Seats
39
Candidates
296
13 women, 1 elected
Turnout
56.18%
2.56 cr of 4.56 cr
Leading party
ADMK
18 of 39 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam18+182266,28,92825.89%+18.06
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5-121751,40,26620.08%-5.55
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi4+4515,48,9766.05%+4.02
TMCMTMCM3-172051,69,18320.19%-6.81
BJPBharatiya Janata Party3+3517,57,6456.86%+3.94
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3+3516,02,5046.26%+1.76
INDIndependent1+11276,30,5862.46%-0.54
CPICommunist Party of India1-126,28,3602.45%+0.13
JPJP1+112,66,2021.04%+0.28
INCIndian National Congress003512,23,1024.78%-13.49
PTPT00154,46,5831.74%—
MADMKMADMK0032,78,3241.09%—
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)0021,61,4520.63%-1.19
BSPBahujan Samaj Party001059,9810.23%—
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal001317,9700.07%—
SPSamajwadi Party00117,5690.07%—
UCPIUCPI00110,0180.04%—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)0026,0650.02%+0.02
AJBPAJBP0023,0580.01%—
SAPSAP0042,9060.01%0.00
SHSPSHSP0022,4230.01%—
TLJTLJ0021,6970.01%—
3939 SEATS
  • ADMK18 (46%)
  • DMK5 (13%)
  • PMK4 (10%)
  • TMCM3 (8%)
  • BJP3 (8%)
  • MDMK3 (8%)
  • Others3 (8%)
  • ADMK18
  • DMK5
  • PMK4
  • TMCM3
  • BJP3
  • MDMK3
  • Others3
ADMK 18DMK 5PMK 4TMCM 3BJP 3MDMK 3
  • ADMK18
  • DMK5
  • PMK4
  • TMCM3
  • BJP3
  • MDMK3
  • IND1
  • CPI1
  • Others1

Constituency performance

From the 39 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest
TIRUPPATTUR
won by 274 (0.04%)
Biggest victory
SALEM
won by 1,35,880 (20.62%)
Highest turnout
PUDUKKOTTAI
65.29%
Lowest turnout
MADRAS NORTH
45.29%

Seat change

Against Tamil Nadu's previous Lok Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

39SEATS
  • Retained9 (23%)
  • Changed hands30 (77%)

9 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 30 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Tamil Nadu, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE
0%12%25%37%50%19711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024ADMKDMKPMKTMCM
  • ADMK
  • DMK
  • PMK
  • TMCM
TURNOUT
0%21%41%62%83%19711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024Turnout

Constituency results

All 39 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–39 of 39

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ARAKKONAMADMKGOPAL CTMCMVELU A.M.49,4887.10%65.0%
CHENGALPATTUADMKKANCHI PANNEERSELVAMDMKPARASURAMAN K22,9163.42%58.4%
CHIDAMBARAMPMKELUMALAI ALIAS EZHILMALAI R.DMKGANESAN V.7,9551.19%63.2%
COIMBATOREBJPRADHAKRISHNAN C.P.DMKSUBBIAN K.R.1,44,67617.98%53.8%
CUDDALOREADMKDHAMOTHARAN M.C.TMCMVENKATESAN P.R.S.27,1294.27%59.0%
DHARMAPURIPMKPARY MOHAN K.TMCMTHEERTHARAMAN P.99,42716.00%52.9%
DINDIGULADMKSREENIVAASAN C.TMCMCHITTHAN N.S.V.15,1992.56%51.9%
GOBICHETTIPALAYAMADMKCHINNASAMY V.K.DMKRAMASAMY N.1,14,64219.03%59.0%
KARURADMKTHAMBI DURAI.MTMCMNATRAYAN. K43,6736.72%57.5%
KRISHNAGIRIADMKMUNUSAMY K.P.TMCMRAJARAM NAIDU D.R.49,3497.93%55.8%
MADRAS CENTRALDMKMURASOLI MARANADMKJAYAKUMAR, D71,72712.34%48.2%
MADRAS NORTHDMKKUPPUSAMI CMDMKSABAPATHY MOHAN, R.T.69,0938.11%45.3%
MADRAS SOUTHDMKBAALU T.R.BJPJANA KRISHNAMURTHI, K20,0142.23%46.4%
MADURAIJPSUBRAMANIAN SWAMYTMCMRAMBABU.A.G.S.20,8973.18%48.7%
MAYILADUTURAITMCMKRISHNAMOORTHY, K.PMKARULMOZHI, P.D.42,4566.78%63.2%
NAGAPATTINAMCPISELVARASU, M.ADMKGOPAL, DR. K.1,31,30320.55%62.6%
NAGERCOILTMCMDENNIS, N.BJPRADHAKRISHNAN, P.29,1854.92%57.7%
NILGIRISBJPMATHAN M. ALIAS MASTER MATHAN M.TMCMBALASUBRAMONIYAN S.R.60,3858.70%53.7%
PALANIMDMKGANESHAMURTHI A.TMCMKAARVENDHAN S.K.27,4374.51%54.4%
PERAMBALURADMKRAJARETHINAM, PDMKRAJA A60,4369.45%62.4%
PERIYAKULAMADMKMUTHIAH .RDMKGANDHIMATHY.R70,58011.71%55.8%
POLLACHIADMKTHIYAGARAJAN M.TMCMKOVAI THANGAM95,40117.21%54.0%
PUDUKKOTTAIADMKPARAMASIVAM, RAJADMKSIVA, P.N.30,5203.95%65.3%
RAMANATHAPURAMADMKSATHIAMOORTHY, V.TMCMUDAYAPPAN. SP.24,0924.08%54.8%
RASIPURAMADMKSAROJA V.DR.TMCMKANDASAMY K.54,3779.40%52.2%
SALEMINDRAMAMURTHY K.TMCMDEVADASS R.1,35,88020.62%55.9%
SIVAGANGATMCMCHIDAMBARAM, P.ADMKKALIMUTHU, K.59,1419.96%55.2%
SIVAKASIMDMKVAIKOCPIALAGIRISAMY, V.1,34,92317.64%63.5%
SRIPERUMBUDURADMKVENUGOPAL, K.DMKNAGARATHINAM, T23,7953.42%55.0%
TENKASIADMKMurugesan,S.TMCMARUNACHALAM.M97,26715.07%63.6%
THANJAVURDMKPALANIMANICKAM, S.S.MDMKGANESAN, L.48,2047.70%61.8%
TINDIVANAMMDMKRAMACHANDRAN N. GINGEEDMKVENKATRAMAN G.31,4534.85%60.9%
TIRUCHENDURADMKRAMARAAJANTMCMDHANUSKODI ATHITHAN R.46,8558.75%52.8%
TIRUCHENGODEADMKPALANISWAMY K.DMKRAMALINGAM K.P. Dr.1,04,80913.82%52.0%
TIRUCHIRAPPALLIBJPRANGARAJAN KUMARAMANGALAMTMCMADAIKALARAJ.L11,4551.82%53.5%
TIRUNELVELIADMKJANARTHANAN, R.DMKSARATH KUMAR, R.6,9041.15%55.6%
TIRUPPATTURDMKVENUGOPAL. DADMKKRISHNAMOORTHY.S2740.04%61.7%
VANDAVASIPMKDURAI M.TMCMBALARAMAN L.65,07510.08%60.0%
VELLOREPMKSHANMUGAM N.T.DMKMOHAMMED SAQHY T.A.26,4053.92%61.2%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.