Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Madras South

Venkataraman R. (INC) won by 14,829 votes (3.1%).

Electors
8,18,878
Votes polled
4,80,835
Valid votes
Turnout
58.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 3.1% (median 24.7%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1977 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
23.6%(-2.0%)
Turnout
47.9%(+2.8%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
97.2%

Winning margin over time · Madras South

197119771980198419891991199619981999200439%

Candidates

Candidates · Madras South 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Venkataraman R.WinnerINC2,41,03350.8%
2Murasoli MaranDMK2,26,20447.7%
3Srinivasan S.IND2,6760.6%
4Natarajan K.IND1,3490.3%
5Raghavan D.IND1,3230.3%
6Mohammed EhiyaIND8470.2%
7Rao I.S.IND7570.2%
8Thirunagar RathnamIND3880.1%

Showing 8 of 8 rows