GEN · Tamil Nadu
Gobichettipalayam
Shanmugasundaram V.P (DMK) won by 1,42,968 votes (21.5%).
- Electors
- 9,71,883
- Votes polled
- 6,91,388
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 71.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 21.5% (median 9.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1996 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1999
- Margin · 2004
- 31.5%(+26.7%)
- Turnout
- 64.4%(+4.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 94.0%
Winning margin over time · Gobichettipalayam
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanmugasundaram V.PWinner | DMK | 3,53,982 | 53.2% |
| 2 | Narayanan P.G | ADMK | 2,11,014 | 31.7% |
| 3 | Nacchimuthu Nadar C | PMK | 38,368 | 5.8% |
| 4 | Palanisamy B | MDMK | 34,096 | 5.1% |
| 5 | Chandrasekar A | BJP | 11,104 | 1.7% |
| 6 | Ponnusamy L.P | IND | 3,086 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Nallappannadi | IND | 3,066 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Selwakumar Prabha L | IND | 1,922 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Chinnaponnu Vathiyar V.M | IND | 1,595 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Chandrasekar S.P | IND | 1,453 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Durai J.P | IND | 1,215 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Pachiappan K.R | IND | 1,040 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Nallasamy Gounder Ks | IND | 912 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Balasubramanian P | IND | 911 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Rangasamy K | IND | 620 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ponnusamy S.R.T.K | IND | 551 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Sheik Davood A.M | IND | 426 | 0.1% |
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