GEN · Tamil Nadu
Chidambaram
Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R. (PMK) won by 7,955 votes (1.2%).
- Electors
- 10,54,642
- Votes polled
- 6,84,155
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 64.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 1.2% (median 7.6%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1998 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 8.9%(+8.7%)
- Turnout
- 76.8%(-2.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.8%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 78.3%
Winning margin over time · Chidambaram
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R.Winner | PMK | 3,05,372 | 45.8% |
| 2 | Ganesan V. | DMK | 2,97,417 | 44.6% |
| 3 | Vallalperuman Dr. P. | INC | 43,214 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Nagappan P. | BSP | 19,922 | 3.0% |
| 5 | Jayaraj S. | IND | 351 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Janakiraman V. | IND | 318 | 0.0% |
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