Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Madras Central

Murasoli Maran (DMK) won by 71,727 votes (12.3%).

Electors
12,06,719
Votes polled
5,97,280
Valid votes
Turnout
49.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 12.3% (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.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
26.2%(+4.0%)
Turnout
49.1%(+0.6%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
97.2%

Winning margin over time · Madras Central

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Candidates

Candidates · Madras Central 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Murasoli MaranWinnerDMK3,00,77451.7%
2Jayakumar, DADMK2,29,04739.4%
3Anbarasu, RINC44,0617.6%
4Natarajan, SPT1,3850.2%
5SudarsonIND1,1610.2%
6SwaminathanIND9730.2%
7Sava Mustafa (thirumathi)IND8880.2%
8Sivakumar, VIND7980.1%
9Sivagnanasambandan .tRJD7140.1%
10Ranganathan, SIND6220.1%
11Loganathan, V.GIND4930.1%
12Jagannathan, EIND2990.1%
13Ramachandran, SIND2340.0%

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