GEN · Tamil Nadu
Madras South
Baalu T.R. (DMK) won by 20,014 votes (2.2%).
- Electors
- 19,36,771
- Votes polled
- 9,17,040
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 47.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 2.2% (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.
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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baalu T.R.Winner | DMK | 4,32,913 | 48.2% |
| 2 | Jana Krishnamurthi, K | BJP | 4,12,899 | 45.9% |
| 3 | Subramanyam, M.P | INC | 44,549 | 5.0% |
| 4 | Nagappan, M | IND | 3,294 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Kanakasabai, N | IND | 2,012 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Mohanraj, J | TLJ | 1,276 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Vivekananda, S | IND | 744 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Srinivasan, S | IND | 574 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Ganesan P.S. | IND | 537 | 0.1% |
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