Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Tenkasi

Murugesan,s. (ADMK) won by 97,267 votes (15.1%).

Electors
10,14,494
Votes polled
6,62,321
Valid votes
Turnout
65.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 15.1% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
19.2%(+7.8%)
Turnout
68.1%(-4.2%)
NOTA
1.7%
Top-2 squeeze
64.1%

Winning margin over time · Tenkasi

1971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202442%

Candidates

Candidates · Tenkasi 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Murugesan,s.WinnerADMK2,70,05341.8%
2Arunachalam.mTMC(M)1,72,78626.8%
3Krishnasamy,dr.k.PT1,23,59219.1%
4Selvaraj,v.INC77,28512.0%
5Lakshmanan,kIND1,0590.2%
6Balamurugan,d.IND7160.1%

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