Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Tirunelveli

Janarthanan, R. (ADMK) won by 6,904 votes (1.2%).

Electors
10,75,467
Votes polled
6,09,616
Valid votes
Turnout
56.7%
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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
15.6%(-2.4%)
Turnout
64.5%(-3.6%)
NOTA
0.7%
Top-2 squeeze
79.1%

Winning margin over time · Tirunelveli

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Candidates

Candidates · Tirunelveli 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Janarthanan, R.WinnerADMK2,47,82341.4%
2Sarath Kumar, R.DMK2,40,91940.3%
3Savior Selva Suresh, Dr. A.PT86,41914.5%
4Edmund, G.R.MADMK16,7892.8%
5Krishnakanthan YadhavIND3,7950.6%
6Basker, P.IND1,1000.2%
7Nagaimugan, K.RJD8210.1%
8Velmurugan, S.IND3480.1%

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