1998
1996199119891984198019771971Total Constituencies: 39
Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 1998 covered all 39 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The ADMK received the highest statewide vote share at 25.89% and won 18 seats, while the TMC(M) received 20.19% of the vote and won 3 seats. The DMK won 5 seats with 20.08% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Tamil Nadu.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 18 | 25.89% | 47.58% | 66,28,928 | |
| TMC(M) | 20 | 3 | 20.19% | 41.58% | 51,69,183 |
| 17 | 5 | 20.08% | 43.68% | 51,40,266 | |
| 5 | 3 | 6.86% | 48.53% | 17,57,645 | |
| MDMK | 5 | 3 | 6.26% | 45.79% | 16,02,504 |
| PMK | 5 | 4 | 6.05% | 47.90% | 15,48,976 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Madras North | Kuppusami C | DMK | 4,01,322 | Sabapathy Mohan, R.T. | MDMK | 3,32,229 | 69,093 | 8.11 |
| Madras Central | Murasoli Maran | DMK | 3,00,774 | Jayakumar, D | ADMK | 2,29,047 | 71,727 | 12.34 |
| Madras South | Baalu T.R. | DMK | 4,32,913 | Jana Krishnamurthi, K | BJP | 4,12,899 | 20,014 | 2.23 |
| Sriperumbudur | Venugopal, K. | ADMK | 3,26,528 | Nagarathinam, T | DMK | 3,02,733 | 23,795 | 3.41 |
| Chengalpattu | Kanchi Panneerselvam | ADMK | 3,29,239 | Parasuraman K | DMK | 3,06,323 | 22,916 | 3.42 |
| Arakkonam | Gopal C | ADMK | 3,59,431 | Velu A.M. | TMC(M) | 3,09,943 | 49,488 | 7.1 |
| Vellore | Shanmugam N.T. | PMK | 3,31,035 | Mohammed Saqhy T.A. | DMK | 3,04,630 | 26,405 | 3.92 |
| Tiruppattur | Venugopal. D | DMK | 3,22,990 | Krishnamoorthy.S | ADMK | 3,22,716 | 274 | 0.05 |
| Vandavasi | Durai M. | PMK | 3,27,010 | Balaraman L. | TMC(M) | 2,61,935 | 65,075 | 10.08 |
| Tindivanam | Ramachandran N. Gingee | MDMK | 3,20,141 | Venkatraman G. | DMK | 2,88,688 | 31,453 | 4.85 |
| Cuddalore | Dhamotharan M.C. | ADMK | 3,09,985 | Venkatesan P.R.S. | TMC(M) | 2,82,856 | 27,129 | 4.28 |
| Chidambaram | Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R. | PMK | 3,05,372 | Ganesan V. | DMK | 2,97,417 | 7,955 | 1.19 |
| Dharmapuri | Pary Mohan K. | PMK | 3,41,917 | Theertharaman P. | TMC(M) | 2,42,490 | 99,427 | 16.01 |
| Krishnagiri | Munusamy K.P. | ADMK | 3,15,762 | Rajaram Naidu D.R. | TMC(M) | 2,66,413 | 49,349 | 7.93 |
| Rasipuram | Saroja V.Dr. | ADMK | 3,02,801 | Kandasamy K. | TMC(M) | 2,48,424 | 54,377 | 9.4 |
| Salem | Ramamurthy K. | IND | 3,65,557 | Devadass R. | TMC(M) | 2,29,677 | 1,35,880 | 20.62 |
| Tiruchengode | Palaniswamy K. | ADMK | 4,14,992 | Ramalingam K.P. Dr. | DMK | 3,10,183 | 1,04,809 | 13.81 |
| Nilgiris | Mathan M. Alias Master Mathan M. | BJP | 3,22,818 | Balasubramoniyan S.R. | TMC(M) | 2,62,433 | 60,385 | 8.69 |
| Gobichettipalayam | Chinnasamy V.K. | ADMK | 3,29,753 | Ramasamy N. | DMK | 2,15,111 | 1,14,642 | 19.02 |
| Coimbatore | Radhakrishnan C.P. | BJP | 4,49,269 | Subbian K.R. | DMK | 3,04,593 | 1,44,676 | 17.99 |
| Pollachi | Thiyagarajan M. | ADMK | 3,06,083 | Kovai Thangam | TMC(M) | 2,10,682 | 95,401 | 17.21 |
| Palani | Ganeshamurthi A. | MDMK | 2,86,300 | Kaarvendhan S.K. | TMC(M) | 2,58,863 | 27,437 | 4.51 |
| Dindigul | Sreenivaasan C. | ADMK | 2,76,106 | Chitthan N.S.V. | TMC(M) | 2,60,907 | 15,199 | 2.57 |
| Madurai | Subramanian Swamy | JP | 2,66,202 | Rambabu.A.G.S. | TMC(M) | 2,45,305 | 20,897 | 3.18 |
| Periyakulam | Muthiah .R | ADMK | 3,19,672 | Gandhimathy.R | DMK | 2,49,092 | 70,580 | 11.72 |
| Karur | Thambi Durai.M | ADMK | 3,27,480 | Natrayan. K | TMC(M) | 2,83,807 | 43,673 | 6.72 |
| Tiruchirappalli | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | BJP | 3,05,233 | Adaikalaraj.L | TMC(M) | 2,93,778 | 11,455 | 1.82 |
| Perambalur | Rajarethinam, P | ADMK | 3,41,118 | Raja A | DMK | 2,80,682 | 60,436 | 9.46 |
| Mayiladuturai | Krishnamoorthy, K. | TMC(M) | 2,86,098 | Arulmozhi, P.D. | PMK | 2,43,642 | 42,456 | 6.78 |
| Nagapattinam | Selvarasu, M. | CPI | 3,75,589 | Gopal, Dr. K. | ADMK | 2,44,286 | 1,31,303 | 20.54 |
| Thanjavur | Palanimanickam, S.S. | DMK | 3,24,344 | Ganesan, L. | MDMK | 2,76,140 | 48,204 | 7.7 |
| Pudukkottai | Paramasivam, Raja | ADMK | 2,88,072 | Siva, P.N. | DMK | 2,57,552 | 30,520 | 3.95 |
| Sivaganga | Chidambaram, P. | TMC(M) | 3,03,854 | Kalimuthu, K. | ADMK | 2,44,713 | 59,141 | 9.96 |
| Ramanathapuram | Sathiamoorthy, V. | ADMK | 2,58,978 | Udayappan. Sp. | TMC(M) | 2,34,886 | 24,092 | 4.07 |
| Sivakasi | Vaiko | MDMK | 3,87,694 | Alagirisamy, V. | CPI | 2,52,771 | 1,34,923 | 17.63 |
| Tirunelveli | Janarthanan, R. | ADMK | 2,47,823 | Sarath Kumar, R. | DMK | 2,40,919 | 6,904 | 1.16 |
| Tenkasi | Murugesan,S. | ADMK | 2,70,053 | Arunachalam.M | TMC(M) | 1,72,786 | 97,267 | 15.06 |
| Tiruchendur | Ramaraajan | ADMK | 2,64,290 | Dhanuskodi Athithan R. | TMC(M) | 2,17,435 | 46,855 | 8.75 |
| Nagercoil | Dennis, N. | TMC(M) | 2,96,611 | Radhakrishnan, P. | BJP | 2,67,426 | 29,185 | 4.92 |
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