1997–98 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections
Indian by-election
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By-elections to Pudukottai constituency was held in Tamil Nadu on 8 February 1997. Elections for two state assembly constituencies, Coonoor and Aruppukottai were held on 22 February 1998.
The results were a sweep for the DMK. However, all three seats were held by DMK from the 1996 election, and there was a significant improvement by the AIADMK, losing by very small margins in all three constituencies.
Constituents and Results
Source: Election Commission of India[1][2]
Pudukottai
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | P. Mari Ayya | 57,769 | 40.0% | ||
AIADMK | S. Chelladurai | 45,745 | 31.7% | ||
MDMK | V.N. Mani | 13,504 | 9.3% | ||
Independent | V.O.S. Panneerselvam | 12,892 | 8.9% | ||
CPI(M) | P. Kumaravel | 5,133 | 3.6% | ||
Majority | 12,024 | 8.3% | |||
Turnout | 144,523 | 66.8% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
Coonoor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. Ranganathan | 47,850 | 48.2% | ||
AIADMK | S. Karuppusamy | 37,945 | 38.2% | ||
INC | P. Arumugam | 7,189 | 7.2% | ||
ATMK | G. Guruswami Siddhan | 1,144 | 1.2% | ||
Majority | 9,905 | 10.0% | |||
Turnout | 99,348 | 58.5% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
Aruppukottai
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Thangam Thenarasu | 40,223 | 36.5% | ||
AIADMK | V.S. Panchavarnam | 38,272 | 89.40 | ||
PT | P.T. Manickam | 12,484 | 11.3% | ||
Independent | K. Palaniswamy | 9,525 | 8.6% | ||
INC | K. Chandran | 1,329 | 1.2% | ||
Majority | 1,951 | 1.8% | |||
Turnout | 110,183 | 65.9% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
See also
1. ECI By-election page
References
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See also: Elections in India