Results/Lok Sabha/Puducherry/1998
Results/Lok Sabha
ECI results
State board · Lok Sabha
Puducherry Lok Sabha 1998
Results board · 1 constituencies
HouseLok Sabha
StatePuducherry
Seats
1
Constituencies
Majority
1
Seats needed of 1
Electors
6.65L
On the roll
Votes polled
4.18L
62.8% of electors
Median turnout
62.8%
Median of 1 seats
DMK margin
0
Exactly at majority · 1 − 1
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 1 of 1DMK 1 · at majority
DMK
1100.0%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
[02]Vote share
DMK
41.1%1 seat · 100.0%
INC
32.1%0 seats
AIADMK
25.1%0 seats
BSP
0.6%0 seats
RJD
0.3%0 seats
Others
0.8%0 seats · 0.0%
Alliances
THIRD FRONT
41.1%1 seat
UPA
32.1%0 seats
NDA
25.1%0 seats
OTHERS
1.7%Seats not published
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
DMK converted 41.1% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 58.9 pp.
1 ÷ 1 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 41.1 = +58.9 -
INC polled 32.1% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 1 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 32.1 = −32.1
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
00.0% of seats
50–60
00.0% of seats
60–70
1100.0% of seats
70–80
00.0% of seats
≥ 80%
00.0% of seats
- LowestPondicherry62.8%
- HighestPondicherry62.8%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pondicherry | S. Arumugham | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,17,786 | 36,774 | 8.8 | 62.8 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 36,774 votes
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Puducherry · 1 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database