TAMIL NADU · 1998
Seats39
Electors4.56 Cr
Votes polled2.64 Cr
Median turnout57.7%
Other years: 2024201920142009200419991996199119891984198019771971
Party standings
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
18
of 39 seats · 46.2%
2 short of a majority
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
18
Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
5
Pattali Makkal Katchi
4
Bharatiya Janta Party
3
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3
Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)
3
Independent
1
Janta Party
1
Communist Party Of India
1
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madras NorthSC | Kuppusami C | DMK | 876,109 | 69,093 | 7.9 | 46.6 |
| 2 | Madras Central | Murasoli Maran | DMK | 597,280 | 71,727 | 12.0 | 49.5 |
| 3 | Madras South | Baalu T.R. | DMK | 917,040 | 20,014 | 2.2 | 47.4 |
| 4 | Sriperumbudur | Venugopal, K. | AIADM | 724,858 | 23,795 | 3.3 | 57.2 |
| 5 | Chengalpattu | Kanchi Panneerselvam | AIADM | 696,567 | 22,916 | 3.3 | 60.7 |
| 6 | ArakkonamSC | Gopal C | AIADM | 721,536 | 49,488 | 6.9 | 67.3 |
| 7 | Vellore | Shanmugam N.T. | PMK | 693,560 | 26,405 | 3.8 | 63.0 |
| 8 | Tiruppattur | Venugopal. D | DMK | 699,895 | 274 | 0.0 | 64.0 |
| 9 | Vandavasi | Durai M. | PMK | 667,287 | 65,075 | 9.8 | 62.0 |
| 10 | Tindivanam | Ramachandran N. Gingee | MDMK | 675,110 | 31,453 | 4.7 | 63.4 |
| 11 | Cuddalore | Dhamotharan M.C. | AIADM | 658,340 | 27,129 | 4.1 | 61.2 |
| 12 | Chidambaram | Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R. | PMK | 684,155 | 7,955 | 1.2 | 64.9 |
| 13 | DharmapuriSC | Pary Mohan K. | PMK | 639,529 | 99,427 | 15.5 | 54.4 |
| 14 | Krishnagiri | Munusamy K.P. | AIADM | 648,144 | 49,349 | 7.6 | 58.1 |
| 15 | Rasipuram | Saroja V.Dr. | AIADM | 606,630 | 54,377 | 9.0 | 54.7 |
| 16 | Salem | Ramamurthy K. | IND | 679,778 | 135,880 | 20.0 | 57.7 |
| 17 | Tiruchengode | Palaniswamy K. | AIADM | 781,858 | 104,809 | 13.4 | 53.5 |
| 18 | Nilgiris | Mathan M. Alias Master Mathan M. | BJP | 718,202 | 60,385 | 8.4 | 55.5 |
| 19 | GobichettipalayamSC | Chinnasamy V.K. | AIADM | 627,372 | 114,642 | 18.3 | 61.4 |
| 20 | Coimbatore | Radhakrishnan C.P. | BJP | 826,652 | 144,676 | 17.5 | 55.3 |
| 21 | Pollachi | Thiyagarajan M. | AIADM | 578,887 | 95,401 | 16.5 | 56.4 |
| 22 | Palani | Ganeshamurthi A. | MDMK | 626,656 | 27,437 | 4.4 | 56.1 |
| 23 | Dindigul | Sreenivaasan C. | AIADM | 611,642 | 15,199 | 2.5 | 53.5 |
| 24 | Madurai | Subramanian Swamy | JP | 676,204 | 20,897 | 3.1 | 50.1 |
| 25 | Periyakulam | Muthiah .R | AIADM | 617,136 | 70,580 | 11.4 | 57.2 |
| 26 | Karur | Thambi Durai.M | AIADM | 676,450 | 43,673 | 6.5 | 59.8 |
| 27 | TiruchirappalliSC | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | BJP | 647,694 | 11,455 | 1.8 | 55.0 |
| 28 | Perambalur | Rajarethinam, P | AIADM | 661,791 | 60,436 | 9.1 | 64.6 |
| 29 | MayiladuturaiSC | Krishnamoorthy, K. | TMCM | 643,606 | 42,456 | 6.6 | 65.0 |
| 30 | Nagapattinam | Selvarasu, M. | CPI | 661,129 | 131,303 | 19.9 | 64.8 |
| 31 | Thanjavur | Palanimanickam, S.S. | DMK | 645,815 | 48,204 | 7.5 | 63.7 |
| 32 | Pudukkottai | Paramasivam, Raja | AIADM | 791,405 | 30,520 | 3.9 | 66.8 |
| 33 | Sivaganga | Chidambaram, P. | TMCM | 618,259 | 59,141 | 9.6 | 57.5 |
| 34 | Ramanathapuram | Sathiamoorthy, V. | AIADM | 613,398 | 24,092 | 3.9 | 56.9 |
| 35 | Sivakasi | Vaiko | MDMK | 781,757 | 134,923 | 17.3 | 65.0 |
| 36 | Tirunelveli | Janarthanan, R. | AIADM | 609,616 | 6,904 | 1.1 | 56.7 |
| 37 | TenkasiSC | Murugesan,s. | AIADM | 662,321 | 97,267 | 14.7 | 65.3 |
| 38 | Tiruchendur | Ramaraajan | AIADM | 547,234 | 46,855 | 8.6 | 54.0 |
| 39 | Nagercoil | Dennis, N. | TMCM | 599,800 | 29,185 | 4.9 | 58.3 |