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Madras South #3GEN
Won
Baalu T.R
DMK Dravida Munetra KazhagamMargin
3,39,181 38.3 pp
votes
over Ganesham.H (AIADM)
The contest
Electors15,72,764
Votes polled8,85,229
Turnout56.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors8.17 L51.9% of electorate
Female electors7.56 L48.1% of electorate
Sex ratio
926females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baalu T.R | DMK | 5,38,697 | 60.90% | |
| 2 | Ganesham.H | AIADM | 1,99,516 | 22.50% | |
| 3 | Asha Menon @ Revathi | IND | 42,906 | 4.80% | |
| 4 | Maitreyan.V. | BJP | 34,356 | 3.90% | |
| 5 | Senguttuvan R | MDMK | 29,838 | 3.40% | |
| 6 | Sivaraman @ Saidai Siva K.V. | PMK | 13,540 | 1.50% | |
| 7 | Arun @ Kannan M.K. | IND | 890 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Venukumar Mahadevan | IND | 753 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Deenan.I | IND | 563 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Jayaseelan.G | MELPH | 492 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Ramalingam.V | IND | 474 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Ramesh.B | IND | 460 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Pachaiappan.K | IND | 401 | 0.00% | |
| 14 | Jayalakshmi V.K. | PHK | 361 | 0.00% | |
| 15 | Kumari J | IND | 357 | 0.00% | |
| 16 | Perusirian M.P | IND | 344 | 0.00% | |
| 17 | Mohan Bala Subramaniyan.R. | SP | 335 | 0.00% | |
| 18 | Raghupathi.K | IND | 329 | 0.00% | |
| 19 | Kalaiyarasan.M | IND | 319 | 0.00% | |
| 20 | Kilnanakkarar Gridathi Anandar | IND | 313 | 0.00% | |
| 21 | Ganesan | IND | 299 | 0.00% | |
| 22 | Nallathambi S | IND | 272 | 0.00% | |
| 23 | Alexander J | IND | 264 | 0.00% | |
| 24 | Ekambaram.G | IND | 252 | 0.00% | |
| 25 | Joseph | IND | 250 | 0.00% | |
| 26 | Kiruthivasan T.V | IND | 249 | 0.00% | |
| 27 | Natarajan K | IND | 238 | 0.00% | |
| 28 | Marichami Kurumans.S.S | IND | 235 | 0.00% | |
| 29 | Natarajan A. | IND | 233 | 0.00% | |
| 30 | Navaneethan | IND | 221 | 0.00% | |
| 31 | Rajendran.B | IND | 209 | 0.00% | |
| 32 | Hariharan P.P.R | AIDPF | 195 | 0.00% | |
| 33 | Ilayapandia Alagu Thevan.P | IND | 194 | 0.00% | |
| 34 | Elumalai J | IND | 191 | 0.00% | |
| 35 | Lakshmi V | IND | 190 | 0.00% | |
| 36 | Rajendran @ Rajan.B | IND | 178 | 0.00% | |
| 37 | Kanagasaibai @ Moses Saibai.S | IND | 163 | 0.00% | |
| 38 | Kalaivan Er. | IND | 131 | 0.00% | |
| 39 | Pachaiappan Eagai.V | IND | 126 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 15,895, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 869,334 · NOTA n/a · published 885,229 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
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