Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Sivaganga #31GEN
Won
Chidambaram P
INC Indian National CongressMargin
3,354 0.4 pp
votes
over Raja Kannappan R.S. (AIADM)
The contest
Electors10,92,438
Votes polled7,76,037
Turnout71.0%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electorsnot recorded
Female electorsnot recorded
Sex ratio
not recorded
Poll date16 Apr 2009
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chidambaram P | INC | 3,34,348 | 43.10% | |
| 2 | Raja Kannappan R.S. | AIADM | 3,30,994 | 42.70% | |
| 3 | Barwatha Regina Papa | DMDK | 60,054 | 7.70% | |
| 4 | Thoothai Selvam M | IND | 6,997 | 0.90% | |
| 5 | Devar M.G. | BSP | 6,600 | 0.90% | |
| 6 | Malairaj P | IND | 6,481 | 0.80% | |
| 7 | Rajagopal S | IND | 4,680 | 0.60% | |
| 8 | Sakthivel K | MMK | 4,559 | 0.60% | |
| 9 | Gunasekaran P | IND | 3,001 | 0.40% | |
| 10 | Chithambaram S | IND | 2,497 | 0.30% | |
| 11 | Arimazham Thiyagi Subramanian Mutharaiyar M | IND | 2,334 | 0.30% | |
| 12 | Rajiv R | IND | 2,021 | 0.30% | |
| 13 | Samudram Kalaimani K | IND | 1,965 | 0.30% | |
| 14 | Abupacker Sithik J | IND | 1,874 | 0.20% | |
| 15 | Ramasamy R.A. | PT | 1,864 | 0.20% | |
| 16 | Radhakrishnan A | IND | 1,264 | 0.20% | |
| 17 | Karmegam K | IND | 1,230 | 0.20% | |
| 18 | Alagappan Aru. | IND | 1,028 | 0.10% | |
| 19 | Aanandan V.S.K.S. | IND | 746 | 0.10% | |
| 20 | Alagappan Pl | IND | 716 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 784, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 775,253 · NOTA n/a · published 776,037 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2009
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