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Tirunelveli #36GEN
Won
Janarthanan, R.
AIADM All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMargin
6,904 1.1 pp
votes
over Sarath Kumar, R. (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,75,467
Votes polled6,09,616
Turnout56.7%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.34 L49.6% of electorate
Female electors5.42 L50.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,014females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janarthanan, R. | AIADM | 2,47,823 | 40.70% | |
| 2 | Sarath Kumar, R. | DMK | 2,40,919 | 39.50% | |
| 3 | Savior Selva Suresh, Dr. A. | PT | 86,419 | 14.20% | |
| 4 | Edmund, G.R. | MGRAD | 16,789 | 2.80% | |
| 5 | Krishnakanthan Yadhav | IND | 3,795 | 0.60% | |
| 6 | Basker, P. | IND | 1,100 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Nagaimugan, K. | RJD | 821 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Velmurugan, S. | IND | 348 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 11,602, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 598,014 · NOTA n/a · published 609,616 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
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- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12