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Chengalpattu #5GEN
Won
Kanchi Panneerselvam
AIADM All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMargin
22,916 3.3 pp
votes
over Parasuraman K (DMK)
The contest
Electors11,48,117
Votes polled6,96,567
Turnout60.7%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.74 L50.0% of electorate
Female electors5.74 L50.0% of electorate
Sex ratio
999females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanchi Panneerselvam | AIADM | 3,29,239 | 47.30% | |
| 2 | Parasuraman K | DMK | 3,06,323 | 44.00% | |
| 3 | Muruganandam T N | INC | 24,968 | 3.60% | |
| 4 | Krishnan Parayanar M.U. | IND | 5,419 | 0.80% | |
| 5 | Jagaveera Pandian K | RJD | 2,754 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Srinivasan S.K.P. | IND | 765 | 0.10% | |
| 7 | Ramesh M.K. | IND | 588 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Ethiraj Brigadier | IND | 530 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 25,981, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 670,586 · NOTA n/a · published 696,567 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
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- 2026-09-12