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Pondicherry #1GEN
Won
S. Arumugham
DMK Dravida Munetra KazhagamMargin
36,774 8.8 pp
votes
over P. Shanmugam (INC)
The contest
Electors6,65,486
Votes polled4,17,786
Turnout62.8%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.37 L50.7% of electorate
Female electors3.28 L49.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
974females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Arumugham | DMK | 1,68,122 | 40.20% | |
| 2 | P. Shanmugam | INC | 1,31,348 | 31.40% | |
| 3 | Lucky R. Perumal @kaliaperumal | AIADM | 1,02,622 | 24.60% | |
| 4 | S.K.C. Guedjendirane | BSP | 2,589 | 0.60% | |
| 5 | T. Sanjeevi | RJD | 1,397 | 0.30% | |
| 6 | D. Deenadhayalan | ICS | 1,222 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Balasami | ABP | 736 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | R. Sadhasivam | IND | 709 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | G. Sarangam | IND | 173 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,868, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 408,918 · NOTA n/a · published 417,786 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-13