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Indian by-election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By-elections to Pudukottai constituency was held in Tamil Nadu on 8 February 1997. Elections for two state assembly constituencies, Coonoor and Aruppukottai were held on 22 February 1998.
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3 vacant seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The results were a sweep for the DMK. However, all three seats were held by DMK from the 1996 election, and there was a significant improvement by the AIADMK, losing by very small margins in all three constituencies.
Source: Election Commission of India[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | P. Mari Ayya | 57,769 | 40.0% | ||
AIADMK | S. Chelladurai | 45,745 | 31.7% | ||
MDMK | V.N. Mani | 13,504 | 9.3% | ||
Independent | V.O.S. Panneerselvam | 12,892 | 8.9% | ||
CPI(M) | P. Kumaravel | 5,133 | 3.6% | ||
Majority | 12,024 | 8.3% | |||
Turnout | 144,523 | 66.8% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Thangam Thenarasu | 40,223 | 36.5% | ||
AIADMK | V.S. Panchavarnam | 38,272 | 89.40 | ||
PT | P.T. Manickam | 12,484 | 11.3% | ||
Independent | K. Palaniswamy | 9,525 | 8.6% | ||
INC | K. Chandran | 1,329 | 1.2% | ||
Majority | 1,951 | 1.8% | |||
Turnout | 110,183 | 65.9% | |||
DMK hold | Swing |
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