OssuduAssembly by-election result, 1998
A. Elumalai (TMC(M)) won Ossudu in the 1998 assembly by-election with 47.7% of the vote, beating R. Govindammal (ADMK) by 2,805 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1969, seat no. 16 was Villenour. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 16 is Orleampeth. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — A. Elumalai won by 19.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. Elumalai TMC(M) | TMC(M) | 6,82647.7% |
| 2 | R. Govindammal | 4,02128.1% | |
| 3 | N. Marimuthu | 2,83219.8% | |
| 4 | A. Senthamizh IND | IND | 6074.2% |
| 5 | P. Sivakumar IND | IND | 190.1% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
TMC(M), ADMK and INC took 96% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.88 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
Ask the state
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Who has won Ossudu, 1974–2006
- 1974T. EZHUMALAI (ADK), margin 13.5%
- 1977THANGAVELU M. (ADK), margin 18.3%
- 1980P. MURTHY (DMK), margin 35.7%
- 1985V. NAGARATHINAM (INC), margin 44.0%
- 1990N. MARIMUTHU (INC), margin 13.4%
- 1991N. MARIMUTHU (INC), margin 27.1%
- 1996V. NAGARATHINAM (TMC(M)), margin 15.7%
- 2001A. ELUMALAI (PMC), margin 1.1%
- 2006A. ELUMALAI (IND), margin 14.3%