CoonoorAssembly by-election result, 1998
Ranganathan M (DMK) won Coonoor in the 1998 assembly by-election with 50.8% of the vote, beating Karuppusamy S (ADMK) by 9,905 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1971, seat no. 126 was Palani. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 126 is Madathukulam. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 10.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranganathan M | 47,85050.8% | |
| 2 | Karuppusamy S | 37,94540.3% | |
| 3 | Arumugam P. | 7,1897.6% | |
| 4 | Siddhan @ Guruswami Siddhan G. ATMK | ATMK | 1,1441.2% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
DMK, ADMK and INC took 99% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.34 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.
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Who has won Coonoor, 1977–2006
- 1977K. RANGASAMY (DMK), margin 17.8%
- 1980RANGANATHAN, M. (DMK), margin 19.3%
- 1984M.SIVAKUMAR (ADK), margin 14.6%
- 1989THANGAVEL, N. (DMK), margin 11.5%
- 1991KARUPPUSAMY M. (ADK), margin 24.5%
- 1996THANGAVEL, N. (DMK), margin 35.7%
- 2001KANDASAMY K (TMC(M)), margin 17.5%
- 2006SOUNDARAPANDIAN A (DMK), margin 6.0%