Constituency
23. Karaikal
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1991
PY-KARAIKAL
DMK 59.3%won by 21.1%AIADMK 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 21.1%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 59.3% of the vote here (+59.3%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1990.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
11,480
Margin
2,420
21.08%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1A. M. H. NAZEEMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK6,80959.3%
- 2M. GNANADESIGANAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK4,38938.2%
- 3T. THRUNAVUKKARASUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1571.4%
- 4MOHANRAJ M.Janahitha Paksha · JP780.7%
- 5M. TIROUVENDUIDAMEIndependent · IND380.3%
- 6A. ABDUL JABBERIndependent · IND90.1%
Since 1990
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- +21.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 59.3%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- — → —