Constituency
153. Krishnarajapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-KRISHNARAJAPURAM
INC 70.4%won by 43.0%DMK 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.5% to 43.0%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
93,650
Margin
40,315
43.05%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1THANGAVELRAJ, P. M.Indian National Congress · INC65,92870.4%
- 2KRISHNAN, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK25,61327.3%
- 3SUNDARAMURTHY, A.Independent · IND1,6421.8%
- 4APPAVVO, M.Independent · IND4670.5%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −12.3%
- INC share
- 55.3% → 70.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —