Constituency
187. Kumbakonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-KUMBAKONAM
INC 64.6%won by 41.7%DMK 22.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 41.7%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
90,340
Margin
37,668
41.70%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1KRISHNAMOORTHY, K.Indian National Congress · INC58,33464.6%
- 2KALIYANASUDARAM, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK20,66622.9%
- 3PADMANTHAN, R.Janata Party · JNP9,02710.0%
- 4JAYARAMAN, T.R.V.ICJ · ICJ1,0831.2%
- 5ARUMUGAM , K.Independent · IND5390.6%
- 6SOWRIRAJAN, P.Independent · IND3050.3%
- 7AYYAPPAN, S.Independent · IND2150.2%
- 8ALAGARSAMY, K.A.Independent · IND1710.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −14.3%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 64.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 22.9%
- Turnout
- — → —