Constituency
77. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KRISHNAGIRI
DMK 39.3%won by 15.7%ADKJL 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 15.7%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 94.8% — 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
89,208
Margin
13,986
15.68%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1KANCHANA, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,04239.3%
- 2KRISHNAN, K.C.ADKJL · ADKJL21,05623.6%
- 3BARAKATHUNNISAIndian National Congress · INC20,66323.2%
- 4CHINNARASU, K.R.ADKJR · ADKJR9,33110.5%
- 5KRISHNAPPA, J.C.Independent · IND1,8542.1%
- 6THIMMINAIDUIndependent · IND3070.3%
- 7NARASIMMAN, S.Independent · IND2850.3%
- 8SARAVANANIndependent · IND2820.3%
- 9MUNISAMY, C.Independent · IND2060.2%
- 10MURUGESAN, M.Independent · IND1820.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −24.3%
- DMK share
- 40.0% → 39.3%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- — → —