Constituency
152. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KARUR
DMK 38.3%won by 3.2%ADKJL 35.2%
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 3.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 44.2% to 38.3% of the vote here (−5.9%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 98.6% — 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
1,41,253
Margin
4,502
3.19%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1RAMASAMY, K.V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK54,16338.3%
- 2CHINNASAMY, M.ADKJL · ADKJL49,66135.2%
- 3MURUGAIYAN, S.Indian National Congress · INC24,30917.2%
- 4VADIVEL, K.ADKJR · ADKJR9,4896.7%
- 5GOPALAN, S.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,0480.7%
- 6RAVI, S.Independent · IND7820.6%
- 7SIVASAMY, V.Independent · IND5200.4%
- 8RAJU R.Independent · IND3080.2%
- 9MURUGAIYAN, P.Independent · IND2210.2%
- 10MANI, G.Independent · IND1120.1%
- 11APPOVOO, M.Independent · IND770.1%
- 12KAVITHASAN, P.Independent · IND760.1%
- 13PALANI, M.Independent · IND740.1%
- 14SELVAM, P.Independent · IND740.1%
- 15SUBRAMANI, B.Independent · IND680.0%
- 16THIYAGARAJAN, M.Independent · IND630.0%
- 17ABDUL HAMEED, M.Independent · IND450.0%
- 18VENKATACHALAM, A.L.A.Independent · IND450.0%
- 19PANDIAN. M.Independent · IND410.0%
- 20NALLASAMY, P.Independent · IND340.0%
- 21VELUSAMY,K.Independent · IND310.0%
- 22VELAYUDAM, K.K.Independent · IND120.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −41.0%
- DMK share
- 44.2% → 38.3%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- — → —