Constituency
372. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-KARUR
INC 68.4%won by 38.9%DMK 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 38.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 68.4% of the vote here (+68.4%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 74.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,17,972
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
6,04,929
Margin
2,35,563
38.94%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MURUGAIAH A. R.Indian National Congress · INC4,13,53368.4%
- 2KANDASWAMY, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,77,97029.4%
- 3KRISHNAN, R.Independent · IND13,4262.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +38.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 68.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- 66.4% → 74.0%