Constituency
374. Dharmapuri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-DHARMAPURI
ADK 46.5%won by 16.6%PMK 29.9%
What changed here
DerivedAnna Dravidar Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.7% to 16.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 97.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,08,221
Turnout
67.4%
Valid votes
6,79,098
Margin
1,13,020
16.64%
Candidates
6 contested · winner ADK- 1SEKHAR, M. G.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,15,92146.5%
- 2ELANGOVAN, B. D.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,02,90129.9%
- 3KANDASAMY, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,54,22022.7%
- 4NAMBIRAJAN, K.Independent · IND2,7780.4%
- 5GOVINDAN, A.Independent · IND1,6720.2%
- 6PADMARAJAN, K.TMM · TMM1,6060.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- ADK
- ADK–PMK swing
- −46.7%
- ADK share
- 63.3% → 46.5%
- PMK share
- 0.0% → 29.9%
- Turnout
- 67.5% → 67.4%