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Constituency

375. Krishnagiri

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-KRISHNAGIRI

INC 61.0%won by 33.9%JD 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.3% to 33.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 61.9%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,58,580
Turnout
61.9%
Valid votes
5,93,642
Margin
2,01,494
33.94%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−30.8%
INC share
64.7% 61.0%
JD share
0.0% 27.1%
Turnout
65.0% 61.9%