Constituency
375. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-KRISHNAGIRI
INC 61.0%won by 33.9%JD 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1RAMAMOORTHY, K.Indian National Congress · INC3,62,37661.0%
- 2VENKATASWAMY, B.Janata Dal · JD1,60,88227.1%
- 3ARUMUGAM, C.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK49,8148.4%
- 4BALAKRISHNAN, C. A.TRM · TRM7,1381.2%
- 5NANDKUMAR, R.TMM · TMM4,4700.8%
- 6MURUGESAN, C.Independent · IND4,4650.8%
- 7THOTLAN, T.Independent · IND2,7440.5%
- 8RAMAKRISHNA REDDY, R.Independent · IND1,7530.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −30.8%
- INC share
- 64.7% → 61.0%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- 65.0% → 61.9%