Constituency
384. Dindigul
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-DINDIGUL
ADK 67.2%won by 36.4%CPM 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedAnna Dravidar Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.4% to 36.4%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 62.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,32,870
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
6,46,863
Margin
2,35,368
36.39%
Candidates
6 contested · winner ADK- 1SRINIVASAN, C.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK4,34,96667.2%
- 2VARATHARAJAN, NCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,99,59830.9%
- 3RAITHINASAMY, K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK7,5791.2%
- 4PALANISAMY, S.Independent · IND2,9010.4%
- 5MUTHUKRISHNAN, S.Independent · IND1,1000.2%
- 6KARUTHAPANDIAN, T.K.Independent · IND7190.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- ADK
- ADK–CPM swing
- −25.4%
- ADK share
- 61.8% → 67.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 68.3% → 62.6%