Constituency
387. Karur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-KARUR
ADK 65.6%won by 32.3%DMK 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Anna Dravidar Kazhagam (ADK), which now leads by 32.3%.
- ADK vote shareADK went from 0.0% to 65.6% of the vote here (+65.6%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 70.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,50,778
Turnout
70.3%
Valid votes
7,38,596
Margin
2,38,751
32.32%
Candidates
8 contested · winner ADK- 1THAMBITHURAI, M.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK4,84,49265.6%
- 2PALANISAMY. K.C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,45,74133.3%
- 3SAKTHIVEL, MPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,6790.5%
- 4SUBBURATHINAM, T.Independent · IND1,8850.3%
- 5MAHOHARAH, M.V.TMM · TMM1,5100.2%
- 6KARTHIKEYAN ,T.Independent · IND4440.1%
- 7RAMACHANDRAN, MIndependent · IND4410.1%
- 8APPAVOO, M.Independent · IND4040.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- ADKflipped
- ADK–DMK swing
- +61.7%
- ADK share
- 0.0% → 65.6%
- DMK share
- 29.4% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- 74.0% → 70.3%