Constituency
379. Periyakulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-PERIYAKULAM
ADK 62.6%won by 35.0%DMK 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedAnna Dravidar Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 33.7% to 35.0%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 60.4%.
- Safe seatAnna Dravidar Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,11,909
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
6,11,355
Margin
2,13,960
35.00%
Candidates
13 contested · winner ADK- 1R. RAMASAMYAnna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,82,75962.6%
- 2RAMA KRISHANAN CUMBAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,68,79927.6%
- 3MADASAMY K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK36,4546.0%
- 4BALA KRISHNAN S.C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,1483.1%
- 5RAJANGAM P.Independent · IND1,2110.2%
- 6SANJEEVI S.Independent · IND6590.1%
- 7RAJENDRAN P.Independent · IND4710.1%
- 8MANIMARAN K.P.Independent · IND4680.1%
- 9ILAMARAN NAIndependent · IND3480.1%
- 10PALANISAMY K.Independent · IND3170.1%
- 11ALAGARSAMY N.Independent · IND3000.0%
- 12SURULIVELU K.Independent · IND2360.0%
- 13AMIRJOAN C.Independent · IND1850.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- ADK
- ADK–DMK swing
- +1.3%
- ADK share
- 61.3% → 62.6%
- DMK share
- 27.6% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- 64.6% → 60.4%