Constituency
388. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-RAMANATHAPURAM
INC 59.3%won by 29.2%DMK 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.7% to 29.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 57.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,29,957
Turnout
57.1%
Valid votes
5,88,029
Margin
1,71,526
29.17%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1RAJESHWARAN V.Indian National Congress · INC3,48,41559.3%
- 2KATHER BATCHA ALIAS VELLAICHAMY S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,76,88930.1%
- 3ABDUL RAZAK A.A.MUL · MUL49,4428.4%
- 4RAJENDRAN P.TMM · TMM3,1400.5%
- 5MUTHUTHEVAR K.Independent · IND2,6620.5%
- 6NAGAIMUGAN K.Independent · IND1,9880.3%
- 7GOPAL A.Independent · IND1,5470.3%
- 8RAMAN I.Independent · IND1,5100.3%
- 9GOVINDAN ALIAS VIBOOTHISAMIYAR V.Independent · IND1,2000.2%
- 10PERIASAMY PANNAI S.Independent · IND6560.1%
- 11VELUSAMY V.Independent · IND5800.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +0.5%
- INC share
- 63.6% → 59.3%
- DMK share
- 34.9% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- 60.5% → 57.1%