Constituency
389. Sivakasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-SIVAKASI
ADK 55.2%won by 24.7%CPI 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedAnna Dravidar Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.7% to 24.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% between them, down from 98.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.0% to 61.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,76,887
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
6,61,384
Margin
1,63,090
24.66%
Candidates
23 contested · winner ADK- 1KANGA GOVINDARAJULU R.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,65,15555.2%
- 2SRI NIVASAN A.Communist Party of India · CPI2,02,06530.6%
- 3THAMARAIKKANI R.Independent · IND50,2587.6%
- 4MUTH PILLAI K.Independent · IND18,2172.8%
- 5PONNAIAH K. PUYALPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK11,2081.7%
- 6CHANDRAN E.Janahitha Paksha · JP3,3230.5%
- 7RAMACHANDRAN S.Independent · IND1,3720.2%
- 8JEYAPAL M.P.Independent · IND1,3400.2%
- 9MANMATHAN M.Independent · IND1,2710.2%
- 10KANNAN I.TMM · TMM1,1460.2%
- 11RAJU T.N.P.Independent · IND8760.1%
- 12SANKARALINGAM K.S.Independent · IND7920.1%
- 13VELAYUTHA RAJA M.S.Independent · IND7140.1%
- 14KANAGAVEL S.Independent · IND6750.1%
- 15SURIANARAYANAN K.Independent · IND6070.1%
- 16RAMAN N.Independent · IND5410.1%
- 17THIAGARAJAM ALIAS YOGAM P.I.D.Independent · IND4990.1%
- 18RAMASAMY A.Independent · IND3190.0%
- 19PERIASAMY T.Independent · IND2570.0%
- 20DORAIPANDIAN C.Independent · IND2390.0%
- 21ATHINARAYANAN N.Independent · IND1890.0%
- 22JOTHI RAMAR K.Independent · IND1830.0%
- 23NATARAJAN R.Independent · IND1380.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- ADK
- ADK–CPI swing
- −33.6%
- ADK share
- 58.2% → 55.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- 71.4% → 61.4%