Constituency
391. Tenkasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-TENKASI
INC 63.6%won by 30.3%DMK 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.5% to 30.3%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 64.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,26,698
Turnout
64.8%
Valid votes
6,00,569
Margin
1,82,086
30.32%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1ARUNACHALAM M.Indian National Congress · INC3,81,72163.6%
- 2SADHAN THIRUMALAIKUMAR T.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,99,63533.2%
- 3NAMBIRAJAN E.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK11,4791.9%
- 4SAKERTMM · TMM3,1900.5%
- 5GOPALAKRISHNAN E.Independent · IND1,7370.3%
- 6SUBRAMANIAN M.Independent · IND1,6160.3%
- 7ARIRAMAKRISHAN I.Independent · IND1,1910.2%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −32.2%
- INC share
- 62.5% → 63.6%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- 67.4% → 64.8%