Constituency
389. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KRISHNAGIRI
AIADMK 50.7%won by 7.9%TMCM 42.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 7.9%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 50.7% of the vote here (+50.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 82.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 55.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,15,876
Turnout
55.8%
Valid votes
6,22,689
Margin
49,349
7.93%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AIADMK- 1MUNUSAMY K.P.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3,15,76250.7%
- 2RAJARAM NAIDU D.R.TMCM · TMCM2,66,41342.8%
- 3KRISHNAMURTHY. AGA.Indian National Congress · INC35,2295.7%
- 4MUNIRAJ R.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,2850.8%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TMCM swing
- +63.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 50.7%
- TMCM share
- 56.0% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- 61.5% → 55.8%