Constituency
384. Krishnagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-KRISHNAGIRI
DMK 44.6%won by 10.2%AIADMK 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.1% to 10.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.1% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 15.2% to 74.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,14,758
Turnout
74.2%
Valid votes
7,52,578
Margin
76,598
10.18%
Candidates
16 contested · winner DMK- 1SUGAVANAM. E.G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,35,97744.6%
- 2NANJEGOWDU. K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,59,37934.5%
- 3ANBARASAN. D.Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK97,54613.0%
- 4BALAKRISHNAN. G.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,4862.7%
- 5VENKATESAN. K.Independent · IND8,4521.1%
- 6CHANDRAN. B.S.Independent · IND6,3960.8%
- 7SELVARAJ. M.KNMK · KNMK4,0440.5%
- 8SANKAR. S.Independent · IND3,7660.5%
- 9LATHA. G.Independent · IND3,7630.5%
- 10MOORTHY. V.V.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,8960.4%
- 11RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND2,5590.3%
- 12GOVINDARAJAN. V.Independent · IND1,8850.3%
- 13SAKTHIVEL. B.Loktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,6330.2%
- 14MEENAIndependent · IND1,4730.2%
- 15KUMARESAN. M.Independent · IND1,2480.2%
- 16GAVURAPPA. K.Independent · IND1,0750.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −6.0%
- DMK share
- 54.6% → 44.6%
- AIADMK share
- 38.5% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- 59.0% → 74.2%