Constituency
2. Harbour
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-HARBOUR
DMK 59.8%won by 45.9%MUL 13.8%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.8% to 45.9%.
- New challengerMUL (MUL) finished second with 13.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 98.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
69,669
Margin
31,991
45.92%
Candidates
26 contested · winner DMK- 1M. KARUNANIDHIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK41,63259.8%
- 2K.A. WAHABMUL · MUL9,64113.8%
- 3C.P. PATTABIRA-MANADKJL · ADKJL8,08611.6%
- 4THURAIMUGAM KHAJA MOHIDEENADKJR · ADKJR7,05510.1%
- 5J. MADANAGOPAL RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,7522.5%
- 6M.S. BALASUBRAMANIAMIndependent · IND4010.6%
- 7A. SAYED MOHAMED GANIIndependent · IND2250.3%
- 8KADER ALIIndependent · IND1200.2%
- 9SRINIVASANIndependent · IND1040.1%
- 10RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND650.1%
- 11RANGANATHANIndependent · IND640.1%
- 12A. SARBUDDINIndependent · IND610.1%
- 13P.K. SUDERSANAMIndependent · IND530.1%
- 14B. RAJENDRANIndependent · IND470.1%
- 15A. SAIT MOHAMEDIndependent · IND450.1%
- 16LINGAMIndependent · IND410.1%
- 17A. SADULLAHIndependent · IND350.1%
- 18V.T.R. VEERAPPAGUNDERIndependent · IND340.0%
- 19M. SUSEELAIndependent · IND310.0%
- 20B.M. NAGARATHINAMIndependent · IND310.0%
- 21A. JAYARAMANIndependent · IND310.0%
- 22B.G. LAKSHIMIPATHYIndependent · IND300.0%
- 23J. JAYANATHANIndependent · IND300.0%
- 24G.R. BALASUDARAMIndependent · IND280.0%
- 25A. VASUDEVANIndependent · IND150.0%
- 26T.R. VENKATESANIndependent · IND120.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–MUL swing
- −9.4%
- DMK share
- 55.3% → 59.8%
- MUL share
- 0.0% → 13.8%
- Turnout
- — → —