Constituency
4. Park Town
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PARK-TOWN
DMK 49.2%won by 26.8%ADKJL 22.5%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 26.8%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
75,296
Margin
20,143
26.75%
Candidates
19 contested · winner DMK- 1RAHMANKHAN, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,08349.2%
- 2BABUJI GAUTAMADKJL · ADKJL16,94022.5%
- 3VINAYAGAMURTHI S.G.Indian National Congress · INC15,08020.0%
- 4KANTILAL, C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,0144.0%
- 5GURUSAMY, M. ALIAS DEVAR M.G.Independent · IND2,0012.7%
- 6CHANDRASEKARAN, A.Independent · IND2230.3%
- 7SAMBANDAM, A.R.Ics (Scs) · ICSSCS1680.2%
- 8NANMULL JAINIndependent · IND1110.1%
- 9MANAK CHAND NAHAR, B.Independent · IND1050.1%
- 10SAMA RAO C.Independent · IND1020.1%
- 11UMAPATHY, T.Independent · IND930.1%
- 12BASTHIMAL SURANAIndependent · IND690.1%
- 13VICTOR, S.Independent · IND690.1%
- 14JOSHI, V.D.Independent · IND670.1%
- 15BALAKUMARAN, M.K.Independent · IND480.1%
- 16KESAVAN, S.Independent · IND470.1%
- 17SHENBAGAMURTHY, R.Independent · IND310.0%
- 18JAGAJOTHIIndependent · IND260.0%
- 19SAMY, S.M.Independent · IND190.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −24.1%
- DMK share
- 50.9% → 49.2%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 22.5%
- Turnout
- — → —