Constituency
5. Perambur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PERAMBUR
DMK 53.9%won by 32.8%INC 21.1%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.2% to 32.8%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 21.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.9% between them, down from 98.9% — 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
1,21,939
Margin
39,990
32.80%
Candidates
15 contested · winner DMK- 1CHENGAI SIVAM ALIAS SAJAISVAM J.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK65,68153.9%
- 2VISWANATHAN, P.Indian National Congress · INC25,69121.1%
- 3MAHENATHAN, V.Independent · IND15,74712.9%
- 4PANCHALAIM M.ADKJL · ADKJL7,9086.5%
- 5THIRUMALAI, S.Independent · IND4,2383.5%
- 6GANESEKARAN, R.Independent · IND1,0370.9%
- 7PRABANANDHAM, B.Independent · IND3510.3%
- 8PALANIAPPAN, S.Independent · IND2410.2%
- 9SREERAMULU, M.Independent · IND2290.2%
- 10RAMADOSS, P.Independent · IND2230.2%
- 11MEGANATHAN, S.Independent · IND1970.2%
- 12VIJAYAKUMAR, C.Independent · IND1510.1%
- 13GOPAL, V.Independent · IND1390.1%
- 14KALAVEL, G.Independent · IND650.1%
- 15RAMAKRISHNAN, B.Independent · IND410.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- −20.2%
- DMK share
- 53.0% → 53.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 21.1%
- Turnout
- — → —