Election
Constituency

11. Chepauk

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-CHEPAUK

DMK 50.2%won by 27.8%INC 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.0% to 27.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
65,925
Margin
18,353
27.84%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMKINC swing
−28.4%
DMK share
56.3% 50.2%
INC share
0.0% 22.4%
Turnout