Constituency
11. Chepauk
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-CHEPAUK
DMK 50.2%won by 27.8%INC 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedDravida 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
65,925
Margin
18,353
27.84%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1LATHEEF, M.A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,10450.2%
- 2HIDAYATHULLA, S.M.Indian National Congress · INC14,75122.4%
- 3KRISHNAMOORTHY, A.V.ADKJL · ADKJL12,66519.2%
- 4KONDAL KESAVA RAO ALIAS KONDAL DASSEN K.Independent · IND3,8055.8%
- 5JANASTHNAN, T.R.ICJBG · ICJBG4180.6%
- 6KASI SAH T.G.Independent · IND1380.2%
- 7VENKARATAMAN, S.Independent · IND1300.2%
- 8MOHAMED ISMAIL, N.Independent · IND1040.2%
- 9THIRUNAVUKKARASU, R.Independent · IND1030.2%
- 10AMIRUDDIN, A.Independent · IND1020.2%
- 11VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, ALIAS MANIAN, K.Independent · IND1000.2%
- 12BASKARAN, A.Independent · IND900.1%
- 13KANNAMAL ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND740.1%
- 14AZHGUMANI R.Independent · IND680.1%
- 15RAJASEKARAN ALIAS BABU, V.J.Independent · IND630.1%
- 16SUNDARAM, C.P.Independent · IND520.1%
- 17KALIVAPPAN ALIAS M.G.R. DASAN A.G.Independent · IND350.1%
- 18BAKTHAN, V.Independent · IND320.0%
- 19SURESH, M.Independent · IND250.0%
- 20PEER MOHAMED, A.K.Independent · IND250.0%
- 21LAIKATH ALI, K.Independent · IND210.0%
- 22PANDIAN, K.Independent · IND200.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- −28.4%
- DMK share
- 56.3% → 50.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- — → —