Constituency
12. Triplicane
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-TRIPLICANE
DMK 45.9%won by 12.6%ADKJL 33.3%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 12.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 33.3% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 92.6% — 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
79,401
Margin
9,972
12.56%
Candidates
16 contested · winner DMK- 1NANJIL K. MANOHARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,41445.9%
- 2HANDE, H.V.ADKJL · ADKJL26,44233.3%
- 3RAMA DEVI B.Indian National Congress · INC12,53115.8%
- 4GAJANATHAN, M.Independent · IND2,8783.6%
- 5MOHAMAD ALI HUSSAINIndependent · IND2200.3%
- 6MOHIDEEN, M.A.Independent · IND1520.2%
- 7JAINUDDINICJBG · ICJBG1420.2%
- 8MOHAMED YOUSUPIndependent · IND830.1%
- 9RAMAKRISHNAN, B.Independent · IND830.1%
- 10PANNEENSELVAM, S.D.Independent · IND810.1%
- 11MARAGATHAVALLI, G.Independent · IND760.1%
- 12JAYALAKSHMIIndependent · IND710.1%
- 13KUMAR D.S.Independent · IND670.1%
- 14PANNERSELVAM, K.P.Independent · IND670.1%
- 15ANDAMUTHU, V.A.Independent · IND480.1%
- 16THANGAPPA, A.Independent · IND460.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −38.0%
- DMK share
- 50.5% → 45.9%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- Turnout
- — → —