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17. Thiruvottiyur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-THIRUVOTTIYUR

DMK 45.6%won by 14.2%ADKJL 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 14.2%.

  • New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.0% 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,48,866
Margin
21,072
14.16%

Candidates

18 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PALANISAMY, T.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK67,84945.6%
  2. 2RAMA CHANDRAN, J.ADKJL · ADKJL46,77731.4%
  3. 3BHARATHI, G.K. J.Indian National Congress · INC19,78213.3%
  4. 4BHOOMINATHAN, K.V.P.Independent · IND10,8637.3%
  5. 5THANGAL, MATHIALAGAN S.Independent · IND7860.5%
  6. 6VEERAN, N.Independent · IND7200.5%
  7. 7THANTHONI, E.Independent · IND3410.2%
  8. 8ANBHUKANNAN, V.Independent · IND3070.2%
  9. 9LOGANATHAN, D.Independent · IND2960.2%
  10. 10VADAMALAI, D.Independent · IND2130.1%
  11. 11REMAN, P.Independent · IND2010.1%
  12. 12NAGAVALLI, U.Independent · IND1710.1%
  13. 13NITHYANANDAM, MIndependent · IND1320.1%
  14. 14BHAKTHAVATCHALAM,Independent · IND1180.1%
  15. 15THANGAVELU, S.Independent · IND1030.1%
  16. 16BHASKAR, J.Independent · IND850.1%
  17. 17DHARMAN, P.Independent · IND680.0%
  18. 18BHASKARAN, S.E.Independent · IND540.0%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–ADKJL swing
−30.5%
DMK share
44.7% → 45.6%
ADKJL share
0.0% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
16. Ponneri18. Villivakkam
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