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Constituency

18. Villivakkam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-VILLIVAKKAM

CPM 46.8%won by 27.9%ADKJL 18.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 27.9%.

  • New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 18.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 95.8% — 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
2,12,886
Margin
59,421
27.91%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMADKJL swing
−20.3%
CPM share
48.2% 46.8%
ADKJL share
0.0% 18.9%
Turnout