Constituency
20. Tambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-TAMBARAM
DMK 47.0%won by 24.2%INC 22.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 24.2%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.9% 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
1,91,400
Margin
46,261
24.17%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1VAITHLYALIGAM, M.A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK90,00747.0%
- 2DOSS, A.J.Indian National Congress · INC43,74622.9%
- 3VENKATESAN, S.Independent · IND29,58315.5%
- 4RAJAMANICKAM, EILAADKJR · ADKJR21,75111.4%
- 5GNANASEKARAN, M.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,3560.7%
- 6VICTOR, R.Independent · IND1,1760.6%
- 7KAILASAM, R.Independent · IND9330.5%
- 8ETHIRAJ, N.Independent · IND8670.5%
- 9PASUPATHI, P.A.Independent · IND3860.2%
- 10JAYARAMAN, K.Independent · IND2730.1%
- 11VELUMUTHU, S.Independent · IND2150.1%
- 12TAMIL MANNAN, K.Independent · IND2120.1%
- 13THIRUMENI, C.Independent · IND1600.1%
- 14MANOHARAN, M.Independent · IND1100.1%
- 15PAUL. P.Independent · IND940.0%
- 16LEENA JOSIAH, R.V.Independent · IND920.0%
- 17PIRAMBAIYAAR (ALIAS) SUNDARAM, V.Independent · IND900.0%
- 18NATARAJHAN, L.Independent · IND870.0%
- 19MERVIN, E.S.Independent · IND740.0%
- 20JAMES (ALIAS) RAJASIGA MANI, N.J.Independent · IND730.0%
- 21VEDAGIRI, S.Independent · IND700.0%
- 22MURUGESAN, K.Independent · IND450.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −22.7%
- DMK share
- 46.8% → 47.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 22.9%
- Turnout
- — → —