Constituency
26. Kancheepuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KANCHEEPURAM
DMK 47.7%won by 19.0%ADKJL 28.7%
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 19.0%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 43.4% to 47.7% of the vote here (+4.3%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 98.7% — 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
1,12,932
Margin
21,413
18.96%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMK- 1MURUGESAN, P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK53,82147.7%
- 2THIRUNAVUKKARASU, S.S.ADKJL · ADKJL32,40828.7%
- 3NARAYANASWAMY, V.Indian National Congress · INC17,08415.1%
- 4BALAJI, K.ADKJR · ADKJR6,6435.9%
- 5AMIRTHALINGAM, M.K.Independent · IND1,6661.5%
- 6SUGADEV, J.Independent · IND2540.2%
- 7BAKTHAVATHSALAM, T.Independent · IND2220.2%
- 8JAYARAMAN, K.P.SIndependent · IND1990.2%
- 9RAJENDRAN, C.P.Independent · IND1770.2%
- 10SARAVANA BAVAN, A.V.Independent · IND1630.1%
- 11CHANDRABANU, S.K.Independent · IND880.1%
- 12SEKAR V.M.E.Independent · IND790.1%
- 13DEVARAJAN, V.Independent · IND660.1%
- 14RADHAKRISHNASHA DAMANGIRI, V.Independent · IND620.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −24.4%
- DMK share
- 43.4% → 47.7%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —