Constituency
45. Kalasapakkam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KALASAPAKKAM
DMK 48.2%won by 22.0%ADKJL 26.2%
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 22.0%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 37.8% to 48.2% of the vote here (+10.5%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% between them, down from 96.5% — 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
98,533
Margin
21,695
22.02%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1THIRUVENGADAM, P.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK47,53548.2%
- 2KRISHNAMURTHY, S.ADKJL · ADKJL25,84026.2%
- 3THANGAMANI, K.P.K.Indian National Congress · INC15,25715.5%
- 4PANDURANGAN, M.ADKJR · ADKJR8,5338.7%
- 5CHOKKALAN, L.Independent · IND5100.5%
- 6DEVENDURAN, P.Independent · IND4480.5%
- 7ASOKAN, A.Independent · IND3010.3%
- 8SHANMUNGAM, A.Independent · IND1090.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −15.7%
- DMK share
- 37.8% → 48.2%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —