Constituency
46. Polur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-POLUR
DMK 38.8%won by 12.5%ADKJL 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 12.5%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 26.3% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 98.5% — 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
81,137
Margin
10,144
12.50%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1A. RAJENDRANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,47838.8%
- 2S. KANNANADKJL · ADKJL21,33426.3%
- 3J. RAJABABUIndian National Congress · INC15,45319.0%
- 4A. SELVANADKJR · ADKJR12,09614.9%
- 5T.C. MANILINGAMIndependent · IND5270.6%
- 6M. JAYABALANIndependent · IND2490.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −23.6%
- DMK share
- 36.1% → 38.8%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- — → —