Constituency
48. Vellore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-VELLORE
DMK 47.4%won by 18.2%ADKJL 29.2%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.9% to 18.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
1,06,539
Margin
19,360
18.17%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1DEVARAJ, V.M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK50,47047.4%
- 2NEELAKANDAN, P.ADKJL · ADKJL31,11029.2%
- 3SHANMUGASUDARAM, A.K.Indian National Congress · INC18,68317.5%
- 4JAGANMOHAN, V. ALIAS SIVAJIMOHANIndependent · IND4,5354.3%
- 5ILAMATHI, M.Independent · IND8560.8%
- 6PANEERSELVAN, N.Independent · IND2350.2%
- 7GANESAN, J.P.Independent · IND1660.2%
- 8MURUGESAN, V.P.R.Independent · IND1430.1%
- 9EKAMBARAM, B.Independent · IND1190.1%
- 10MOORTHY, K.Independent · IND1040.1%
- 11GOVINDARAJ, D.Independent · IND740.1%
- 12SIVALINGAMIndependent · IND440.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −35.8%
- DMK share
- 54.0% → 47.4%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 29.2%
- Turnout
- — → —