Constituency
49. Arani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-ARANI
DMK 36.2%won by 7.2%ADKJL 29.0%
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 7.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 43.8% to 36.2% of the vote here (−7.6%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.2% 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
1,06,498
Margin
7,667
7.20%
Candidates
11 contested · winner DMK- 1DAYALAN, A.C.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,55836.2%
- 2KARUNAKARAN, D.ADKJL · ADKJL30,89129.0%
- 3SHANMUGAM, A.C.ADKJR · ADKJR21,82720.5%
- 4LOGANATHAN, A.Indian National Congress · INC12,79312.0%
- 5SHANMUGAM, R.Independent · IND5010.5%
- 6SAMINATHAN, K.M.Independent · IND4690.4%
- 7MURUGESAN, N.Independent · IND4440.4%
- 8PREARAJAN, P.R.Independent · IND4320.4%
- 9KALAIMANI, K.Independent · IND3390.3%
- 10NARAYANASAMY, A.Independent · IND1270.1%
- 11DHAKSHINAMURTHI, A.Independent · IND1170.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −36.6%
- DMK share
- 43.8% → 36.2%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- — → —