Constituency
56. Vanur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-VANUR
DMK 48.2%won by 24.8%INC 23.4%
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 24.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 35.5% to 48.2% of the vote here (+12.8%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
88,784
Margin
22,012
24.79%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1MARIMUTHU, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,82548.2%
- 2KRISHNAN, C.Indian National Congress · INC20,81323.4%
- 3RAMAJAYAM, M.N.ADKJR · ADKJR15,95118.0%
- 4ARJUNAN, V.Communist Party of India · CPI8,2739.3%
- 5DHANAPAL, S.Independent · IND3550.4%
- 6AMBEDKAR, A.Independent · IND3540.4%
- 7ANGALAN, P.Independent · IND2130.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −10.7%
- DMK share
- 35.5% → 48.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —