Constituency
58. Villupuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-VILLUPURAM
DMK 47.2%won by 23.8%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 23.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 38.2% to 47.2% of the vote here (+9.0%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.6% between them, down from 90.9% — 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
95,677
Margin
22,765
23.79%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMK- 1DEIVASIGAMANI (A) PONMUDI, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,14547.2%
- 2ABDUL LATHEEF, S.Indian National Congress · INC22,38023.4%
- 3SELVARAJ, P.ADKJL · ADKJL15,14815.8%
- 4CHELLAPPA, V.G.Independent · IND9,92910.4%
- 5BALASHANMUGAM, M.Independent · IND1,0381.1%
- 6ANAVARATHANIndependent · IND3670.4%
- 7ABBAS ALI, S.Independent · IND3650.4%
- 8VITTAL NATHA GOUNDER A.Independent · IND3080.3%
- 9KRISHNAN, P.Independent · IND3000.3%
- 10RAMACHANDRAN, R.Independent · IND2200.2%
- 11BOSE K.K.Independent · IND1730.2%
- 12MANAVALAN, D.Independent · IND1380.1%
- 13ZEENA M.Independent · IND1060.1%
- 14VEERAPPA GONNDER, T.Independent · IND600.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −14.4%
- DMK share
- 38.2% → 47.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —