Election
Constituency

62. Nellikuppam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-NELLIKUPPAM

CPM 31.9%won by 13.9%IND 18.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 13.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.9% between them, down from 88.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
82,278
Margin
11,429
13.89%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1C. GOVINDARAJANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM26,23331.9%
  2. 2N.V. JAYASEELANIndependent · IND14,80418.0%
  3. 3C. DAMODHARANADKJL · ADKJL14,14317.2%
  4. 4VASU SELVARAJUIndian National Congress · INC11,98114.6%
  5. 5M. VELAYUTHAMIndependent · IND9,24111.2%
  6. 6S. KALIYAPERUMAL PADAYATCHIIndependent · IND3,1733.9%
  7. 7S.D. KRISHNAMURTHYIndependent · IND1,4231.7%
  8. 8S. VEERAPUTHIRANIndependent · IND5400.7%
  9. 9R. VRIDHAGIRIIndependent · IND3010.4%
  10. 10S. KRISHNAMURTHYIndependent · IND2050.2%
  11. 11M. PRAGASAMIndependent · IND1240.2%
  12. 12P. BALAKRISHNANIndependent · IND1100.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–IND swing
−8.7%
CPM share
31.5% → 31.9%
IND share
8.9% → 18.0%
Turnout
— → —
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