Election
Constituency

63. Cuddalore

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-CUDDALORE

DMK 42.9%won by 20.4%INC 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 20.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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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not in source
Valid votes
99,729
Margin
20,382
20.44%

Candidates

12 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PUGAZHENDI, E.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,79042.9%
  2. 2RADHAKRISHNAN, M.Indian National Congress · INC22,40822.5%
  3. 3ABDUL LATHEEF, K.ADKJR · ADKJR18,72118.8%
  4. 4JANARTHANAN, D.ADKJL · ADKJL7,0287.0%
  5. 5PADMANABHAN, S.O.Independent · IND6,6946.7%
  6. 6RAJAMANICKAM, M.P.Independent · IND9060.9%
  7. 7CHOCKALINGA ACHARI K.Independent · IND3910.4%
  8. 8MANIVANNAN, S.Independent · IND2500.3%
  9. 9SUNDRACHARI, R.Independent · IND1940.2%
  10. 10NAKKIRAN (ALIAS) JAYARAMANIndependent · IND1340.1%
  11. 11THAIGARAJAN, V.Independent · IND1280.1%
  12. 12BASHA, UIndependent · IND850.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–INC swing
+38.5%
DMK share
40.0% → 42.9%
INC share
58.0% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
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