Constituency
66. Bhuvanagiri
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-BHUVANAGIRI
DMK 46.5%won by 25.8%IND 20.7%
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 25.8%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 42.9% to 46.5% of the vote here (+3.6%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 20.7% — it polled just 0.9% in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 99.1% — 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
84,795
Margin
21,877
25.80%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1SIVALOGAM, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,43046.5%
- 2RATHAKRISHNAN, R.Independent · IND17,55320.7%
- 3SWAMINATHAN, V.V.ADKJR · ADKJR13,55516.0%
- 4KALAIMANI, K.ADKJL · ADKJL7,2128.5%
- 5SUNDARAMURTHY, R.Indian National Congress · INC6,2477.4%
- 6SANKARADOSS, S.Independent · IND3690.4%
- 7SIVA, P.Independent · IND2570.3%
- 8MURTHY, T.K.Independent · IND1200.1%
- 9KALIUAPERUMAL, A.Independent · IND520.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–IND swing
- −16.2%
- DMK share
- 42.9% → 46.5%
- IND share
- 0.9% → 20.7%
- Turnout
- — → —