Constituency
72. Kallakurichi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KALLAKURICHI
DMK 36.3%won by 13.4%ADKJL 22.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 13.4%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% 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
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,01,354
Margin
13,538
13.36%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1UDHAYASURIYAN, T.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,77636.3%
- 2RAMALINGAM, K.R.ADKJL · ADKJL23,23822.9%
- 3SIVARAMAN, S.Indian National Congress · INC21,52621.2%
- 4MOHAN, P.Independent · IND10,54610.4%
- 5DHANABAL, N.Independent · IND6,6766.6%
- 6JAYARAM, K.Independent · IND1,9111.9%
- 7GOTHADARAMAN, A.Independent · IND3120.3%
- 8PERIYASAMY, S.Independent · IND1950.2%
- 9SOUNDHARRAJAN E.N.U.K.V.Independent · IND1740.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −23.0%
- DMK share
- 36.4% → 36.3%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 22.9%
- Turnout
- — → —