Constituency
89. Salem-Ii
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-SALEM-II
DMK 43.5%won by 19.9%ADKJL 23.6%
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 19.9%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.1% between them, down from 98.9% — 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
1,04,220
Margin
20,765
19.92%
Candidates
15 contested · winner DMK- 1ARUMUGAM, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,35843.5%
- 2NATESAN, M.ADKJL · ADKJL24,59323.6%
- 3RAJENDRAN, U.Indian National Congress · INC22,75521.8%
- 4RAJARAM, K.ADKJR · ADKJR10,1789.8%
- 5MURALI, M.Independent · IND3480.3%
- 6BALAKRISHNAN, K.P.Independent · IND2080.2%
- 7ARUMUGAM, V.Independent · IND1730.2%
- 8RAJAGOPAL, V.R.Independent · IND1410.1%
- 9RATHINAM, K.C.Independent · IND1410.1%
- 10PERUMAL, L.Independent · IND810.1%
- 11UMA SHANKAR, P.S.Independent · IND800.1%
- 12KADIRVEL, S.Independent · IND570.1%
- 13VAIRAVAN, N.Independent · IND480.0%
- 14SEKAR S.Independent · IND300.0%
- 15VENKATACHALAM, P.Independent · IND290.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −25.1%
- DMK share
- 45.1% → 43.5%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- — → —