Constituency
99. Sankari
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-SANKARI
DMK 41.7%won by 7.6%ADKJL 34.1%
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 7.6%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.9% between them, down from 98.0% — 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
1,03,953
Margin
7,869
7.57%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1VARADARAJAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,36541.7%
- 2DHANAPAL R.ADKJL · ADKJL35,49634.1%
- 3KOLANDAIRAJ, M.Indian National Congress · INC12,43112.0%
- 4AMBEDHKHAR, V.ADKJR · ADKJR8,6258.3%
- 5MANI, M.Independent · IND1,9471.9%
- 6PALANIAPPAN, M.Independent · IND7020.7%
- 7SRIVNIVASN, K.M.ICJBG · ICJBG5460.5%
- 8VEERAMANI, C.Independent · IND5030.5%
- 9MARIMUTHU, R.Independent · IND3380.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −33.4%
- DMK share
- 41.0% → 41.7%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- — → —