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111. Udumalpet

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-UDUMALPET

DMK 45.2%won by 6.9%ADKJL 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 6.9%.

  • New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 38.3% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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
1,21,842
Margin
8,405
6.90%

Candidates

13 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1SADIQPASHA, S.J.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK55,08945.2%
  2. 2KOLANDAIVELU, P.ADKJL · ADKJL46,68438.3%
  3. 3THIRUMALAISAMY GOUNDER, S.Indian National Congress · INC13,36911.0%
  4. 4PALANISAMY GOUNDER, K.ADKJR · ADKJR4,8234.0%
  5. 5THIRUMALAISAMY, K.K.Independent · IND5890.5%
  6. 6SARGUNASAMY, G.K.Independent · IND2860.2%
  7. 7RAMASAMYIndependent · IND2220.2%
  8. 8DHANMODHARASAMY NAIDU, P.Independent · IND2040.2%
  9. 9RANGASAMY, G.Independent · IND1710.1%
  10. 10MUTHUSAMYIndependent · IND1640.1%
  11. 11BALAKRISHNAN, J.Independent · IND900.1%
  12. 12VELUSAMY, PIndependent · IND810.1%
  13. 13JANAKIRAMANIndependent · IND700.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–ADKJL swing
−37.4%
DMK share
44.3% → 45.2%
ADKJL share
0.0% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
110. Valparai112. Dharapuram
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