Constituency
115. Palladam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PALLADAM
DMK 39.1%won by 11.7%ADKJL 27.4%
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 11.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 39.1% of the vote here (+39.1%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 96.8% — 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
1,16,038
Margin
13,576
11.70%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMK- 1KANAPPAN, M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,39539.1%
- 2SIVARAJ, K.ADKJL · ADKJL31,81927.4%
- 3SIVAJI KANDESSAMYIndian National Congress · INC24,98021.5%
- 4PALANISAMY, K.C.ADKJR · ADKJR10,9869.5%
- 5SUBRAMANIAN, C.Independent · IND7790.7%
- 6SUBRAMANIAM, N.Independent · IND5730.5%
- 7KARUPPANAN, R.Independent · IND4750.4%
- 8KARTHIKEYAN, A.Independent · IND2190.2%
- 9MANI, P.Independent · IND1590.1%
- 10RAJENDRAN, K.R.Independent · IND1570.1%
- 11ASHOK KUMAR, A.Independent · IND1440.1%
- 12KUMARASAMY, C.Independent · IND1350.1%
- 13RAMASAMY, S.R.Independent · IND1220.1%
- 14SUBBAIAN, R.S.Independent · IND950.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- +11.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 27.4%
- Turnout
- — → —