Constituency
118. Modakkurichi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-MODAKKURICHI
DMK 44.3%won by 12.2%ADKJL 32.1%
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 12.2%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 32.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.3% between them, down from 98.2% — 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
1,31,154
Margin
16,007
12.20%
Candidates
15 contested · winner DMK- 1GANESAMOORTHY, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK58,05844.3%
- 2BALAKRISHNAN, S.ADKJL · ADKJL42,05132.1%
- 3CHINNUSAMYADKJR · ADKJR16,81112.8%
- 4SAINATHAN, R.Indian National Congress · INC10,0477.7%
- 5PALANISAMY, K.Independent · IND1,2250.9%
- 6GANDHI, A.Independent · IND8840.7%
- 7PALANIAPPA GOUNDER, S.Independent · IND4270.3%
- 8SHANMUGASUNDARAM, P.Independent · IND3670.3%
- 9MUNIANIndependent · IND2990.2%
- 10RAJENDRAN, K.N.Independent · IND2770.2%
- 11PALANISAMY, M.Independent · IND2220.2%
- 12MURUGESAN, V.S.Independent · IND1820.1%
- 13BALASUBRAMANIAM, C.Independent · IND1810.1%
- 14ARUNACHALAM, P.M.Independent · IND720.1%
- 15VELUSAMY, A.Independent · IND510.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −29.4%
- DMK share
- 41.6% → 44.3%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —