Constituency
126. Coonoor
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-COONOOR
DMK 42.4%won by 11.5%INC 30.8%
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 11.5%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.2% between them, down from 98.8% — 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
96,678
Margin
11,160
11.54%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1THANGAVEL, N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK40,97442.4%
- 2ARUMUGHAM, P.Indian National Congress · INC29,81430.8%
- 3MANIMARAN, S.ADKJL · ADKJL14,64815.2%
- 4PONNURAJ, T.ADKJR · ADKJR10,67211.0%
- 5PONNAZHAGAN, A.Independent · IND2780.3%
- 6RAJU, K.Independent · IND1230.1%
- 7AMMASAN, A.Independent · IND1060.1%
- 8VELUSWAMI, M.Independent · IND630.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −30.6%
- DMK share
- 42.1% → 42.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —