Constituency
131. Periyakulam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PERIYAKULAM
DMK 34.2%won by 5.4%INC 28.7%
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 5.4%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 97.3% — 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
1,03,114
Margin
5,593
5.42%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1L.MOOKAIAHDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,21534.2%
- 2S. SHEIK ABDUL KHADARIndian National Congress · INC29,62228.7%
- 3S.S. RAJENDRANADKJL · ADKJL28,68627.8%
- 4V. ABDUL FAROOKIndependent · IND7,3117.1%
- 5M. MEHTAIndependent · IND5610.5%
- 6K. PALANICHAMYIndependent · IND3640.4%
- 7S. MURUGESANIndependent · IND3580.3%
- 8C. AROCKIADOSSIndependent · IND2990.3%
- 9A. GABRIEL THANGARAJIndependent · IND2850.3%
- 10T.P. MUNIAPPANIndependent · IND1710.2%
- 11T. UTTANDU REDDIARIndependent · IND1340.1%
- 12M.K. MURUGAIAHIndependent · IND1080.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −28.9%
- DMK share
- 34.3% → 34.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —