Constituency
132. Theni
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-THENI
DMK 32.9%won by 0.7%INC 32.2%
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 0.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 32.9% of the vote here (+32.9%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 98.3% — 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
1,16,680
Margin
780
0.67%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1PONNU PILLAI, G.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,35632.9%
- 2ALAGARAJA, N.R.Indian National Congress · INC37,57632.2%
- 3JAKKAYAN, N.R.ADKJL · ADKJL26,51422.7%
- 4KALIMUTHU, K.ADKJR · ADKJR12,52110.7%
- 5MAHALINGAM, S.J.Independent · IND6940.6%
- 6VERANAN, A.Independent · IND2070.2%
- 7PANDIAN, K.K.Independent · IND1960.2%
- 8SRIDHARAN, M.SIndependent · IND1920.2%
- 9SELVARAJ, T.Independent · IND1560.1%
- 10RAMDASS, K.Independent · IND1130.1%
- 11MANIMARAN, K.P.Independent · IND980.1%
- 12MOHAMED SHERIFF.Independent · IND570.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +0.7%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 32.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- — → —