Constituency
135. Andipatti
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-ANDIPATTI
DMK 29.5%won by 4.0%ADKJL 25.5%
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 4.0%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.0% between them, down from 98.6% — 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
1,05,835
Margin
4,221
3.99%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1ASAYAN, P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,21829.5%
- 2PANNEERSELVAM, V.ADKJL · ADKJL26,99725.5%
- 3JANAKI M.G.ADKJR · ADKJR22,64721.4%
- 4VELUSAMY, K.Indian National Congress · INC21,78220.6%
- 5RAJAPPAN, K.P.Independent · IND1,8901.8%
- 6VEERAPANDI, M.Independent · IND3550.3%
- 7KARUTHAPANDIAN, T.K.Independent · IND2640.2%
- 8SREEDHARAN, M.S.Independent · IND1960.2%
- 9RAVEENTHIRAN, G.Independent · IND1580.1%
- 10SERVI KARATH THAVAR, K.Independent · IND1510.1%
- 11RAGAVEL NAIDU, P.Independent · IND960.1%
- 12PERUMAL THEVAR, M.Independent · IND810.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −27.2%
- DMK share
- 31.2% → 29.5%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- — → —