Constituency
137. Thirumangalam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-THIRUMANGALAM
DMK 34.8%won by 4.2%INC 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 4.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 42.3% to 34.8% of the vote here (−7.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 97.5% — 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
95,967
Margin
4,055
4.23%
Candidates
11 contested · winner DMK- 1SAMINATHAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,43334.8%
- 2CHITTHAN, N.S.V.Indian National Congress · INC29,37830.6%
- 3INGARSAA, K.A.Independent · IND11,21311.7%
- 4SEENIVASAN, V.A.Independent · IND9,91210.3%
- 5SUBBIAH, P.Independent · IND9,1689.6%
- 6GAJANDRAN, P.Independent · IND1,1231.2%
- 7ATHARAMALAI, P.K.Independent · IND8660.9%
- 8MUTHUKANNAN, S.Independent · IND2600.3%
- 9SRIDHARAN, T.V.Independent · IND2540.3%
- 10RAJA, K.M.Independent · IND2520.3%
- 11RAJU, A.P.Independent · IND1080.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +17.2%
- DMK share
- 42.3% → 34.8%
- INC share
- 55.2% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —