Constituency
143. Madurai Central
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-MADURAI-CENTRAL
DMK 39.7%won by 13.2%INC 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 13.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 39.7% of the vote here (+39.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 98.7% — 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
84,282
Margin
11,146
13.22%
Candidates
22 contested · winner DMK- 1PAULRAJ, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,48439.7%
- 2DEIVANAYAGAM, A.Indian National Congress · INC22,33826.5%
- 3RAGHAVANANDAM, S.ADKJR · ADKJR11,24313.3%
- 4TAHNGAMANI, K.T.K.Communist Party of India · CPI11,09713.2%
- 5NEDUMARAN, P.TNCK · TNCK4,8755.8%
- 6RAJAPANDIAN, P.D.Independent · IND2390.3%
- 7RAMASAMY, K.Independent · IND1660.2%
- 8THANGAMANI, P.Independent · IND1370.2%
- 9BALASUBRAMANI, M.Independent · IND980.1%
- 10KANI MEENAKSHI, SOKKAR, T.K.Independent · IND740.1%
- 11KAMARAJ, S.Independent · IND650.1%
- 12FARID, M.A.MIndependent · IND620.1%
- 13JOTHIKRISHNAN, M.R.Independent · IND620.1%
- 14SUNDARARAJ, P.Independent · IND520.1%
- 15THIRUPATHY, K.Independent · IND520.1%
- 16KRISHNAN ALIAS RADHAKRISHNAN, T.Independent · IND470.1%
- 17SUBBURAJ, K.Independent · IND470.1%
- 18THIRUMALAI, K.Independent · IND460.1%
- 19SAKTHIVEL, G.Independent · IND310.0%
- 20THIRUMARAVAN, R.Independent · IND250.0%
- 21DHANDAPANU, NIndependent · IND240.0%
- 22KARUTHAPANDIANIndependent · IND180.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +64.0%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 39.7%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —