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144. Madurai East

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-MADURAI-EAST

AIADMK 48.9%won by 16.1%CPM 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.4% to 16.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.7% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
82,892
Margin
13,323
16.07%

Candidates

31 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1ERADHA, S.R.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK40,51948.9%
  2. 2SANKARIAH, N.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,19632.8%
  3. 3RAMAKRISHNAN, M.K.Indian National Congress · INC12,77815.4%
  4. 4GOPALAN, T.R.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP8171.0%
  5. 5PANDI, P.Independent · IND2210.3%
  6. 6GUNASEKARAN, R.Independent · IND1520.2%
  7. 7BLOSSOMVAZIndependent · IND1310.2%
  8. 8KRISHNAN, J.S.Independent · IND1260.2%
  9. 9DHARMARAJAN, N.Independent · IND1140.1%
  10. 10LINGAM, AT. S.Independent · IND890.1%
  11. 11KRISHNAN, T.R.Independent · IND750.1%
  12. 12BALUCHAM, S.Independent · IND730.1%
  13. 13SUNDARAM, M.Independent · IND600.1%
  14. 14ALAGARSAMY, M.Independent · IND600.1%
  15. 15HARIRAM, J.T.Independent · IND530.1%
  16. 16JOTHIHARAN, V.S.M.G.Independent · IND440.1%
  17. 17SUDARSAN, D.S.Independent · IND380.0%
  18. 18VEERAPPA GOUNDER, V.T.R.Independent · IND330.0%
  19. 19KAMARDEEN, M.A.K.Independent · IND330.0%
  20. 20PECHIMUTHU, S.P.Independent · IND330.0%
  21. 21ILAHI MOULANA, A.Independent · IND290.0%
  22. 22PONNUSWAMY, K.Independent · IND290.0%
  23. 23VADAMALAI NEETHI, S.Independent · IND290.0%
  24. 24THADCHANAMOORTHY, S.T.Independent · IND260.0%
  25. 25LAKSHMINAN, O.K.Independent · IND260.0%
  26. 26KARUTHAPANDIAN, T.K.Independent · IND250.0%
  27. 27PREM BABU, M.R.Independent · IND210.0%
  28. 28GANESAN, P.K.M.Independent · IND180.0%
  29. 29RAJAN U.P.Independent · IND180.0%
  30. 30KAMA, S.Independent · IND170.0%
  31. 31MUNIKRISHNAN, V.V.Independent · IND90.0%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
AIADMK
AIADMK–CPM swing
+8.7%
AIADMK share
51.1% → 48.9%
CPM share
43.7% → 32.8%
Turnout
— → —
143. Madurai Central145. Samayanallur
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