Constituency
146. Melur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-MELUR
INC 36.4%won by 7.7%DMK 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.7% to 7.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 28.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.2% between them, down from 93.5% — 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
1,13,054
Margin
8,650
7.65%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1RANAMANICKAM, K.V.V.Indian National Congress · INC41,15836.4%
- 2THIAGARAJAN, KR.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK32,50828.8%
- 3PARAMASIVAN, A.M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK31,47027.8%
- 4DHARMAR ABMALAM, N.FBL · FBL3,6753.3%
- 5POSALAN, P.R.Independent · IND2,1761.9%
- 6ALAGARSAMY, U.Independent · IND4800.4%
- 7KUPPUSAMY MUPPANAR K.P.Independent · IND2790.2%
- 8NUTHU, M.Independent · IND2350.2%
- 9LAKSHMMI PERIYASAMY, A.Independent · IND2340.2%
- 10RAMAN, K.Independent · IND2280.2%
- 11VELLAI, S.Independent · IND1920.2%
- 12AYYAVU, A.Independent · IND1750.2%
- 13PADMANABHAN, N.Independent · IND1250.1%
- 14SELVAM, S.Independent · IND1190.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −52.5%
- INC share
- 60.1% → 36.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —