Constituency
149. Athoor
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-ATHOOR
DMK 32.2%won by 3.2%INC 29.0%
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 3.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 35.4% to 32.2% of the vote here (−3.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.2% between them, down from 98.5% — 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
1,16,289
Margin
3,736
3.21%
Candidates
12 contested · winner DMK- 1PERIASAMY., I.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,46932.2%
- 2ABDUL KADHAR, N.Indian National Congress · INC33,73329.0%
- 3SRINIVASAN, G.ADKJL · ADKJL25,86922.2%
- 4THIRUMALAISAMY, S.Independent · IND16,60414.3%
- 5SEBASTIAN, Y.Independent · IND5620.5%
- 6RAJU, O.Independent · IND4780.4%
- 7VARADHARAJAN, R.V.TNCK · TNCK4210.4%
- 8ALAGUMALAI, R.Independent · IND3920.3%
- 9KASTHURI RANGASAMYIndependent · IND2640.2%
- 10JEGANATHAN, R.Independent · IND2150.2%
- 11MUTHUSAMY, M.P.Independent · IND1680.1%
- 12PRAKASH, S.Independent · IND1140.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −32.1%
- DMK share
- 35.4% → 32.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- — → —