Constituency
156. Thottiyam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-THOTTIYAM
DMK 32.5%won by 1.1%ADKJL 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 1.1%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 27.5% to 32.5% of the vote here (+5.0%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.0% between them, down from 95.9% — 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
1,07,648
Margin
1,137
1.06%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1KANNAIYAN K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK34,99432.5%
- 2KATHAMUTHU, K. P.ADKJL · ADKJL33,85731.5%
- 3PERIYASAMY, R.Indian National Congress · INC24,46422.7%
- 4RATHINAVELU, S.ADKJR · ADKJR9,7789.1%
- 5JAYARAJ, M. K.Independent · IND3,4163.2%
- 6KARUPPAIAH, P.Independent · IND5800.5%
- 7KARUPPAIAH, A.Independent · IND2310.2%
- 8ELANGOVAN, R.Independent · IND1840.2%
- 9RAJENDRAN, M.Independent · IND1440.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −26.5%
- DMK share
- 27.5% → 32.5%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —