Constituency
161. Varahur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-VARAHUR
DMK 43.1%won by 8.7%ADKJL 34.3%
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 8.7%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.4% between them, down from 99.4% — 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
84,126
Margin
7,324
8.71%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1ANNADURAI, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,21943.1%
- 2PONNUVELU E. T.ADKJL · ADKJL28,89534.3%
- 3ARUNACHALAM A.ADKJR · ADKJR8,50710.1%
- 4SEPPAN A.Indian National Congress · INC8,45010.0%
- 5THANGAVELU M.Independent · IND9851.2%
- 6PALANIMUTHU M.Independent · IND4240.5%
- 7PANNEERSELVAM P.Independent · IND3620.4%
- 8THANGAVELU P.Independent · IND2840.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −33.7%
- DMK share
- 42.5% → 43.1%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —