Constituency
162. Ariyalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-ARIYALUR
DMK 43.6%won by 16.7%ADKJL 26.9%
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 16.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 40.1% to 43.6% of the vote here (+3.5%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% 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
1,08,607
Margin
18,111
16.68%
Candidates
5 contested · winner DMK- 1ARUMUGAM T.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK47,35343.6%
- 2ELAVAZHAGAN P.ADKJL · ADKJL29,24226.9%
- 3SWAMYNATHAN T. K. S.Indian National Congress · INC21,24719.6%
- 4GANESAN P.ADKJR · ADKJR10,5079.7%
- 5ABARANJI C.Independent · IND2580.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −23.4%
- DMK share
- 40.1% → 43.6%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —