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Constituency

166. Tiruchirapalli-I

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-TIRUCHIRAPALLI-I

DMK 32.2%won by 7.2%INC 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 7.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.2% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
79,797
Margin
5,744
7.20%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMKINC swing
+3.3%
DMK share
50.8% 32.2%
INC share
46.9% 25.0%
Turnout