Constituency
169. Sirkazhi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-SIRKAZHI
DMK 40.8%won by 25.4%INC 15.3%
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 25.4%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 15.3% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.1% between them, down from 99.1% — 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
89,543
Margin
22,775
25.43%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1PANNEERSELVAM M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,51240.8%
- 2RAMASAMY N.Indian National Congress · INC13,73715.3%
- 3BALASUBRAMANIAN K.ADKJL · ADKJL13,57715.2%
- 4MOORTHY T.ADKJR · ADKJR12,57614.0%
- 5MANI K. B. S.Independent · IND12,38513.8%
- 6NATESAN P.Independent · IND6280.7%
- 7THANGAYAN M. A.Independent · IND1280.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −18.0%
- DMK share
- 43.4% → 40.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 15.3%
- Turnout
- — → —