Constituency
181. Orathanadu
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-ORATHANADU
DMK 43.2%won by 19.1%ADKJL 24.0%
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 19.1%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 88.5% — 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
1,14,813
Margin
21,978
19.14%
Candidates
6 contested · winner DMK- 1GANESAN, L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK49,55443.2%
- 2SRINIVASAN, K.ADKJL · ADKJL27,57624.0%
- 3SIVAGNANAM, N.Indian National Congress · INC21,26918.5%
- 4AZHAGUTIRUNAVUKKARASUADKJR · ADKJR13,52911.8%
- 5KUNJU PILLAI K.Independent · IND2,5372.2%
- 6SATHIYAMOORTHI S.Independent · IND3480.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −23.1%
- DMK share
- 42.2% → 43.2%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 24.0%
- Turnout
- — → —