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Constituency

185. Papanasam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-PAPANASAM

INC 38.9%won by 1.2%DMK 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.4% to 1.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 97.7% — 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
93,290
Margin
1,092
1.17%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−18.2%
INC share
58.5% 38.9%
DMK share
39.2% 37.7%
Turnout