Constituency
185. Papanasam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PAPANASAM
INC 38.9%won by 1.2%DMK 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
93,290
Margin
1,092
1.17%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1G. KARUPPIAH MOOPANARIndian National Congress · INC36,27838.9%
- 2S. KALYANASUNDARAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK35,18637.7%
- 3A. RAJ MOHAMMEDADKJL · ADKJL12,86813.8%
- 4VALAMPURI JOHNADKJR · ADKJR8,3028.9%
- 5P. KALIYMOORTHYIndependent · IND2220.2%
- 6K.M. SWAMINATHANIndependent · IND2220.2%
- 7V.T.R. VEERAPPA GOUNDERIndependent · IND2120.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −18.2%
- INC share
- 58.5% → 38.9%
- DMK share
- 39.2% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —