Constituency
186. Valangiman
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-VALANGIMAN
DMK 41.0%won by 10.5%ADKJL 30.4%
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 10.5%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 30.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 96.9% — 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
94,008
Margin
9,898
10.53%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1YASOTHA CHELLAPPADravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,52241.0%
- 2VIVEKANANDAADKJL · ADKJL28,62430.4%
- 3GOPAL V.R.Indian National Congress · INC17,73118.9%
- 4THILAGAVATHI E.ADKJR · ADKJR6,3816.8%
- 5MAHALINGAM N.Independent · IND1,7101.8%
- 6THIRUMAVALAVAN C.Independent · IND5300.6%
- 7MALARKODI GUNASEKARANLKD · LKD2570.3%
- 8MAHALINGAM K.Independent · IND2530.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −30.6%
- DMK share
- 41.1% → 41.0%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → —