Constituency
187. Kumbakonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KUMBAKONAM
DMK 35.0%won by 7.3%INC 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 7.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 22.9% to 35.0% of the vote here (+12.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.7% between them, down from 87.4% — 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
1,04,961
Margin
7,692
7.33%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1MANI K.S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK36,76335.0%
- 2KRISHNAMOORTHY K.Indian National Congress · INC29,07127.7%
- 3KRISHNAMURTHY S.H.ADKJL · ADKJL26,90625.6%
- 4KUMARASAMY S.Independent · IND11,91911.4%
- 5MURUGAIYAN S.Independent · IND1270.1%
- 6GANDHI, A.Independent · IND1100.1%
- 7RAJASEKEKARAN S.Independent · IND650.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +49.0%
- DMK share
- 22.9% → 35.0%
- INC share
- 64.6% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- — → —