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191. Pudukkottai

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-PUDUKKOTTAI

DMK 36.2%won by 15.3%ADKJR 20.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 15.3%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 36.2% of the vote here (+36.2%).
  • New challengerADKJR (ADKJR) finished second with 20.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.1% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,25,661
Margin
19,280
15.34%

Candidates

16 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1PERIYANNAN A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,53436.2%
  2. 2ERAMA VEERAPPANADKJR · ADKJR26,25420.9%
  3. 3CHELLATHURAI S.ADKJL · ADKJL25,70320.5%
  4. 4MOHAMED GANI J.Indian National Congress · INC24,53619.5%
  5. 5SAMINATHAN K.Independent · IND1,8361.5%
  6. 6LAKSHMANAN KMIndependent · IND2270.2%
  7. 7VAIRAPERUMAL DURAIIndependent · IND2160.2%
  8. 8SELVAM M.Independent · IND2120.2%
  9. 9VYASAR R.Independent · IND2020.2%
  10. 10VEERAPPAN V.T.R.Independent · IND1930.2%
  11. 11VEERAPPAN, C.Independent · IND1750.1%
  12. 12RAMASAMY, P.IFT · IFT1610.1%
  13. 13IBRAHIM, UIndependent · IND1510.1%
  14. 14SHANMUGAM, P.Independent · IND1400.1%
  15. 15MATHUVAPPAN, S.Independent · IND730.1%
  16. 16VARADARAJAN, RM.Independent · IND480.0%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–ADKJR swing
+15.3%
DMK share
0.0% → 36.2%
ADKJR share
0.0% → 20.9%
Turnout
— → —
190. Kolathur192. Alangudi
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