Constituency
195. Karaikudi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-KARAIKUDI
DMK 41.2%won by 22.1%ADKJR 19.2%
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 22.1%.
- New challengerADKJR (ADKJR) finished second with 19.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.4% between them, down from 88.1% — 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
1,11,029
Margin
24,485
22.05%
Candidates
10 contested · winner DMK- 1NARAYANAN RM.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK45,79041.2%
- 2DURAIRASU SP.ADKJR · ADKJR21,30519.2%
- 3SHANMUGAM S.Independent · IND19,85617.9%
- 4GEEVA RAM ANANDH K.ADKJL · ADKJL18,57316.7%
- 5ARUJOTHI V.Independent · IND1,6721.5%
- 6GOPAL V.TNCK · TNCK1,6581.5%
- 7RASA A.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4161.3%
- 8SEKAR C.Independent · IND3660.3%
- 9RASENDRANIndependent · IND2050.2%
- 10NACHIAPPAN KRIndependent · IND1880.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJR swing
- −17.0%
- DMK share
- 39.1% → 41.2%
- ADKJR share
- 0.0% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- — → —