Constituency
201. Ramanathapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-RAMANATHAPURAM
DMK 36.2%won by 13.2%ADKJL 23.0%
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 13.2%.
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% between them, down from 97.8% — 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
1,06,993
Margin
14,111
13.19%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMK- 1RAJENTHIRAN, M.S.K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK38,74736.2%
- 2SEKAR, S.ADKJL · ADKJL24,63623.0%
- 3SHAJAHAN M.S.A.Independent · IND19,59818.3%
- 4ANWAR RAJA, A.ADKJR · ADKJR15,58414.6%
- 5GANESAN, S.K.Independent · IND4,7464.4%
- 6MOHAMED MOOSA, A.Independent · IND1,7661.7%
- 7GOPAL A.Independent · IND4950.5%
- 8SINGAR\AYAR, S.Independent · IND4120.4%
- 9VELU, K.Independent · IND2790.3%
- 10MARUDHUPANDI, A.Communist Party of India · CPI2180.2%
- 11BALASUBRAMANIAN, M.Independent · IND1740.2%
- 12SUNDARARAJAN, V.Independent · IND1640.2%
- 13ABTHALIBU, S.Independent · IND1180.1%
- 14PANDI, K.Independent · IND560.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −24.7%
- DMK share
- 37.9% → 36.2%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —