Constituency
204. Aruppukkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-ARUPPUKKOTTAI
DMK 45.6%won by 15.7%ADKJL 29.9%
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 15.7%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 41.4% to 45.6% of the vote here (+4.2%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.4% between them, down from 86.7% — 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
98,688
Margin
15,523
15.73%
Candidates
20 contested · winner DMK- 1THANGAPANDIAN, V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK44,99045.6%
- 2PANCHAVARNAM, V.S.ADKJL · ADKJL29,46729.9%
- 3CHELLIAH, R.Indian National Congress · INC18,46618.7%
- 4PERUMAL, A.R.FBL · FBL3,5213.6%
- 5DHANUSHOKODI, L.Independent · IND4190.4%
- 6RAMARAJ, K.R.Independent · IND2860.3%
- 7RAJU, C.Independent · IND2460.2%
- 8ALAGURAJ, A.Independent · IND2120.2%
- 9SAMI, E.V.Independent · IND1760.2%
- 10VELCHAMI, R.S.Independent · IND1230.1%
- 11PALANI, K.Independent · IND1030.1%
- 12KANAKKAN, M.Independent · IND1010.1%
- 13RAMASWAMI THEVAR, P.Independent · IND960.1%
- 14PARTHASARTHY, R.Independent · IND910.1%
- 15RAMANATHAN, A,Independent · IND910.1%
- 16PERIASAMY PANNAI, C.Independent · IND890.1%
- 17MARIMUTHU, M.Independent · IND730.1%
- 18POTHIRAJ, R.Independent · IND600.1%
- 19JOSEPH, G.Independent · IND410.0%
- 20THIRUNAVUKKARASU, M.Independent · IND370.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −25.7%
- DMK share
- 41.4% → 45.6%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 29.9%
- Turnout
- — → —