Constituency
209. Rajapalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-RAJAPALAYAM
DMK 40.8%won by 3.3%INC 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 3.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 40.8% of the vote here (+40.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 99.3% — 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
1,20,575
Margin
4,015
3.33%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1RAJAN, V.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK49,13740.8%
- 2ARUNACHALAM MIndian National Congress · INC45,12237.4%
- 3DHANUSKODI, K.ADKJL · ADKJL20,33916.9%
- 4SHANMUGAVELI, M.Independent · IND4,8734.0%
- 5AMIRTHARAJ, T.Independent · IND3660.3%
- 6THAMILSELVAN, D.IFT · IFT2670.2%
- 7RAJENDRAN, M.Independent · IND2350.2%
- 8PERUMAL, A.Independent · IND1470.1%
- 9NALLATHAMBI K.KIndependent · IND890.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +57.8%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 40.8%
- INC share
- 54.5% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- — → —