Constituency
211. Ottapidaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-OTTAPIDARAM
DMK 31.7%won by 2.2%INC 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 2.2%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 31.7% of the vote here (+31.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.2% between them, down from 98.6% — 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
80,353
Margin
1,743
2.17%
Candidates
8 contested · winner DMK- 1M. MUTHIAHDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK25,46731.7%
- 2O.S. VELUCHAMIIndian National Congress · INC23,72429.5%
- 3V. GOPALAKRISHNANADKJL · ADKJL18,50723.0%
- 4S. JOHNPANDIANIndependent · IND9,55611.9%
- 5THANGATHAIIndependent · IND1,6392.0%
- 6E. SUDALAIMUTHUIFT · IFT6480.8%
- 7K.A. THANGAVELIndependent · IND5780.7%
- 8N. ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND2340.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- +70.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- INC share
- 67.9% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- — → —