Election
Constituency

212. Kovilpatti

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-KOVILPATTI

CPI 35.3%won by 3.3%DMK 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.3%.

  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 32.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
99,069
Margin
3,284
3.31%

Candidates

16 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1ALAGARSOMY, S.Communist Party of India · CPI35,00835.3%
  2. 2RADHAKRISHNAN, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK31,72432.0%
  3. 3PALPANDIAN, A.Independent · IND13,98114.1%
  4. 4DHARMAR, S.Independent · IND6,4626.5%
  5. 5IYYADURAI, M.S.Independent · IND4,7594.8%
  6. 6ANANDASAMY, V.Independent · IND3,2633.3%
  7. 7RAMASAMY, R.P.IFT · IFT2,7422.8%
  8. 8RANJITKUMAR, R.Independent · IND2400.2%
  9. 9MARIAPPAN, A.Independent · IND2290.2%
  10. 10AYYADURAI M.Independent · IND1280.1%
  11. 11SOLAIAPPAN, S.Independent · IND1160.1%
  12. 12GURUSAMY NAICKER, R.Independent · IND1160.1%
  13. 13LINGASAMY, R.Independent · IND1040.1%
  14. 14SIVASUBRAMANIAM, S.Independent · IND770.1%
  15. 15JOSEPH, C.Independent · IND700.1%
  16. 16SELVARAJ, T.Independent · IND500.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–DMK swing
−31.3%
CPI share
34.6% → 35.3%
DMK share
0.0% → 32.0%
Turnout
— → —
211. Ottapidaram213. Sankarankovil
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