Constituency
213. Sankarankovil
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-SANKARANKOVIL
DMK 44.0%won by 20.6%ADKJL 23.4%
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 20.6%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 40.5% to 44.0% of the vote here (+3.5%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 95.0% — 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
1,06,581
Margin
21,989
20.63%
Candidates
9 contested · winner DMK- 1THANGAVELU, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK46,88644.0%
- 2MARUTHA KARUPPAN, K.ADKJL · ADKJL24,89723.4%
- 3ANANDARAJ, S.Indian National Congress · INC24,62823.1%
- 4SANKARALINGAM, S.ADKJR · ADKJR6,8466.4%
- 5RAJARAM, S.Independent · IND2,0451.9%
- 6SUBRAMANIAN, P.T.K.Independent · IND5370.5%
- 7PETCHIAPPAN, S.Independent · IND3710.3%
- 8KARUPPASAMY, V.Independent · IND3040.3%
- 9JOHN PANDIAN, S.Independent · IND670.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–ADKJL swing
- −19.9%
- DMK share
- 40.5% → 44.0%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —