Constituency
216. Tenkasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-TENKASI
INC 36.3%won by 6.0%DMK 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.9% to 6.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 98.0% — 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
1,09,248
Margin
6,594
6.04%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1PETER ALPHONSE, S.Indian National Congress · INC39,64336.3%
- 2PANDIVALAVAN, V.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK33,04930.3%
- 3GANI A.M.ADKJL · ADKJL20,57818.8%
- 4VENKATARAMANA T.S.RIndependent · IND12,86011.8%
- 5SAMUDRAM, S.Independent · IND1,2211.1%
- 6CHELLAPPA P.Independent · IND4270.4%
- 7KALANDHER, E.Independent · IND3040.3%
- 8SUBBIAH, S.Independent · IND2530.2%
- 9ARUNACHALAPANDIAN, S.Independent · IND2330.2%
- 10PARAMASIVAN, K.Independent · IND2310.2%
- 11THANKAPPAN K.Independent · IND1770.2%
- 12BALASUBRA'ANIAN D.A.Independent · IND1730.2%
- 13NAINAR M.Independent · IND990.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −16.9%
- INC share
- 60.4% → 36.3%
- DMK share
- 37.5% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —