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Constituency

216. Tenkasi

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-TENKASI

INC 36.3%won by 6.0%DMK 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,09,248
Margin
6,594
6.04%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−16.9%
INC share
60.4% 36.3%
DMK share
37.5% 30.3%
Turnout