Constituency
218. Tirunelveli
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-TIRUNELVELI
DMK 35.6%won by 8.9%INC 26.6%
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 8.9%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 39.7% to 35.6% of the vote here (−4.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.2% between them, down from 99.2% — 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
1,06,862
Margin
9,521
8.91%
Candidates
15 contested · winner DMK- 1SUBRAMANIAN, A.L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK37,99135.6%
- 2NELLAI KANNAN N.S.S.Indian National Congress · INC28,47026.6%
- 3MASANA MOORTHY, V.ADKJR · ADKJR25,33223.7%
- 4MUTHUSAMY, K.ADKJL · ADKJL12,20111.4%
- 5GASPAR RAJA, G.Independent · IND1,5131.4%
- 6ESAKKI PANDIAN, P.Independent · IND2530.2%
- 7YUSUF, A.Independent · IND1710.2%
- 8ARUMUGADAS, P.Independent · IND1680.2%
- 9MURUGAN, M.Independent · IND1580.1%
- 10KAJA NAWAZ, A.Independent · IND1540.1%
- 11SUBRAMANIAN, T.S.Independent · IND1420.1%
- 12MOHAMED ABDUL MALIK, V.AIndependent · IND1150.1%
- 13SUBBIAH ACHARI, A.Independent · IND820.1%
- 14THANGARAJ, T.Independent · IND710.1%
- 15VIJAYAN, IIndependent · IND410.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −30.7%
- DMK share
- 39.7% → 35.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —