Constituency
221. Ambasamudram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-AMBASAMUDRAM
INC 34.2%won by 4.5%ADKJL 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 1.1% to 34.2% of the vote here (+33.1%).
- New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 29.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.9% between them, down from 98.9% — 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
91,721
Margin
4,103
4.47%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1RAVI ARUNAN, K.Indian National Congress · INC31,33734.2%
- 2MURUGIAH, PANDIAN, R.ADKJL · ADKJL27,23429.7%
- 3PANDIAN, M.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,35425.5%
- 4DURAI, R.S.K.Independent · IND5,7626.3%
- 5PARAMASIVAN, N.Independent · IND1,2371.3%
- 6GANAPATHY, R.Independent · IND6360.7%
- 7RAMASAMY, A.Independent · IND3150.3%
- 8SHANMUGA THEVER, K.P.Independent · IND2670.3%
- 9GOPALKRISHNAN, E.Independent · IND2560.3%
- 10SANKARAN, S.Independent · IND2340.3%
- 11RAMASWAMY, A.MIndependent · IND2320.3%
- 12JAGANNATHAN, K.MIndependent · IND2160.2%
- 13SUBHIAH, S.R.Independent · IND1870.2%
- 14ARUMUGAM, N.Independent · IND1460.2%
- 15MOHAMED YUSUFF V.K.M.Independent · IND1100.1%
- 16BOHER JOSEPH, D.Independent · IND1050.1%
- 17SEKAR, A.Independent · IND930.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–ADKJL swing
- +3.4%
- INC share
- 1.1% → 34.2%
- ADKJL share
- 0.0% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —