Constituency
225. Tiruchendur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-TIRUCHENDUR
DMK 42.5%won by 17.3%INC 25.1%
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 17.3%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 48.1% to 42.5% of the vote here (−5.6%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 98.8% — 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
99,070
Margin
17,181
17.34%
Candidates
17 contested · winner DMK- 1KANDASAMY, K.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK42,08442.5%
- 2SHUNMUGASUNDARAM KASIMARI, K.Indian National Congress · INC24,90325.1%
- 3CHELLADURAI, A.ADKJL · ADKJL21,09521.3%
- 4KAYAL MOULANA ALIAS MOULANAADKJR · ADKJR7,8087.9%
- 5JEYAKUMAR, V.P.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8151.8%
- 6THANGIAH, S.Independent · IND4570.5%
- 7KASI C.P.Independent · IND2600.3%
- 8KANI, A.Independent · IND1620.2%
- 9NATARAJA IYYER, S.Independent · IND1090.1%
- 10NOBLE, P.Independent · IND890.1%
- 11THANGANADAR, P.S.IFT · IFT720.1%
- 12ATHINARAYANAN, R.S.Independent · IND600.1%
- 13MURUGAN, R.Independent · IND540.1%
- 14POORNADOSS, D.Independent · IND360.0%
- 15ARUMUGAHANI, R.Independent · IND260.0%
- 16INBAKARAN, S.Independent · IND200.0%
- 17SUYAMBU, S.M.Independent · IND200.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −30.7%
- DMK share
- 48.1% → 42.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —