Constituency
227. Tuticorin
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-TUTICORIN
DMK 31.9%won by 0.4%INC 31.5%
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 0.4%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 35.6% to 31.9% of the vote here (−3.7%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 92.2% — 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
1,24,423
Margin
547
0.44%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMK- 1N. PERIASAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK39,68831.9%
- 2V. SHUNMUGAMIndian National Congress · INC39,14131.5%
- 3V. JABARAJADKJL · ADKJL22,18117.8%
- 4R. KRISHNANADKJR · ADKJR21,35117.2%
- 5W. MEGTONIndependent · IND7910.6%
- 6P. RAGUIndependent · IND3670.3%
- 7K. KOTHANDARAMANIndependent · IND2710.2%
- 8I. THANGAPALAMIndependent · IND1340.1%
- 9V. ARUNACHALAMIndependent · IND1110.1%
- 10S. RAJIAHIndependent · IND1100.1%
- 11P.S. NARAYANAMOOPPANARIndependent · IND840.1%
- 12N.S.S. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND780.1%
- 13V. SUDALAIMANIIndependent · IND730.1%
- 14S. SELVARAJIndependent · IND430.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–INC swing
- −35.2%
- DMK share
- 35.6% → 31.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —