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Constituency

231. Padmanabhapuram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989

TN-PADMANABHAPURAM

CPM 27.2%won by 1.7%INC 25.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.7%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 27.2% of the vote here (+27.2%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.8% between them, down from 69.8% — 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
78,891
Margin
1,314
1.67%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+1.7%
CPM share
0.0% 27.2%
INC share
0.0% 25.6%
Turnout