Constituency
231. Padmanabhapuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PADMANABHAPURAM
CPM 27.2%won by 1.7%INC 25.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
78,891
Margin
1,314
1.67%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPM- 1NOOR MOHMED, S.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,48927.2%
- 2JOSEPH, A.T.C.Indian National Congress · INC20,17525.6%
- 3KUMARARADHAS, D.Independent · IND17,33022.0%
- 4VELAYUDHAN, C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,40418.3%
- 5SELVARAJ, P.ADKJR · ADKJR4,8036.1%
- 6CHENPAGARAMAN, V.Independent · IND2560.3%
- 7GEORGE, D.K.Independent · IND2210.3%
- 8RAMACHANDRAN, V.Independent · IND850.1%
- 9SHAHUL HAMEED ATHITHAN, M.S.Independent · IND750.1%
- 10DHAS A.P.Independent · IND530.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +1.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 27.2%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.6%
- Turnout
- — → —