Constituency
2. Harbour
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991
TN-HARBOUR
DMK 48.7%won by 1.4%INC 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.9% to 1.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 47.3% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 73.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
63,564
Margin
890
1.40%
Candidates
19 contested · winner DMK- 1KARUNANIDHI M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK30,93248.7%
- 2SUPPU K.Indian National Congress · INC30,04247.3%
- 3SUKUMAR M.T.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,7632.8%
- 4BALASUBRAMANIAM M.S.Janahitha Paksha · JP1480.2%
- 5HAMEEMIndependent · IND1220.2%
- 6SEENI MOHAMED K.Independent · IND980.2%
- 7BABU S.Independent · IND690.1%
- 8KUPPUSAMY P.Independent · IND540.1%
- 9JALALUDEEN M.Independent · IND520.1%
- 10PANDIAN M.Independent · IND470.1%
- 11VEERAPPA GOUNDER V.T.R.Independent · IND400.1%
- 12RAJAMANNAR P.V.Independent · IND350.1%
- 13PURUSHOTHAMAN R.Independent · IND330.1%
- 14KUPPAN P.Independent · IND310.0%
- 15SYED IBRAHIMIndependent · IND290.0%
- 16LAKSHIMPATHY C.Independent · IND250.0%
- 17KOTEESWARAN P.V.Independent · IND180.0%
- 18ANNAMALAI S.Independent · IND160.0%
- 19PANNEERSELVAM M.Independent · IND100.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–INC swing
- −58.4%
- DMK share
- 59.8% → 48.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- — → —