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6. Purasawalkam

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991

TN-PURASAWALKAM

INC 55.8%won by 17.8%DMK 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 55.8% of the vote here (+55.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.7% of the vote between them, up from 72.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,27,992
Margin
22,832
17.84%

Candidates

16 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RANGANATHAN B.Indian National Congress · INC71,39155.8%
  2. 2VEERASWAMY ARCOT N.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK48,55937.9%
  3. 3MANIVANNAN R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,6562.9%
  4. 4SELVARAJ B.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,1202.4%
  5. 5SAGUNTHALA B.Janahitha Paksha · JP2430.2%
  6. 6ELANGO S.Independent · IND2060.2%
  7. 7NAGMANI J.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP1340.1%
  8. 8MARTIN N.Independent · IND1100.1%
  9. 9MUNIRAJ M.MGMK · MGMK910.1%
  10. 10MURUGESAN A.Independent · IND860.1%
  11. 11NIRMALA S.Independent · IND760.1%
  12. 12ANANDAN D.Independent · IND720.1%
  13. 13PANNEERSELVA M. S.Independent · IND720.1%
  14. 14ARIVIDAI NAMBI N.Independent · IND640.1%
  15. 15SUNDARASEKARAN K.Independent · IND560.0%
  16. 16DHAYANITHI V.Independent · IND560.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–DMK swing
+67.7%
INC share
0.0% → 55.8%
DMK share
49.9% → 37.9%
Turnout
— → —
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