Election
Constituency

20. Tambaram

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991

TN-TAMBARAM

INC 57.8%won by 24.3%DMK 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 22.9% to 57.8% of the vote here (+35.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.4% of the vote between them, up from 69.9% — 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
1,93,002
Margin
46,848
24.27%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1S.M. KRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC1,11,58857.8%
  2. 2M.A. VAIDIALLINGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK64,74033.5%
  3. 3D. ELUMALAIPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK9,2704.8%
  4. 4M.G. NANASEKARANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,1262.7%
  5. 5R. KAILASAMJanahitha Paksha · JP1,0850.6%
  6. 6M. NAGOORMEERAN ALIAS M.N.R.I. SHITMM · TMM2910.2%
  7. 7D. MARIMUTHUIndependent · IND2030.1%
  8. 8K. DHANAPALIndependent · IND1970.1%
  9. 9M.P. ELUMALAIIndependent · IND1750.1%
  10. 10T.S. MARIMUTHU (GAMA)Independent · IND1570.1%
  11. 11V. KANNIYAPPANIndependent · IND860.0%
  12. 12M. ABDULLAHIndependent · IND840.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–DMK swing
+48.4%
INC share
22.9% → 57.8%
DMK share
47.0% → 33.5%
Turnout
— → —
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