Constituency
139. Nilakkottai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991
TN-NILAKKOTTAI
INC 65.8%won by 39.2%DMK 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 39.2%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.3% of the vote between them, up from 59.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
94,463
Margin
37,060
39.23%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1A.S. PONNAMMALIndian National Congress · INC62,11065.8%
- 2M. ARIVAZHAGANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK25,05026.5%
- 3VADIVEL RAVANANIndependent · IND2,3842.5%
- 4M. SUBBULAKSHMIIndependent · IND2,2802.4%
- 5V. KANAKARAJIndependent · IND1,0941.2%
- 6S. PONNAIANIndependent · IND9141.0%
- 7A. NAGAMMALIndependent · IND3500.4%
- 8A. MURUGANIndependent · IND2810.3%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +38.5%
- INC share
- 30.1% → 65.8%
- DMK share
- 29.4% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —