Election
Constituency

146. Melur

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991

TN-MELUR

INC 72.3%won by 47.5%CPM 24.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 47.5%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 65.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,11,082
Margin
52,772
47.51%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. V. V. RAJAMANICKAMIndian National Congress · INC80,34872.3%
  2. 2N. PALANISAMYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,57624.8%
  3. 3P. MANICKAMAMI · AMI1,0380.9%
  4. 4S. PALANIJanahitha Paksha · JP3420.3%
  5. 5P. CHANDRASEKARANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3130.3%
  6. 6P .V. RAMANIndependent · IND2510.2%
  7. 7K. ARUMUGARAJAIndependent · IND2390.2%
  8. 8K. RAMANIndependent · IND2360.2%
  9. 9P. AMANULLAHIndependent · IND2350.2%
  10. 10A. AYYAVUIndependent · IND2070.2%
  11. 11V. NAGESWARANTMM · TMM1120.1%
  12. 12K. S. SULTANIndependent · IND1010.1%
  13. 13S. VELLAIIndependent · IND840.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+11.1%
INC share
36.4% → 72.3%
CPM share
0.0% → 24.8%
Turnout
— → —
145. Samayanallur147. Natham
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