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148. Dindigul

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991

TN-DINDIGUL

AIADMK 64.0%won by 34.9%CPM 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 34.9%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 64.0% of the vote here (+64.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 61.1% — 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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Valid votes
1,26,250
Margin
44,004
34.85%

Candidates

14 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1B. NIRMALAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK80,79564.0%
  2. 2THANGARAJAN S. A.Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,79129.1%
  3. 3DHANABALAN K.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,6173.7%
  4. 4SUNDAR RAJAN R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,5882.0%
  5. 5ABDULKADAR V.Janahitha Paksha · JP3270.3%
  6. 6RAMASAMY A.Independent · IND1970.2%
  7. 7MUSTAFA P. M.Independent · IND1720.1%
  8. 8PALANI CHAMY K.Independent · IND1550.1%
  9. 9BASKARAN P.Independent · IND1380.1%
  10. 10SEBASTIAN S.Independent · IND1310.1%
  11. 11ADHIMOOLAM A.Independent · IND1210.1%
  12. 12SELVAVEL A.Independent · IND770.1%
  13. 13JAYAPRAKASAM K. V. S.Independent · IND770.1%
  14. 14MUTHUKRISHNAN S.Independent · IND640.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMK–CPM swing
+72.6%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 64.0%
CPM share
37.8% → 29.1%
Turnout
— → —
147. Natham149. Athoor
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