Election
Constituency

196. Tiruvadanai

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1991

TN-TIRUVADANAI

INC 62.9%won by 29.2%JD 33.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 29.2%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.7% — it did not contest here in 1989.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.4% — 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
1,04,461
Margin
30,536
29.23%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMASAMY AMBALAMIndian National Congress · INC65,72362.9%
  2. 2SORNALINGAMJanata Dal · JD35,18733.7%
  3. 3KARUPPIAHIndependent · IND1,9761.9%
  4. 4NAMACHIVAYAMIPF · IPF1,0051.0%
  5. 5SAVARIYARIndependent · IND3090.3%
  6. 6DAMOTHARANTMM · TMM2610.2%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−6.3%
INC share
35.6% → 62.9%
JD share
0.0% → 33.7%
Turnout
— → —
195. Karaikudi197. Ilayangudi
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