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Constituency

367. Arakkonam

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-ARAKKONAM

INC 42.8%won by 8.9%DMK 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.9% to 8.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 71.8%.

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

Electorate
9,75,104
Turnout
71.8%
Valid votes
7,00,515
Margin
62,393
8.91%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−2.0%
INC share
52.2% 42.8%
DMK share
41.3% 33.9%
Turnout
74.0% 71.8%