Constituency
367. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-ARAKKONAM
INC 42.8%won by 8.9%DMK 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1JEEVARATHINAM, R.Indian National Congress · INC2,99,58742.8%
- 2MURTHY, K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,37,19433.9%
- 3SUBRAMANIAM, S.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,47,90221.1%
- 4RAVI (A) RAMACHANDRAN, N.Independent · IND2,2340.3%
- 5ALPHONS, K.TMM · TMM1,9940.3%
- 6KANDAPPAN, A.Independent · IND1,9620.3%
- 7VISVANATHAN, R.Independent · IND1,9050.3%
- 8RAVI KUMAR, K.Independent · IND1,7890.3%
- 9DENNY. Y.Independent · IND1,5960.2%
- 10VENKATASAPERUMAL, M. V. P.Independent · IND1,3200.2%
- 11MANIEZHILAN PULAVARIndependent · IND9180.1%
- 12NARAYANAN NAYAR, K. N.Independent · IND6220.1%
- 13MURUGANANDAM, S.Independent · IND5350.1%
- 14ANNAMALAI, G.Independent · IND4940.1%
- 15VEDANANDAM, Z.Independent · IND4630.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −2.0%
- INC share
- 52.2% → 42.8%
- DMK share
- 41.3% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- 74.0% → 71.8%