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Constituency

370. Vandavasi

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-VANDAVASI

INC 47.2%won by 15.1%DMK 32.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.6% to 15.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 67.8%.

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

Electorate
9,78,457
Turnout
67.8%
Valid votes
6,63,929
Margin
1,00,172
15.09%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−9.5%
INC share
62.3% 47.2%
DMK share
37.7% 32.1%
Turnout
71.8% 67.8%