Constituency
370. Vandavasi
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-VANDAVASI
INC 47.2%won by 15.1%DMK 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BALARAMAN, L.Indian National Congress · INC3,13,16047.2%
- 2VENUGOPAL, D.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,12,98832.1%
- 3KASILINGAM, D.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,28,31819.3%
- 4PUNITHAVATHI K.Independent · IND3,4760.5%
- 5MANAVALAN, S.TMM · TMM3,0050.5%
- 6KRISHNAN, A.Independent · IND1,3970.2%
- 7JAYABALAN, M.Independent · IND9710.1%
- 8ENIYADHARYALAN, G.Independent · IND6140.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −9.5%
- INC share
- 62.3% → 47.2%
- DMK share
- 37.7% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- 71.8% → 67.8%