Constituency
372. Cuddalore
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-CUDDALORE
INC 50.6%won by 17.8%DMK 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.7% to 17.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.3% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 68.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,59,014
Turnout
68.4%
Valid votes
6,55,682
Margin
1,16,835
17.82%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1P. R. S. VENKATESANIndian National Congress · INC3,31,61750.6%
- 2G. BHASKARANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,14,78232.8%
- 3V. R. DHANDAPANIPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK99,81415.2%
- 4S. PERUMALTMM · TMM3,3940.5%
- 5K. DHARUMANIndependent · IND2,9850.5%
- 6T. ABDULWAHABIndependent · IND1,6110.2%
- 7S.KESAVANIndependent · IND1,4790.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −6.8%
- INC share
- 61.2% → 50.6%
- DMK share
- 36.5% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- 73.0% → 68.4%