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Constituency

372. Cuddalore

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-CUDDALORE

INC 50.6%won by 17.8%DMK 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−6.8%
INC share
61.2% 50.6%
DMK share
36.5% 32.8%
Turnout
73.0% 68.4%