Constituency
373. Chidambaram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-CHIDAMBARAM
INC 31.0%won by 4.3%DMK 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.4% to 4.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 70.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,38,462
Turnout
70.6%
Valid votes
6,62,552
Margin
28,283
4.27%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1VALLALPERUMAN, P.Indian National Congress · INC2,05,22931.0%
- 2AYYASAMY, A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,76,94626.7%
- 3ELUMALAI, R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,58,15523.9%
- 4ELAYAPERUMAL, L.HPI · HPI1,20,19718.1%
- 5VEERAMANI, R.TMM · TMM2,0250.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −18.2%
- INC share
- 61.2% → 31.0%
- DMK share
- 38.8% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- 73.4% → 70.6%