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Constituency

373. Chidambaram

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-CHIDAMBARAM

INC 31.0%won by 4.3%DMK 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−18.2%
INC share
61.2% 31.0%
DMK share
38.8% 26.7%
Turnout
73.4% 70.6%