Constituency
376. Rasipuram
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-RASIPURAM
INC 67.0%won by 40.0%DMK 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 37.8% to 40.0%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.2% to 62.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,09,869
Turnout
62.3%
Valid votes
6,29,248
Margin
2,51,975
40.04%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1DEVARAJAN, B.Indian National Congress · INC4,21,67467.0%
- 2MAYAVAN, R.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,69,69927.0%
- 3JAYABAL, P.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK28,9714.6%
- 4MANICKAM, T. K.Lkd (B) · LKDB2,2730.4%
- 5PONNITHURAI, T. M.Independent · IND1,9880.3%
- 6RAMASAMY, P.TMM · TMM1,8300.3%
- 7MURUGESAN, P.Independent · IND1,2830.2%
- 8RAMASAMY, P.Independent · IND8200.1%
- 9CHINNASAMY, R.Independent · IND7100.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +2.3%
- INC share
- 68.9% → 67.0%
- DMK share
- 31.1% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- 67.5% → 62.3%