Constituency
385. Madurai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-MADURAI
INC 64.1%won by 30.0%DMK 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 29.7% to 30.0%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.5% to 62.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,37,434
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
7,11,843
Margin
2,13,778
30.03%
Candidates
17 contested · winner INC- 1A.G.S. RAM BABUIndian National Congress · INC4,56,44264.1%
- 2V.VELUSAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,42,66434.1%
- 3K.PONNIAHPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK2,8340.4%
- 4J.S.KRISHANANIndependent · IND2,2300.3%
- 5A.JAMES RAJATMM · TMM1,1880.2%
- 6T.S.SUNDARAMLkd (B) · LKDB8710.1%
- 7K.RAMANIndependent · IND8260.1%
- 8S.P.BALUIndependent · IND7420.1%
- 9B.JAYARAMANIndependent · IND6880.1%
- 10K.PANDIANIndependent · IND6290.1%
- 11S.VILLAIIndependent · IND6010.1%
- 12G.R.KRISHNAMOORTHIIndependent · IND5390.1%
- 13M.R.JOTHIKRISHNANIndependent · IND4450.1%
- 14P.PANDITIndependent · IND3210.0%
- 15K.P.KANDEEPANIndependent · IND3070.0%
- 16T.K.KARUTHAPANDIANIndependent · IND2980.0%
- 17K.MOHAN PAULIndependent · IND2180.0%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −32.7%
- INC share
- 62.7% → 64.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- 68.1% → 62.6%