Constituency
389. Perambalur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-PERAMBALUR
ADK 53.4%won by 20.3%DMK 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedAnna Dravidar Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 20.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 99.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 71.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,41,568
Turnout
71.1%
Valid votes
6,69,413
Margin
1,36,176
20.34%
Candidates
6 contested · winner ADK- 1ASOKARAJ, A.Anna Dravidar Kazhagam · ADK3,57,56553.4%
- 2PANOVAIKARUTHAZHAN, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,21,38933.1%
- 3JOHANPANDIAN, S.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK83,93312.5%
- 4KANDASAMY, S.Independent · IND3,1270.5%
- 5MURUGESAN, A.Independent · IND1,7970.3%
- 6VEERAMANI, P.TMM · TMM1,6020.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- ADK
- Winner now
- ADK
- ADK–DMK swing
- −7.4%
- ADK share
- 63.6% → 53.4%
- DMK share
- 35.9% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- 74.3% → 71.1%