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Constituency

390. Mayiladuturai

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-MAYILADUTURAI

INC 52.4%won by 15.2%DMK 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 15.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 98.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 73.9%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,10,538
Turnout
73.9%
Valid votes
6,72,495
Margin
1,01,945
15.16%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
−6.3%
INC share
60.2% 52.4%
DMK share
38.7% 37.3%
Turnout
77.2% 73.9%