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388. Ramanathapuram

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-RAMANATHAPURAM

INC 59.3%won by 29.2%DMK 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.7% to 29.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.4% to 57.1%.

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

Electorate
10,29,957
Turnout
57.1%
Valid votes
5,88,029
Margin
1,71,526
29.17%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCDMK swing
+0.5%
INC share
63.6% 59.3%
DMK share
34.9% 30.1%
Turnout
60.5% 57.1%