Chidambaram #12GEN

TAMIL NADU · Lok Sabha · 1989

Won

Vallalperuman, P.

INC Indian National Congress

Margin

28,283 4.2 pp

votes

over Ayyasamy, A. (DMK)

The contest

5 candidate rows

Electors9,38,462

Votes polled6,70,801

Turnout71.5%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors4.8 L51.2% of electorate

Female electors4.58 L48.8% of electorate

Sex ratio 955females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

5 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Vallalperuman, P.	INC	2,05,229	30.60%
2	Ayyasamy, A.	DMK	1,76,946	26.40%
3	Elumalai, R.	PMK	1,58,155	23.60%
4	Elayaperumal, L.	HPI	1,20,197	17.90%
5	Veeramani, R.	TMM	2,025	0.30%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,249, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 662,552 · NOTA n/a · published 670,801 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989