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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 227 · 1971
Radhapuram
Winner — 1971
KARTHESAN V.
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 51.7%NCO 48.3%
Votes
33,678
51.7% share
Winning margin
2,189
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
68.1%
of 95,720
A closely fought contest. KARTHESAN V. won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (192nd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 0.4% · max 34.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
192nd of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
4.00
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
157th of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
4.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 51.7%NCO 48.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,77,233
Density
460 / km²
Sex ratio
1023 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,693 km²
SC population18.5%
ST population0.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.8%Christian 11.1%Muslim 9.9%Other 0.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water89.2%
Electricity95.0%
Sanitation47.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated93.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.4%
Children underweight (under 5)22.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.7%
Clean cooking fuel87.9%
Health insurance61.3%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Coir pith block🏺Readymade Garments
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.