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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 227 · 1977
Tuticorin
Winner — 1977
N. DHANASEKARAN
ADK· AIADMK
ADK 29.3%INC 27.8%3 others 42.9%
Votes
23,598
29.3% share
Winning margin
1,219
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
64.6%
of 1,24,642
Tuticorin was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,219 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. DHANASEKARAN |  ADKAIADMK | 23,598 | 29.3% |
| 2 | R. NAOROJI | Janata-Congress Alliance (1977) | 22,379 | 27.8% |
| 3 | R. KRISHNAN | DMK | 17,606 | 21.9% |
| 4 | M. CHOCKALINGAM | Janata-Congress Alliance (1977) | 16,656 | 20.7% |
| 5 | M. AROKIASAMY | IND | 326 | 0.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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
lean1.5%
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
ADK 29.3%INC 27.8%DMK 21.9%JNP 20.7%OTH 0.4%
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.