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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1977

Theagaraya Nagar

Winner — 1977

R.E. CHANDRAN JAYAPAL
DMK· DMK
DMK 30.9%ADK 29.5%9 others 39.5%
Votes
23,346
30.9% share
Winning margin
1,030
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
41.8%
of 1,80,871

Theagaraya Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,030 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.E. CHANDRAN JAYAPAL
DMK
23,34630.9%
2
K. KRISHNAMOORTHY
ADK
AIADMK
22,31629.6%
3
K. KRISHNAMOORTHY (JANA)
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
18,02023.9%
4
A.J. DOSS
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
7,83310.4%
5
K. SOWRIRAJAN
IND
2,3873.2%
6
K. KALYANASUNDARAM
IND
5600.7%
7
D. JAYAKANTHAN
IND
4810.6%
8
K. RAGHAVAN
IND
2420.3%
9
K.M. SUBRAMANIAN
IND
1700.2%
10
M.M. KRISHNAN
IND
1040.1%
11
C. VELAYUDHAM
IND
630.1%

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.

Average turnout (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 1.4% · max 43.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
159th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
224th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
125th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 30.9%ADK 29.6%JNP 23.9%INC 10.4%OTH 5.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,28,104
Density
1098 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,394 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Christian 6.3%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.6%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation67.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.4%
Clean cooking fuel93.4%
Health insurance57.4%

What's nearby?

8 locations
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Virgin group containing many barrows.

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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