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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1984Reserved (SC)

Ponneri

Winner — 1984

K. P. K. SEKAR ALIAS K. P. KULASEKARAN
ADK· AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
ADK 59.1%DMK 40.0%2 others 1.0%
Votes
61,559
59.0% share
Winning margin
19,904
19.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.8%
of 1,43,104

Ponneri is a safe seat — K. P. K. SEKAR ALIAS K. P. KULASEKARAN won by 19.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. P. K. SEKAR ALIAS K. P. KULASEKARAN
ADK
AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
61,55959.0%
2
K. SUNDARAM
DMK
41,65540.0%
3
K. N. ARUMUGAM
IND
5200.5%
4
RATHINAM
IND
5100.5%

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 (132nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.2% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
132nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
216th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
21st of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 59.0%DMK 40.0%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,46,732
Density
26553 / km²
Sex ratio
989 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
175 km²
SC population16.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.7%Muslim 9.4%Christian 7.7%Other 2.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.1%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation95.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated96.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.4%
Children underweight (under 5)21.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.3%
Women literate94.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.9%
Clean cooking fuel97.7%
Health insurance58.2%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering and Auto components

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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