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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 96 · 1984Reserved (SC)

Namakkal

Winner — 1984

R.ARUNACHALAM
ADK· AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
ADK 56.9%DMK 40.0%7 others 3.1%
Votes
58,158
56.9% share
Winning margin
17,290
16.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
68.3%
of 1,49,546

Namakkal is a safe seat — R.ARUNACHALAM won by 16.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.ARUNACHALAM
ADK
AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
58,15856.9%
2
K.VELUCHAMI
DMK
40,86840.0%
3
T.V. ANDI
1,1311.1%
4
M. RAMALINGAM
IND
4910.5%
5
M. CHINNAN
IND
4790.5%
6
K. DHARMARAJAN
IND
3500.3%
7
V. SEENIVASAN
IND
2820.3%
8
P.KULANDAIVELU
IND
2000.2%
9
R.LATCHUMIKANDHAN
IND
1960.2%

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.

High turnout (36th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.6% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
36th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.19
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
198th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 56.9%DMK 40.0%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,26,601
Density
505 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,420 km²
SC population20.0%
ST population3.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.9%Other 3.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water76.6%
Electricity92.3%
Sanitation40.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated83.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.2%
Children underweight (under 5)15.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.9%
Women literate87.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.2%
Clean cooking fuel89.7%
Health insurance68.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Poultry feed and products

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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