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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 169 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Sirkali

Winner — 1996

M. PANNEERSELVAM
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 59.3%ADMK 31.7%4 others 9.0%
Votes
63,975
59.3% share
Winning margin
29,694
27.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
68.6%
of 1,57,467

Sirkali is a safe seat — M. PANNEERSELVAM won by 27.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. PANNEERSELVAM
DMK-led
63,97559.3%
2
V. BHARATHI
34,28131.8%
3
P. MUTHUSAMY
PMK-Tiwari Congress Front (PMK + AIIC(T)), Tamil Nadu 1996
5,4615.1%
4
R. SENTHILSELVAN
People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996
3,4523.2%
5
N. GUNASEKARAN
CPI(ML)(L)
6300.6%
6
R. PANNEERSELVAM
IND
1740.2%

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.

Average turnout (128th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
27.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 2.0% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
128th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.05
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
108th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 59.3%ADMK 31.8%PMK 5.1%OTH 3.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,64,277
Density
556 / km²
Sex ratio
1017 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,274 km²
SC population34.1%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.6%Muslim 7.6%Other 2.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water74.5%
Electricity92.4%
Sanitation39.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated97.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.8%
Children underweight (under 5)21.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate89.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.1%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance75.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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