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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 179 · 1996
Pattukkottai
Winner — 1996
BALASUBRAMANIAN P.
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 59.5%ADMK 30.9%5 others 9.6%
Votes
69,880
59.5% share
Winning margin
33,621
28.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
68.5%
of 1,71,478
Pattukkottai is a safe seat — BALASUBRAMANIAN P. won by 28.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALASUBRAMANIAN P. | DMK-led | 69,880 | 59.5% |
| 2 | BASKARAN SEENI | 36,259 | 30.9% | |
| 3 | RENGANATHAN G. | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 9,656 | 8.2% |
| 4 | NAMACHIVAYAM K.M. | BJP | 1,268 | 1.1% |
| 5 | SAKTHIVEL V. | IND | 184 | 0.2% |
| 6 | VAITHIYANATHAN N. | IND | 93 | 0.1% |
| 7 | RAMALINGAM N. | IND | 83 | 0.1% |
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 (49th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe28.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 1.1% · max 30.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
49th of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
217th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
230th of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 59.5%ADMK 30.9%MDMK 8.2%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,18,345
Density
348 / km²
Sex ratio
1015 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,644 km²
SC population17.6%
ST population0.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 7.1%Other 4.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.2%
Electricity90.7%
Sanitation28.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated83.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.2%
Children underweight (under 5)21.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.5%
Women literate81.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.0%
Health insurance72.9%
What's nearby?
38 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.