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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 27 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Sriperumbudur
Winner — 1996
KOTHANDAM, E.
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 58.7%INC 28.8%6 others 12.5%
Votes
71,575
58.7% share
Winning margin
36,436
29.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.2%
of 1,86,960
Sriperumbudur is a safe seat — KOTHANDAM, E. won by 29.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOTHANDAM, E. | DMK-led | 71,575 | 58.7% |
| 2 | CHINNANDI, K.N. | DMK-led | 35,139 | 28.8% |
| 3 | SEPPAN, A. | IND | 7,447 | 6.1% |
| 4 | SAMPATH, V. | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 5,779 | 4.7% |
| 5 | SHANMUGAM, C. | BJP | 1,329 | 1.1% |
| 6 | SANKAR, P. | IND | 305 | 0.3% |
| 7 | VEERASAMY, E. | IND | 200 | 0.2% |
| 8 | PURATCHIMUTHU @ MUTHU, K. | IND | 126 | 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.
Low turnout (198th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe29.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 4.3% · max 31.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
198th of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
212th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
73rd of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 58.7%INC 28.8%IND 6.1%OTH 6.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,98,252
Density
892 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,483 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population1.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Christian 6.4%Other 5.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.7%
Electricity96.7%
Sanitation65.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.6%
Children underweight (under 5)19.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate82.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel88.1%
Health insurance59.7%
What's nearby?
6 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.