Tiruppattur
Winner — 1996
Tiruppattur is a safe seat — SHANMUGAM, G. won by 25.6%.
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHANMUGAM, G. | DMK-led | 66,207 | 53.4% |
| 2 | MANI, P.G. | 34,549 | 27.9% | |
| 3 | ALAGIRI, K.C. | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 13,490 | 10.9% |
| 4 | RAJU, G. | AIIC(T) | 8,070 | 6.5% |
| 5 | KUMARASAMY, T. | IND | 303 | 0.2% |
| 6 | NAGAMOORTHY, A.J. | IND | 249 | 0.2% |
| 7 | PARAMASIVAM, M.K. | IND | 187 | 0.1% |
| 8 | VISWANATHAN, S. | IND | 154 | 0.1% |
| 9 | KARUNANANDAM, D. | SLAP | 115 | 0.1% |
| 10 | GOVINDARAJ, D. | IND | 112 | 0.1% |
| 11 | THIRUPATHI, S.R. | IND | 90 | 0.1% |
| 12 | SADIQ BASHA, J. | IND | 90 | 0.1% |
| 13 | ABDUL MAJEETH, M. | IND | 86 | 0.1% |
| 14 | MURALI, V.P. | IND | 73 | 0.1% |
| 15 | GOVINDASAMY, A.N. | IND | 61 | 0.1% |
| 16 | RASHEETH, J.S. | IND | 61 | 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 (88th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
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3 locations
North Eastern corner of the outer rampart of the old fort at Arcot
North Eastern corner of the outer rampart of the old fort at Arcot
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