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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 64 · 1996
Panruti
Winner — 1996
V. RAMASWAMY
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 57.3%ADMK 24.3%6 others 18.3%
Votes
68,021
57.3% share
Winning margin
39,130
33.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
73.5%
of 1,61,495
Panruti is a safe seat — V. RAMASWAMY won by 33.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. RAMASWAMY | DMK-led | 68,021 | 57.3% |
| 2 | R. RAJENDRAN | 28,891 | 24.4% | |
| 3 | K. NANDAGOPALAKRISHNAN | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 11,123 | 9.4% |
| 4 | N. MURUGAVEL | PMK-Tiwari Congress Front (PMK + AIIC(T)), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 9,988 | 8.4% |
| 5 | A. SAMMANDAM | IND | 298 | 0.3% |
| 6 | A. BALASUBRAMANIAN | IND | 149 | 0.1% |
| 7 | R. PALANIVELU | IND | 118 | 0.1% |
| 8 | B.S. ASOKAN | RPI(S) | 75 | 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.
High turnout (41st), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean33.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.1% · max 37.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
41st of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.15
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
226th of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 57.3%ADMK 24.4%MDMK 9.4%PMK 8.4%OTH 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,64,875
Density
398 / km²
Sex ratio
994 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,188 km²
SC population22.9%
ST population3.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.1%Other 6.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.7%
Electricity92.6%
Sanitation22.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.1%
Children fully vaccinated97.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.6%
Children underweight (under 5)25.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.6%
Women literate79.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel70.7%
Health insurance69.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Edible Oil
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.