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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 119 · 2001

Perundurai

Winner — 2001

PALANISAMY. K.S.
ADMK· Secular Democratic Progressive Front (SDPF)
ADMK 57.9%CNMK 32.4%7 others 9.7%
Votes
72,133
57.9% share
Winning margin
31,712
25.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
64.9%
of 1,91,912

Perundurai is a safe seat — PALANISAMY. K.S. won by 25.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PALANISAMY. K.S.
Secular Democratic Progressive Front (SDPF)
72,13357.9%
2
GOVINDASWAMY. N.
CNMK
40,42132.4%
3
KANDASAMY .V.M.
6,5285.2%
4
RAMAN P.
IND
1,3741.1%
5
SENGODU. K.P.
1,3371.1%
6
DEVENDARA MANICKAM. S.R.
IND
1,0200.8%
7
MUTHUSAMY .P.
IND
8030.6%
8
PALANISAMY GOUNDER.K.P.
IND
6000.5%
9
KRISHNAMOORTHY .C.
IND
4070.3%

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 (100th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.9% · min 5.7% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
100th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.23
fewer partiesmore parties
119th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
124th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADMK 57.9%CNMK 32.4%MDMK 5.2%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,58,045
Density
731 / km²
Sex ratio
1000 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,732 km²
SC population15.5%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.0%Muslim 6.1%Christian 5.5%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water93.8%
Electricity94.8%
Sanitation66.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.0%
Children underweight (under 5)18.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.9%
Women literate89.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.8%
Clean cooking fuel95.5%
Health insurance61.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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