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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 218 · 2001

Tirunelveli

Winner — 2001

NAINAR NAGENDRAN.
ADMK· Secular Democratic Progressive Front (SDPF)
ADMK 40.9%DMK 40.2%8 others 18.8%
Votes
42,765
40.9% share
Winning margin
722
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
53.1%
of 1,96,785

Tirunelveli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 722 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAINAR NAGENDRAN.
Secular Democratic Progressive Front (SDPF)
42,76540.9%
2
SUBRAMANIAN.A.L.
42,04340.2%
3
SARAVANAPERUMAL.S
11,02510.6%
4
SHANMUGASUNDARAM.R
4,9804.8%
5
JABARULLAKHAN.P.
IND
1,5951.5%
6
SANKARAPANDIAN.T.
CPI(ML)(L)
7820.8%
7
RAJAPANDIAN.J
IND
4450.4%
8
VELU.A
IND
4100.4%
9
ARUMUGANAINAR.T
IND
2290.2%
10
AYYAPPAN.P
IND
2180.2%

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 (202nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 0.3% · max 30.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
202nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.61
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
178th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADMK 40.9%DMK 40.2%SP 10.6%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,50,176
Density
369 / km²
Sex ratio
1023 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,745 km²
SC population19.9%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.5%Christian 16.7%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.7%
Electricity94.3%
Sanitation50.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Women literate88.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.9%
Clean cooking fuel90.7%
Health insurance57.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marine Foods

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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