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Tamil Nadu · PC 38 · 1971

Tiruchendur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1971

M. S. SIVASAMY
DMK 49.3%SWA 49.3%1 others 1.4%
Votes
2,02,783
49.3% share
Winning margin
26
0.0% of votes
Total votes cast
4,11,385
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. S. SIVASAMY
2,02,78349.3%
2
M. MATHIAS
Grand Alliance
2,02,75749.3%
3
A. PONNIAH
IND
5,8451.4%

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 (34th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.9% · min 0.0% · max 49.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
34th of 39

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 39

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
36th of 39

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 49.3%SWA 49.3%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,77,233
Density
460 / km²
Sex ratio
1023 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,693 km²
SC population18.5%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.8%Christian 11.1%Muslim 9.9%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water89.2%
Electricity95.0%
Sanitation47.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated93.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.4%
Children underweight (under 5)22.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.0%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.7%
Clean cooking fuel87.9%
Health insurance61.3%

What's nearby?

12 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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