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Tamil Nadu · PC 1 · 1977

Madras North

Winner — Lok Sabha 1977

ASAI THAMBI A.V.P.
DMK 54.3%ADK 44.5%6 others 1.2%
Votes
2,50,852
54.3% share
Winning margin
45,103
9.8% of votes
Total votes cast
4,62,301
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASAI THAMBI A.V.P.
2,50,85254.3%
2
MANOHARAN K.
ADK
AIADMK-led
2,05,74944.5%
3
VARADHA DESIKAN O.A.
IND
1,9190.4%
4
JAGADEV
IND
1,0320.2%
5
MANICKAM R. ALIAS THIRUMARAVAN
IND
8760.2%
6
VENKATAKRISHNAIAH V.
IND
6860.1%
7
MANAKCHAND NAHAR B.
IND
5950.1%
8
VENKATESAN P.
IND
5920.1%

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 (25th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 3.7% · max 46.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
25th of 39

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 39

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
9th of 39

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 54.3%ADK 44.5%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,28,104
Density
1098 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,394 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Christian 6.3%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.6%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation67.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.4%
Clean cooking fuel93.4%
Health insurance57.4%

What's nearby?

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