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Tamil Nadu · PC 5 · 1980

Chengalpattu

Winner — Lok Sabha 1980

ANBARASU ERA
INC(I)· Congress-DMK alliance, Tamil Nadu 1980 Lok Sabha
INC(I) 59.9%ADK 36.6%3 others 3.5%
Votes
2,83,163
59.9% share
Winning margin
1,10,016
23.3% of votes
Total votes cast
4,73,014
Candidates
5
Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANBARASU ERA
INC(I)
Congress-DMK alliance, Tamil Nadu 1980 Lok Sabha
2,83,16359.9%
2
MOHANARANGAM R.
ADK
1,73,14736.6%
3
KANDASWAMY P.S.
8,1501.7%
4
DHARMALINGA MUDALIAR C.
IND
5,0971.1%
5
VEERAPPA GOUNDER V.T.R.
IND
3,4570.7%

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 (36th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 1.9% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
36th of 39

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 39

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
2nd of 39

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 59.9%ADK 36.6%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,98,252
Density
892 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,483 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population1.0%

Figures are for Kancheepuram, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Christian 6.4%Other 5.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.7%
Electricity96.7%
Sanitation65.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.6%
Children underweight (under 5)19.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate82.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel88.1%
Health insurance59.7%

What's nearby?

34 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Automobile products🏷️Kancheepuram SilkGI🏺Textiles and Garments
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Group of cairns, Kadapperi

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Group of cairns

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Group of cairns, Tiruneermalai

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Group of cairns

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Megalithic cairns with stone circles and sarvophagi

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Megalithic cairns with stone circles and sarvophagi

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Megalithic cairns with stone circles and sarvophagi

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Megalithic cairns with stone circles and sarvophagi

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Megalithic cist

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Megalithic cist

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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