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Tamil Nadu · PC 39 · 1989

Nagercoil

Winner — Lok Sabha 1989

N.DENNIS
INC· AIADMK-INC alliance ('MGR formula' / 'Congress Front'), Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1984-1991
INC 53.2%JD 38.9%9 others 7.9%
Votes
2,92,817
53.2% share
Winning margin
78,797
14.3% of votes
Total votes cast
5,50,434
Candidates
11
Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N.DENNIS
AIADMK-INC alliance ('MGR formula' / 'Congress Front'), Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 1984-1991
2,92,81753.2%
2
D.KUMARADHASS
National Front
2,14,02038.9%
3
M.R.GANDHI
BJP
39,1647.1%
4
S.KENNADY PETER PERINBA DHAS
1,0930.2%
5
T.CHANDRAN
TMM
7620.1%
6
P.DASS
IND
6520.1%
7
N.DURAISWAMY NADAR
IND
6170.1%
8
N.MAHADEVAN
IND
5840.1%
9
U.NAGOOR MEERAN BEER MOHAMED
IND
2700.1%
10
K.M.GALEEL BATCHA
IND
2340.0%
11
S.SWAMY
IND
2210.0%

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 (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 2.5% · max 27.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
31st of 39

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 39

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
39th of 39

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.2%JD 38.9%BJP 7.1%OTH 0.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,70,374
Density
1111 / km²
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,684 km²
SC population4.0%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 48.6%Christian 46.9%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.1%
Electricity95.2%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated96.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.3%
Children underweight (under 5)14.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Women literate97.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.3%
Clean cooking fuel74.4%
Health insurance64.1%

What's nearby?

21 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️CashewGI
Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial

🏛️MonumentASI

Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Vattakottai fort

Vattakottai fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Vattakottai fort

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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