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Tamil Nadu · PC 39 · 1996

Nagercoil

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

DENNIS N.
TMC(M)
TMC(M) 35.2%BJP 30.2%16 others 34.6%
Votes
1,97,582
35.2% share
Winning margin
27,697
4.9% of votes
Total votes cast
5,61,651
Candidates
18
Seat history

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DENNIS N.
TMC(M)
1,97,58235.2%
2
RADHAKRISHNAN P.
BJP
1,69,88530.3%
3
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL
United Front
1,30,75323.3%
4
KUMARI ANANTHAN
INC
51,7269.2%
5
LAWRANCE A.
AIIC(T)
5,2480.9%
6
NALLASIVAN PILLAI N.
IND
1,2460.2%
7
NAGARAJAN V.
IND
7670.1%
8
SUBRAMONYAN V.
IND
6230.1%
9
CHIDAMBARAM T.
IND
6040.1%
10
DHARMARAJ K.
IND
5160.1%
11
JOSEPH, P
IND
4510.1%
12
SURESH KUMAR ALIAS SURESH SWAMIAR KANI
IND
4440.1%
13
SUBBIAN A.
IND
4230.1%
14
PONNUSWAMY E.
IND
3610.1%
15
NAGOOR MEERAN MOHAMMED U.
IND
3470.1%
16
MURUGAN V.N.
IND
3400.1%
17
ARULDAS, A.J.
IND
2520.0%
18
STEPHEN S.H.
IND
830.0%

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
4.9%
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
TMC(M) 35.2%BJP 30.3%JD 23.3%INC 9.2%OTH 2.1%

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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