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Tamil Nadu · PC 5 · 1996

Chengalpattu

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

PARASURAMAN.K
DMK· United Front
DMK 58.1%INC 24.7%17 others 17.2%
Votes
4,10,483
58.1% share
Winning margin
2,35,657
33.3% of votes
Total votes cast
7,06,830
Candidates
19
Seat history

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PARASURAMAN.K
United Front
4,10,48358.1%
2
KRISHNAN.S.M
INC
1,74,82624.7%
3
ARUMUGAM.C
United Front
44,3846.3%
4
DAMODARAN.B
AIIC(T)
43,8206.2%
5
RAGAVAN K.T
BJP
11,1121.6%
6
RADHAKRISHNASHA D.V
IND
2,6900.4%
7
CHITHARANJAN DOSS AGARAM
IND
2,5440.4%
8
ARUMUGAM.G
MELPHC
2,3300.3%
9
KHALEEL MAHMED.N
IND
2,2450.3%
10
SANKARAN.V
IND
1,7950.3%
11
KARNAN.R
IND
1,7180.2%
12
SUNDARAMOORTHY A
IND
1,5950.2%
13
SUBRAMANIAM A.G
IND
1,5650.2%
14
VAIDYANATHASWAMY.R
IND
1,2070.2%
15
PALANI.K
IND
1,1490.2%
16
PARAMANANDAM N.S
IND
1,1200.2%
17
SURESH J
IND
8600.1%
18
MOHAN R.
IND
7410.1%
19
DHARMALINGA MUDALIAR.C
IND
6460.1%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.3%
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
DMK 58.1%INC 24.7%MDMK 6.3%AIIC(T) 6.2%OTH 4.7%

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
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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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