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Madras · Assembly Constituency 163 · 1951

Salem Rural

1951195719621967

Winner — 1951

C LAKSHMA KANDAN
INC
INC 43.0%TTP 41.0%2 others 16.0%
Votes
15,254
43.0% share
Winning margin
679
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
45.4%
of 78,170

Salem Rural was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 679 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C LAKSHMA KANDAN
INC
15,25443.0%
2
A SUBRAMANIAM
TTP
14,57541.0%
3
RAMANATHAN CHETTY
IND
3,3459.4%
4
R MANICKAM
IND
2,3406.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (209th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.4% · min 1.9% · max 12.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
209th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
375 seats · 188 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.0%TTP 41.0%IND 9.4%IND 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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