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Madras · Assembly Constituency 109 · 1962

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1951195719621967

Winner — 1962

T. KARCHAN
INC· INC
INC 48.0%SWA 38.4%3 others 13.7%
Votes
32,860
49.6% share
Winning margin
6,582
9.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.9%
of 1,00,904

A clear win with a 9.9% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T. KARCHAN
INC
32,86048.0%
2
K. BOJAN
SWA
26,27838.4%
3
K. RAJAN
CPI
6,5149.5%
4
VERGHESE JOSEPH (BABOOJI)
IND
4020.6%
5
R. K. GANAPATHI
IND
2370.3%

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 (207th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.3% · min 5.1% · max 32.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
207th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
228th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.0%SWA 38.4%CPI 9.5%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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