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Madras · Assembly Constituency 165 · 1962

Thanjavur

1951195719621967

Winner — 1962

KARUNANITHI
DMK
DMK 49.8%INC 46.8%1 others 3.4%
Votes
32,145
50.9% share
Winning margin
1,928
3.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
81.0%
of 79,718

A closely fought contest. KARUNANITHI won with a 3.0% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KARUNANITHI
DMK
32,14549.8%
2
PARISUTHA NADAR
INC
30,21746.8%
3
SHANMUGAVADIVEL
IND
7991.2%

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 (199th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
3.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.5% · min 2.6% · max 10.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
199th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 49.8%INC 46.8%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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