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Madras · Assembly Constituency 189 · 1962

Tirunelveli

1951195719621967

Winner — 1962

RAJATHI KUNCHITHAPATHAM
INC· INC
INC 36.1%SWA 34.1%4 others 29.7%
Votes
25,985
36.9% share
Winning margin
1,441
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
74.4%
of 96,617

A closely fought contest. RAJATHI KUNCHITHAPATHAM won with a 2.0% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJATHI KUNCHITHAPATHAM
INC
25,98536.1%
2
RAMASAMI (SUNDARAM)
SWA
24,54434.1%
3
AHMED IBRAHIM
ML
18,09125.1%
4
MUTHIAH PILLAI
PSP
8091.1%
5
S. RAJAGOPALACHARI
IND
7021.0%
6
NARASIMHA RAO
IND
2990.4%

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

High turnout (7th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.9% · min 2.0% · max 11.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
7th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
105th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.1%SWA 34.1%ML 25.1%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
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