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Madras · Assembly Constituency 31 · 1962

Ranipet

1951195719621967

Winner — 1962

ABDUL KHALEEL
DMK
DMK 37.4%INC 36.1%5 others 26.5%
Votes
24,082
39.3% share
Winning margin
864
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
73.5%
of 87,522

Ranipet was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 864 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABDUL KHALEEL
DMK
24,08237.4%
2
A. E. CHANDRASEKARA NAICKER
INC
23,21836.1%
3
VARADARAJAN
WT
9,56214.9%
4
GANESAN
IND
2,4293.8%
5
T. DORAISWAMY
IND
1,1831.8%
6
V. VOLLIKKANNU
IND
3910.6%
7
MUNISAMI NAICKER
IND
3840.6%

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

Average turnout (111th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 1.4% · max 23.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
111th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
145th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 37.4%INC 36.1%WT 14.9%OTH 6.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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