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Madras · Assembly Constituency 50 · 1962

Villupuram

1951195719621967

Winner — 1962

M. SHANMUGAM
DMK
DMK 57.3%INC 37.5%2 others 5.3%
Votes
39,923
59.4% share
Winning margin
13,808
20.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
72.2%
of 96,487

Villupuram is a safe seat — M. SHANMUGAM won by 20.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. SHANMUGAM
DMK
39,92357.3%
2
V. P. SARANGAPANI KOUNDAR
INC
26,11537.5%
3
G. KOTHANDARAMAN KOUNDAR
IND
7351.1%
4
A. RAMALINGAM
IND
4850.7%

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 (167th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 24.3% · min 16.7% · max 35.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
167th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.04
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 57.3%INC 37.5%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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