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Madras · Assembly Constituency 58 · 1962

Vridhachalam

1951195719621967

Winner — 1962

G. BOOVARAGHAN
INC· INC
INC 42.5%DMK 39.6%3 others 17.9%
Votes
26,990
44.4% share
Winning margin
1,852
3.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.5%
of 90,021

A closely fought contest. G. BOOVARAGHAN won with a 3.0% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
G. BOOVARAGHAN
INC
26,99042.5%
2
M. SELVARAJ
DMK
25,13839.6%
3
K. KALIAPERUMAL
CPI
3,7675.9%
4
P. N. SARGURU
IND
3,0184.8%
5
D. NAMACHIVOYAM
TNP
1,8512.9%

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 (210th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.8% · min 3.0% · max 32.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
210th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
199th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.5%DMK 39.6%CPI 5.9%OTH 7.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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