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Madras · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1962

Salem I

Winner — 1962

C. VENKATARAMAN
INC· INC
INC 49.9%DMK 45.5%1 others 4.6%
Votes
43,726
50.7% share
Winning margin
3,888
4.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
82.2%
of 1,06,662

A closely fought contest. C. VENKATARAMAN won with a 4.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C. VENKATARAMAN
43,72649.9%
2
E. R. KRISHNAN
39,83845.5%
3
N. P. VASUDEVAN
2,7323.1%

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.

Low turnout (220th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.4% · max 35.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
220th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
206 seats · 104 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.9%DMK 45.5%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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