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Madras · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1967

Tenkasi

Winner — 1967

I.A.C.PILLAI
INC· INC
INC 48.5%DMK 47.5%1 others 3.9%
Votes
34,561
49.9% share
Winning margin
743
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
83.2%
of 85,612

Tenkasi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 743 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
I.A.C.PILLAI
34,56148.5%
2
K.M.K.SAMSUDIN
33,81847.5%
3
M.PITCHAI
IND
9391.3%

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.

High turnout (27th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 4.7% · min 1.1% · max 8.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
27th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
151st of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.5%DMK 47.5%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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