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Madras · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1967

Cheyyar

1951195719621967

Winner — 1967

K. GOVINDAN
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 52.0%INC 24.4%2 others 23.6%
Votes
37,068
54.9% share
Winning margin
19,673
29.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
83.5%
of 85,337

Cheyyar is a safe seat — K. GOVINDAN won by 29.1%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. GOVINDAN
DMK
37,06852.0%
2
K. M. KANGAN
INC
17,39524.4%
3
P. NAICKER
IND
11,09515.6%
4
P. K. CHANDRAN
IND
2,0122.8%

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

High turnout (21st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
29.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.8% · min 0.4% · max 51.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
21st of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
— NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 52.0%INC 24.4%IND 15.6%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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