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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 141 · 1971Reserved (SC)

Melur South

Winner — 1971

O. P. RAMAN
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 58.8%NCO 36.8%2 others 4.4%
Votes
45,090
58.8% share
Winning margin
16,876
22.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
69.9%
of 1,09,718

Melur South is a safe seat — O. P. RAMAN won by 22.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
O. P. RAMAN
45,09058.8%
2
C. KARUTHANAN
28,21436.8%
3
P. POOSARI
IND
2,5743.4%
4
M. GANDHI VEERAN
IND
8071.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (172nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.5% · min 4.6% · max 37.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
172nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
231st of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
194th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 58.8%NCO 36.8%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
27,22,290
Density
604 / km²
Sex ratio
1013 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,509 km²
SC population17.1%
ST population0.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.7%Christian 9.0%Muslim 7.0%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water86.7%
Electricity93.0%
Sanitation48.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.6%
Children fully vaccinated97.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)27.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.4%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.5%
Clean cooking fuel71.2%
Health insurance67.8%

What's nearby?

5 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
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(1) Lower cave (2) Path leading to the site in front of the lower cave(3) Path leading to the upper…

(1) Lower cave (2) Path leading to the site in front of the lower cave(3) Path leading to the upper…

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(1) Lower cave (2) Path leading to the site in front of the lower cave(3) Path leading to the upper cave (4) Site in front of the lower cave (5) Upper cave

Fort Gateway, Tiruchirapalli

Fort Gateway, Tiruchirapalli

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Fort Gateway

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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