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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 229 · 1971

Nagercoil

Winner — 1971

MOSES M.
SWA· Grand Alliance
SWA 48.1%DMK 47.3%1 others 4.6%
Votes
34,726
48.1% share
Winning margin
541
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
70.8%
of 1,01,962

Nagercoil was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 541 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOSES M.
Grand Alliance
34,72648.1%
2
CHRISTOPHER G.
34,18547.3%
3
GOPINATH P.
Left
3,3044.6%

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 (176th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.8% · min 0.1% · max 30.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
176th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.42
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
158th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 48.1%DMK 47.3%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,70,374
Density
1111 / km²
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,684 km²
SC population4.0%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 48.6%Christian 46.9%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.1%
Electricity95.2%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated96.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.3%
Children underweight (under 5)14.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Women literate97.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.3%
Clean cooking fuel74.4%
Health insurance64.1%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️CashewGI
Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial

🏛️MonumentASI

Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Vattakottai fort

Vattakottai fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Vattakottai fort

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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