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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1971
Cheyyar
Winner — 1971
K. GOVINDAN
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 55.8%NCO 44.2%
Votes
39,978
55.8% share
Winning margin
8,301
11.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
81.3%
of 88,183
A clear win with a 11.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (29th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe11.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 1.5% · max 40.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
29th of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
205th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
189th of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 55.8%NCO 44.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,36,331
Density
648 / km²
Sex ratio
1007 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,075 km²
SC population21.9%
ST population1.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.3%Muslim 10.5%Other 3.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.5%
Electricity93.4%
Sanitation41.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Children underweight (under 5)19.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.6%
Women literate81.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.9%
Clean cooking fuel85.3%
Health insurance71.4%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Leather Products
Adjoining Building to the masjid and two ponds
🏛️MonumentASI
Adjoining Building to the masjid and two ponds
Masjid and two ponds in the west of the citadel
🏛️MonumentASI
Masjid and two ponds in the west of the citadel
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.