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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1971

Edappadi

Winner — 1971

A. ARUMUGAM
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 54.7%NCO 45.3%
Votes
35,638
54.7% share
Winning margin
6,153
9.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
59.8%
of 1,08,906

A clear win with a 9.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A. ARUMUGAM
35,63854.7%
2
T. NATARAJAN
29,48545.3%

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 (44th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.0% · min 3.6% · max 37.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
44th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
196th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
83rd of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 54.7%NCO 45.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,82,056
Density
665 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,237 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population3.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water78.8%
Electricity90.9%
Sanitation35.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated77.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.6%
Children underweight (under 5)20.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.3%
Women literate81.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.7%
Clean cooking fuel84.5%
Health insurance67.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Salem SilkGI🏺Silver Jewellery

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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