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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 99 · 1971

Coonoor

Winner — 1971

J. KARUNAINATHAN
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 60.8%NCO 27.9%4 others 11.3%
Votes
33,451
60.8% share
Winning margin
18,126
33.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
65.7%
of 83,756

Coonoor is a safe seat — J. KARUNAINATHAN won by 33.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
J. KARUNAINATHAN
33,45160.8%
2
N. ANDY
15,32527.9%
3
M. M. RAMAN
IND
4,3547.9%
4
I. DORAISWAMY
Grand Alliance
1,6032.9%
5
D. R. BOJARAJ
IND
1290.2%
6
A. K. BHEEMAN
IND
1200.2%

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 (85th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 2.6% · max 46.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
85th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
30th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 60.8%NCO 27.9%IND 7.9%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,51,744
Density
391 / km²
Sex ratio
993 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,760 km²
SC population16.4%
ST population1.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.0%Other 6.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.7%
Electricity90.4%
Sanitation49.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)26.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Women literate82.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.7%
Clean cooking fuel95.9%
Health insurance77.7%

What's nearby?

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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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