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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1977

Thousand Lights

Winner — 1977

S.J. SADIQ PASHA
DMK· DMK
DMK 37.1%IND 30.3%3 others 32.5%
Votes
26,599
37.1% share
Winning margin
4,858
6.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
42.8%
of 1,67,463

A clear win with a 6.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S.J. SADIQ PASHA
DMK
26,59937.1%
2
SYED KHALEEFA THULLAH
IND
21,74130.4%
3
ANBUMANI
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
15,23021.3%
4
P.A. DAIVASIGAMANI
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
7,90211.0%
5
P. RAMAKRISHNAN
IND
1630.2%

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 (150th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.4% · max 46.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
150th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
120th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 37.1%IND 30.4%JNP 21.3%INC 11.0%OTH 0.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,28,104
Density
1098 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,394 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Christian 6.3%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.6%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation67.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.4%
Clean cooking fuel93.4%
Health insurance57.4%

What's nearby?

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