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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 159 · 1977

Lalgudi

Winner — 1977

K.N. SHANMUGAM
ADK· AIADMK
ADK 36.1%DMK 34.4%3 others 29.5%
Votes
33,322
36.1% share
Winning margin
1,533
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.3%
of 1,29,589

Lalgudi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,533 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K.N. SHANMUGAM
ADK
AIADMK
33,32236.1%
2
R. GANGADHRAN
DMK
31,78934.4%
3
N.S. ABEDANANDHAM
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
14,26615.4%
4
K.N. THANGAVELU
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
12,23013.2%
5
S. KANDASWAMY
IND
8080.9%

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 (169th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 48.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
169th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
195th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
207th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 36.1%DMK 34.4%INC 15.4%JNP 13.2%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,05,914
Density
704 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,703 km²
SC population29.3%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.8%Other 8.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water78.2%
Electricity93.9%
Sanitation36.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.2%
Children fully vaccinated79.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.2%
Children underweight (under 5)18.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.6%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.6%
Clean cooking fuel75.6%
Health insurance64.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cashew Nuts
🏛️

Nitiswaraswami Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Nitiswaraswami Temple

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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