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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 179 · 1977

Pattukkottai

Winner — 1977

A.R. MARIMUTHU
INC· Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
INC 30.1%ADK 29.1%4 others 40.8%
Votes
25,993
30.1% share
Winning margin
911
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
74.1%
of 1,16,450

Pattukkottai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 911 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A.R. MARIMUTHU
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
25,99330.1%
2
V.R.K. PALANIAPAN
ADK
AIADMK
25,08229.1%
3
R. SRINIVASAN
DMK
24,14228.0%
4
R. RAMASAMY
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
9,22710.7%
5
V. CHANDRASEKARAN
IND
1,1001.3%
6
N. KULANDAIYAN
IND
7190.8%

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 (49th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 1.1% · max 30.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
49th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
217th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
230th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.1%ADK 29.1%DMK 28.0%JNP 10.7%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,18,345
Density
348 / km²
Sex ratio
1015 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,644 km²
SC population17.6%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 7.1%Other 4.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.2%
Electricity90.7%
Sanitation28.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated83.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.2%
Children underweight (under 5)21.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.5%
Women literate81.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.0%
Health insurance72.9%

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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