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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 185 · 1977

Papanasam

Winner — 1977

R.V. SOUNDARARAJAN
INC· Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
INC 33.4%DMK 31.2%3 others 35.4%
Votes
24,904
33.4% share
Winning margin
1,636
2.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.7%
of 1,05,384

A closely fought contest. R.V. SOUNDARARAJAN won with a 2.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.V. SOUNDARARAJAN
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
24,90433.4%
2
S. SACHIDHANANDAM
DMK
23,26831.2%
3
P.K.E. ABDULLAH
IND
20,71427.8%
4
T.A. JAYARAMAN
Janata-Congress Alliance (1977)
4,7696.4%
5
S. SEVU PANICKAR
IND
8981.2%

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.

Low turnout (217th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 0.0% · max 46.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
217th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.11
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
155th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.4%DMK 31.2%IND 27.8%JNP 6.4%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,39,101
Density
316 / km²
Sex ratio
1003 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,233 km²
SC population17.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.6%Christian 5.6%Muslim 5.5%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water68.9%
Electricity91.9%
Sanitation40.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.6%
Children underweight (under 5)28.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.5%
Women literate85.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.5%
Clean cooking fuel75.2%
Health insurance67.7%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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Boulder stone bed and Brahmi inscriptions on the hill and rock cut temples with inscriptions at the…

Boulder stone bed and Brahmi inscriptions on the hill and rock cut temples with inscriptions at the…

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Boulder stone bed and Brahmi inscriptions on the hill and rock cut temples with inscriptions at the foot of the hill

Boulder stone bed and Brahmi inscriptions on the hill and rock cut temples with inscriptions at the…

Boulder stone bed and Brahmi inscriptions on the hill and rock cut temples with inscriptions at the…

🏛️MonumentASI

Boulder stone bed and Brahmi inscriptions on the hill and rock cut temples with inscriptions at the foot of the hill

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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