Karaikudi
Winner — 1977
Karaikudi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 240 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. KALIYAPPAN |  ADKAIADMK | 27,403 | 32.0% |
| 2 | P. CHIDAMBARAM | Janata-Congress Alliance (1977) | 27,163 | 31.8% |
| 3 | C.T. CHIDAMBARAM | DMK | 18,228 | 21.3% |
| 4 | P.L. KARUPPIA | Janata-Congress Alliance (1977) | 12,763 | 14.9% |
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 (185th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
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6 locations
Cavern with Panchapandava beds on western slope of the hills and similar beds behind the Sikkandar…
Cavern with Panchapandava beds on western slope of the hills and similar beds behind the Sikkandar mosque on the top
Rock cut Jain bas-relief and beds and a mutilated Jain stone image
Rock cut Jain bas-relief and beds and a mutilated Jain stone image
Rock cut bas-relief of Jain images with inscriptions in Vatteluthu in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai
Rock cut bas-relief of Jain images with inscriptions in Vatteluthu in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai
Rock cut beds under natural rock shelter in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai
Rock cut beds under natural rock shelter in Ammanamalai or Samanarmalai
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