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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1977
Kurinjipadi
Winner — 1977
M. SELVARAJ
DMK· DMK
DMK 28.8%CPM 25.0%5 others 46.2%
Votes
19,523
28.8% share
Winning margin
2,526
3.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
60.7%
of 1,11,845
A closely fought contest. M. SELVARAJ won with a 3.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. SELVARAJ | DMK | 19,523 | 28.8% |
| 2 | S. NATARRAJAN | 16,997 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | P. RADHAKRISHNAN | Janata-Congress Alliance (1977) | 14,663 | 21.6% |
| 4 | M. BALASUBRAMANIYAN | Janata-Congress Alliance (1977) | 13,080 | 19.3% |
| 5 | S. RAMASWAMY | IND | 1,818 | 2.7% |
| 6 | K. DHANAGOPAL | IND | 1,690 | 2.5% |
| 7 | MUTHUPATTUSAMY | IND | 127 | 0.2% |
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.
High turnout (28th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.6% · max 31.9%
How contested is turnout?
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92%
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28th of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.12
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 234How much NOTA?
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0.2%
lowerhigher
227th of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 28.8%CPM 25.0%INC 21.6%JNP 19.3%OTH 5.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,64,875
Density
398 / km²
Sex ratio
994 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,188 km²
SC population22.9%
ST population3.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 93.1%Other 6.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.7%
Electricity92.6%
Sanitation22.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.1%
Children fully vaccinated97.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.6%
Children underweight (under 5)25.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.6%
Women literate79.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel70.7%
Health insurance69.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Edible Oil
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.