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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1980

Theagaraya Nagar

Winner — 1980

SOURIRAJAN,K
GKC
GKC 50.6%DMK 42.9%6 others 6.5%
Votes
42,566
50.6% share
Winning margin
6,466
7.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
55.0%
of 1,53,113

A clear win with a 7.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOURIRAJAN,K
GKC
42,56650.6%
2
CHANDRAN JEYAPAL,R.E
DMK
36,10042.9%
3
SANCKAR,K
BJP
3,7164.4%
4
SWAMINATHAN,T
JNP(JP)
1,4621.7%
5
NATARAJAN,K
IND
1300.1%
6
VASEKARAN,D
JNP(SR)
940.1%
7
WARRIER,N.K
IND
540.1%
8
JAGANNATHAN,E
IND
420.1%

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 (159th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 1.4% · max 43.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
159th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
224th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
125th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GKC 50.6%DMK 42.9%OTH 6.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,28,104
Density
1098 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,394 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Christian 6.3%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.6%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation67.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.4%
Clean cooking fuel93.4%
Health insurance57.4%

What's nearby?

8 locations
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Megalithic cists and cairns, Pammadukulam

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Pottur

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Pottur

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Prehistoric settlement site-megalithic period

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Virgin group containing many barrows.

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Virgin group containing many barrows.

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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