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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1984 by-elections

Anna Nagar

Winner — 1984 by-elections

ERAMACHANDRAN.S.M
DMK 53.2%ADK 45.5%17 others 1.3%
Votes
65,341
53.2% share
Winning margin
9,369
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
19

Anna Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 9,369 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ERAMACHANDRAN.S.M
65,3410.0%
2
RADHAKRISHNAN
ADK
55,9720.0%
3
VENKATARAMAN.T.S
IND
4340.0%
4
BALASUNDARAM.R
IND
1670.0%
5
NADARASAN.T
IND
1570.0%
6
DHEENAN
IND
1360.0%
7
ELUMALAI.S.P
IND
1080.0%
8
KALYANI.N
IND
830.0%
9
S.TALAPATHI.C.V
IND
780.0%
10
V.DESIGAN.O.A
IND
730.0%
11
JAYARAMAN.P
IND
720.0%
12
R.ASARI.R.K
IND
640.0%
13
T.RATHNAM.DR.
IND
620.0%
14
MANI.P.S
IND
460.0%
15
SANTHANAM.R
IND
450.0%
16
DHANAPA.K.E
IND
260.0%
17
M.NAHAR
IND
180.0%
18
MANOHARAN.K
IND
150.0%
19
DHANDAPANI.S.E
IND
140.0%

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 (219th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 0.7% · max 44.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
219th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
221st of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
27th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

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?

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