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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1984

Poonamallee

Winner — 1984

G. ANANTHAKRISHNA
INC· AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
INC 56.0%DMK 41.2%5 others 2.9%
Votes
55,129
56.0% share
Winning margin
14,567
14.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
64.9%
of 1,51,761

A clear win with a 14.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
G. ANANTHAKRISHNA
AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
55,12956.0%
2
D. RAJARATHINAM
DMK
40,56241.2%
3
SUBRAMANI, S.
IND
1,1501.2%
4
DILLI, M.
IND
5890.6%
5
SAMUEL PATRICK, A.
IND
5020.5%
6
DAMODARAN, S.
IND
3780.4%
7
VENKATARAMAN, C.
IND
1960.2%

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.

Average turnout (119th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 1.4% · max 35.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
119th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
180th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
64th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.0%DMK 41.2%OTH 2.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,98,252
Density
892 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,483 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population1.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Christian 6.4%Other 5.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.7%
Electricity96.7%
Sanitation65.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.6%
Children underweight (under 5)19.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate82.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel88.1%
Health insurance59.7%

What's nearby?

6 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Automobile products🏷️Kancheepuram SilkGI🏺Textiles and Garments
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Megalithic cists and cairns, Tirusulam

🏛️MonumentASI

Megalithic cists and cairns

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Urn burial and megalithic site

🏛️MonumentASI

Urn burial and megalithic site

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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