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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 35 · 1984

Arcot

Winner — 1984

T. PALANI
ADK· AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
ADK 59.0%DMK 39.0%2 others 2.1%
Votes
52,222
59.0% share
Winning margin
17,713
20.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
75.8%
of 1,16,813

Arcot is a safe seat — T. PALANI won by 20.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T. PALANI
ADK
AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1984)
52,22259.0%
2
N. ARCOT VEERASWAMY
DMK
34,50939.0%
3
M. PARASURAMAN
IND
1,1011.2%
4
D. MALAR
IND
7360.8%

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 (10th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 1.7% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
10th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.21
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
112th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 59.0%DMK 39.0%OTH 2.1%

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?

16 locations
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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Megalithic cists and cairns with stone circles

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Megalithic cists and cairns with stone circles

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Araiyapakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kalanipakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kalanipakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kalanipakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kattaupudur

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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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