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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 214 · 1989Reserved (SC)

Vasudevanallur

Winner — 1989

ESWARAN, R.
INC· INC
INC 32.2%CPM 31.7%3 others 36.1%
Votes
30,805
32.1% share
Winning margin
411
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.5%
of 1,35,907

Vasudevanallur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 411 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ESWARAN, R.
INC
30,80532.1%
2
KRISHNAN, R.
30,39431.7%
3
KANAGASABAI, S.
17,32518.1%
4
RENGASAY, T.
ADK(JR)
17,04317.8%
5
SABAPATHY, K.S.
IND
2490.3%

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.

Low turnout (189th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.1% · min 0.4% · max 27.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
189th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
100th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 32.1%CPM 31.7%CPI 18.1%ADK(JR) 17.8%OTH 0.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,50,176
Density
369 / km²
Sex ratio
1023 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,745 km²
SC population19.9%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 78.5%Christian 16.7%Other 4.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.7%
Electricity94.3%
Sanitation50.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.9%
Women literate88.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.9%
Clean cooking fuel90.7%
Health insurance57.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marine Foods

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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