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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1991

Triplicane

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Winner — 1991

MOHAMAD ASIF
ADK· AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1991)
ADK 55.1%DMK 37.5%11 others 7.4%
Votes
39,028
55.1% share
Winning margin
12,452
17.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
54.8%
of 1,29,453

Triplicane is a safe seat — MOHAMAD ASIF won by 17.6%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMAD ASIF
ADK
AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1991)
39,02855.1%
2
NANJIL K. MANOHARAN
DMK
DMK
26,57637.5%
3
AZHAGUMANI
BJP
BJP
2,8414.0%
4
PARTHASARATHI
PMK
1,4812.1%
5
MURUGESAN
JP
4780.7%
6
VIJAYALAKSHMI
IND
1090.1%
7
SELVAM
IND
840.1%
8
SATHIAVATHI GNANADAS
IND
720.1%
9
RAGAVENDRA RAO
TMM
720.1%
10
VAITHINATHAN
IND
550.1%
11
DEENAN
IND
320.1%
12
MARAGATHAVALLI
IND
270.0%
13
PANNEERSELVAM
IND
170.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (56th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 0.3% · max 48.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
56th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
234th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
182nd of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 55.1%DMK 37.5%OTH 7.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,46,732
Density
26553 / km²
Sex ratio
989 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
175 km²
SC population16.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.7%Muslim 9.4%Christian 7.7%Other 2.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.1%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation95.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated96.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.4%
Children underweight (under 5)21.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.3%
Women literate94.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.9%
Clean cooking fuel97.7%
Health insurance58.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering and Auto components
St. Theresa Church, Perambur

St. Theresa Church, Perambur

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