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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 173 · 1991Reserved (SC)

Nannilam

Winner — 1991

K. GOPAL
ADK· AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1991)
ADK 56.8%DMK 40.7%1 others 2.5%
Votes
60,623
56.8% share
Winning margin
17,208
16.1% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
70.0%
of 1,52,477

Nannilam is a safe seat — K. GOPAL won by 16.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. GOPAL
ADK
AIADMK-Congress Alliance (1991)
60,62356.8%
2
M. MANIMARAN
DMK
43,41540.7%
3
R. CHELLAIYAN
2,7152.5%

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 (137th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 3.4% · max 33.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
137th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.34
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
94th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 56.8%DMK 40.7%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,05,890
Density
705 / km²
Sex ratio
1035 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,411 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.3%Muslim 7.9%Christian 5.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.6%
Electricity91.8%
Sanitation45.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated78.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.6%
Children underweight (under 5)21.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.0%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.1%
Clean cooking fuel69.4%
Health insurance70.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Coconut🏺Handicraft & handloom

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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