Back to Tamil Nadu 1996 map
Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 16 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Ponneri
Winner — 1996
SUNDARAM, K.
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 61.7%ADMK 29.7%5 others 8.6%
Votes
87,547
61.7% share
Winning margin
45,391
32.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.4%
of 2,16,818
Ponneri is a safe seat — SUNDARAM, K. won by 32.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNDARAM, K. | DMK-led | 87,547 | 61.7% |
| 2 | GUNASEKARAN, G. | 42,156 | 29.7% | |
| 3 | KRISHNAMOORTHY, R. | People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996 | 7,379 | 5.2% |
| 4 | JANAKIRAMAN, S. | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,923 | 1.4% |
| 5 | PACCIKRISAWAMY, C. | IND | 1,443 | 1.0% |
| 6 | ANNAMALAI, M. | BJP | 867 | 0.6% |
| 7 | ARUMUGAM, P.U. | JP | 541 | 0.4% |
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 (132nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe32.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.2% · max 34.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
132nd of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
216th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
21st of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 61.7%ADMK 29.7%MDMK 5.2%OTH 3.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
5 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering and Auto components
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.