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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 198 · 1996

Sivaganga

Winner — 1996

KIRUTTINAN PASUMPON, THA.
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 60.6%ADMK 29.6%7 others 9.8%
Votes
64,438
60.6% share
Winning margin
33,001
31.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
60.5%
of 1,75,572

Sivaganga is a safe seat — KIRUTTINAN PASUMPON, THA. won by 31.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KIRUTTINAN PASUMPON, THA.
DMK-led
64,43860.6%
2
K.R. MURUGANANDAM
31,43729.6%
3
KRISHNAN PERI
People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996
7,3276.9%
4
CHOCKALINGAM, N.
BJP
1,5331.4%
5
SADUMANGALASWAMY @ ANBUMALAIKANNAN
IND
6960.7%
6
DHAVAMANI, M.
IND
2750.3%
7
MUTHUSAMY BHARATHI
IND
2150.2%
8
PALANIYANDI, K.
IND
2020.2%
9
SAROJA
IND
1310.1%

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 (153rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 1.3% · max 48.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
153rd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.41
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
66th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 60.6%ADMK 29.6%MDMK 6.9%OTH 2.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,45,899
Density
434 / km²
Sex ratio
991 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,868 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 92.2%Other 7.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water93.9%
Electricity91.6%
Sanitation39.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated95.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.2%
Children underweight (under 5)18.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Women literate85.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.0%
Clean cooking fuel89.9%
Health insurance67.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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