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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1996

Harbour

Winner — 1996

ANBAZHAGAN,K
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 70.6%INC 16.2%31 others 13.2%
Votes
39,263
70.6% share
Winning margin
30,256
54.4% of votes
Total candidates
33
Turnout
53.9%
of 1,03,285

Harbour is a safe seat — ANBAZHAGAN,K won by 54.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

33 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANBAZHAGAN,K
DMK-led
39,26370.6%
2
EARNEST PAUL
DMK-led
9,00716.2%
3
BASHEER AHAMED,H
People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996
4,5768.2%
4
DHANANJAYAN,K
BJP
2,3524.2%
5
ARUMUGAM,K
PMK-Tiwari Congress Front (PMK + AIIC(T)), Tamil Nadu 1996
1680.3%
6
ALAGARSAMY,M
IND
440.1%
7
SEKAR,A.T.
IND
320.1%
8
SIVASHANMUGAM,M
IND
200.0%
9
NAGARAJAN,R
IND
180.0%
10
ELANGOVAN,S.E.
IND
180.0%
11
MOHAN,N
IND
160.0%
12
CHOKKALINGAM, P.K.
IND
150.0%
13
SAMBANDAN,N
IND
120.0%
14
ABDUL RAHMAN,K.
IND
100.0%
15
CHANDRASEKARAN,G.
IND
100.0%
16
ASHOK,V.
IND
100.0%
17
SEENI MOHAMED,K.
IND
100.0%
18
AMIR HAMSA, K.K.M.
IND
60.0%
19
RADHAKRISHNAN,G.
IND
60.0%
20
MANI,G.
IND
50.0%
21
SAIK MOHAMED,A.
IND
50.0%
22
NARAYANAN,S.
IND
50.0%
23
ANNAMALAI,K
IND
40.0%
24
MUHAMED ILAHI,R.
IND
30.0%
25
JALALUDEEN,J.
IND
30.0%
26
RAVI,A.
IND
30.0%
27
AMUDHA,D.
IND
30.0%
28
RAVI SHANKER,M.
IND
30.0%
29
ALEXANDER,E.
IND
30.0%
30
ABDUL KASIM,K.
IND
20.0%
31
AYUBKHAN,E.
IND
20.0%
32
RAJAMANNAR, P.V.
IND
20.0%
33
MATHI ARASU,S.
IND
20.0%

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.

Average turnout (60th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
54.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.7% · max 54.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
60th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties
210th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
126th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 70.6%INC 16.2%MDMK 8.2%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,28,104
Density
1098 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,394 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Christian 6.3%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.6%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation67.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.4%
Clean cooking fuel93.4%
Health insurance57.4%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Dutch Cemetery

Dutch Cemetery

🏛️MonumentASI

Dutch Cemetery

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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