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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 233 · 1996

Vilavancode

Winner — 1996

D. MONY
CPM· DMK-led
CPM 43.3%DMK 21.8%15 others 34.8%
Votes
42,867
43.4% share
Winning margin
21,282
21.5% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
58.4%
of 1,69,313

Vilavancode is a safe seat — D. MONY won by 21.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D. MONY
DMK-led
42,86743.4%
2
V. THANKARAJ
DMK-led
21,58521.8%
3
N. SREENIVASAN
BJP
16,14116.3%
4
M. SUNDARADAS
DMK-led
13,05713.2%
5
K.S. JANAKARAJ
AIIC(T)
1,7131.7%
6
P. BABU
IND
1,1561.2%
7
C. CHANDRAN
IND
6810.7%
8
P. PARAMESWARAN
IND
3750.4%
9
C. CHELLAN
IND
2850.3%
10
J. PUSHPARAJ
IND
2290.2%
11
C. JOHNSON
IND
2240.2%
12
H. DAVID
IND
1750.2%
13
M. PETER
IND
1160.1%
14
C.P. RADHAKRISHNAN
IND
980.1%
15
P. RASILAYYAN
IND
890.1%
16
E. PONNUSWAMY
IND
630.1%
17
S. JOSEPH EMMANUVEL
IND
370.0%

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.

Low turnout (222nd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.8% · min 1.3% · max 40.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
222nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.19
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
67th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 43.4%DMK 21.8%BJP 16.3%INC 13.2%OTH 5.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,70,374
Density
1111 / km²
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,684 km²
SC population4.0%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 48.6%Christian 46.9%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.1%
Electricity95.2%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated96.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.3%
Children underweight (under 5)14.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.6%
Women literate97.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.3%
Clean cooking fuel74.4%
Health insurance64.1%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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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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