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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 35 · 1996

Arcot

Winner — 1996

SUBRAMANI, P.N.
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 58.7%ADMK 34.1%8 others 7.2%
Votes
62,974
58.7% share
Winning margin
26,407
24.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
69.6%
of 1,53,951

Arcot is a safe seat — SUBRAMANI, P.N. won by 24.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUBRAMANI, P.N.
DMK-led
62,97458.7%
2
RAMADOSS, K.V.
36,56734.1%
3
MANI, A.G.
PMK-Tiwari Congress Front (PMK + AIIC(T)), Tamil Nadu 1996
4,9684.6%
4
NATARAJAN, K.S.
People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996
1,5121.4%
5
GAJENDIRAN, K.C.
IND
5620.5%
6
RADHAKRISHNAN, N.
IND
1770.2%
7
KRISHNAN, K.
IND
1700.2%
8
BASKARAN, K.R.
IND
1420.1%
9
DURAI, N.K.
IND
810.1%
10
ANANDA SELVAM, T.P.
IND
610.1%

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.

High turnout (10th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 1.7% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
10th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.21
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
112th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 58.7%ADMK 34.1%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,98,252
Density
892 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,483 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population1.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.5%Christian 6.4%Other 5.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water73.7%
Electricity96.7%
Sanitation65.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.6%
Children underweight (under 5)19.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate82.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.0%
Clean cooking fuel88.1%
Health insurance59.7%

What's nearby?

16 locations
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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Cairns in the rf at the foot of perambair hills.

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Megalithic cists and cairns with stone circles

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Megalithic cists and cairns with stone circles

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Araiyapakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kalanipakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kalanipakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kalanipakkam

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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Megalithic cists and cairns, Kattaupudur

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Megalithic cists and cairns

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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