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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 94 · 1996

Rasipuram

Winner — 1996

P.R. SUNDARAM
ADMK 37.9%DMK 37.5%30 others 24.5%
Votes
42,294
37.9% share
Winning margin
454
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
32
Turnout
64.2%
of 1,73,617

Rasipuram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 454 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

32 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P.R. SUNDARAM
42,29437.9%
2
R.R. DAMAYANDHI
DMK-led
41,84037.5%
3
A.K.P. CHINRAJ
IND
23,16120.8%
4
B.A.R. ELANGOVAN
People's Democratic Front (MDMK-led, with CPI(M) and Janata Dal), Tamil Nadu 1996
1,5551.4%
5
R. MUTHUSAMY
6940.6%
6
A.G. NARASIMHAN
IND
3320.3%
7
K. PALANIVEL GOUNDER
IND
1930.2%
8
S.R. SRINIVASAN
IND
1810.2%
9
KANDASAMY, P.
IND
1240.1%
10
K. PERUMAL
IND
1040.1%
11
M.K. PERIYASAMY
IND
870.1%
12
R.V. MADHESWARAN
IND
800.1%
13
M. SUBRAMANI
IND
710.1%
14
K. PALANIVEL
IND
660.1%
15
R. GOPAL
IND
630.1%
16
S. LOGANATHAN
IND
600.1%
17
K.A. VENKATACHALAM
IND
570.1%
18
GANDHIDOSS @ RAMASAMY
IND
550.1%
19
N. PALANIAPPAN
IND
500.0%
20
S. MEGANATHAN
IND
500.0%
21
N. PERIYASAMY
IND
480.0%
22
S. VENKATACHALAM
IND
450.0%
23
M. VADIVEL
IND
440.0%
24
K. SANKAR
IND
320.0%
25
M. SANTHAPPAN
IND
310.0%
26
S. SUNDARAJAN
IND
310.0%
27
A. KASIVISWANATHAN
IND
300.0%
28
G.K. SIVASUNDARAM
IND
290.0%
29
S.R. SHANMUGHASUNDARAM
IND
280.0%
30
P. PARAMANTHAM
IND
260.0%
31
P. VENKATACHALAM
IND
220.0%
32
S. RAJADESINGH
IND
170.0%

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 (79th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 0.4% · max 47.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
79th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.24
fewer partiesmore parties
110th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
144th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADMK 37.9%DMK 37.5%IND 20.8%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,26,601
Density
505 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,420 km²
SC population20.0%
ST population3.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.9%Other 3.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water76.6%
Electricity92.3%
Sanitation40.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated83.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.2%
Children underweight (under 5)15.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.9%
Women literate87.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.2%
Clean cooking fuel89.7%
Health insurance68.8%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Poultry feed and products
Hill excluding the fort at its top and the temples of Sri Narasimhaswami and Sri Ranganathaswami

Hill excluding the fort at its top and the temples of Sri Narasimhaswami and Sri Ranganathaswami

🏛️MonumentASI

Hill excluding the fort at its top and the temples of Sri Narasimhaswami and Sri Ranganathaswami

Temples of Sri Narasimhaswami and Ranganathanswami

Temples of Sri Narasimhaswami and Ranganathanswami

🏛️MonumentASI

Temples of Sri Narasimhaswami and Ranganathanswami

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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