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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 28 · 2016

Alandur

Winner — 2016

ANBARASAN T.M.
DMK· Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA, TN) (UPA)
DMK 44.6%ADMK 35.8%12 others 19.5%
Votes
96,877
44.6% share
Winning margin
19,169
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
61.7%
of 3,51,470

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANBARASAN T.M.
Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA, TN) (UPA)
96,87744.6%
2
RAMACHANDRAN S.
77,70835.8%
3
SATHYANARAYANAN DR. S.
BJP
12,8065.9%
4
CHANDRAN U.
12,2915.7%
5
SRINIVASAN R.
7,1943.3%
NOTA
NOTA
4,7272.2%
7
DHANACHEZHIAN.
3,9271.8%
8
VINOTH KUMAR R.
IND
5060.2%
9
LOGANATHAN VEMBU.
IND
3470.2%
10
BALASUBRAMANIAN V.R.
KMDK
1590.1%
11
SERMA SELVARAJ.
DMSK
1500.1%
12
RAMACHANDRAN M.
IND
1270.1%
13
RAMACHANDRAN V.
IND
1090.1%
14
RAMACHANDRAN S.
IND
690.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (119th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 1.4% · max 35.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
119th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
180th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
64th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
232 seats · 117 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 44.6%ADMK 35.8%BJP 5.9%DMDK 5.7%OTH 5.8%NOTA 2.2%

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?

6 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Automobile products🏷️Kancheepuram SilkGI🏺Textiles and Garments
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Megalithic cists and cairns, Tirusulam

🏛️MonumentASI

Megalithic cists and cairns

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Urn burial and megalithic site

🏛️MonumentASI

Urn burial and megalithic site

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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