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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2021Reserved (SC)

Egmore

Winner — 2021

I.PARANTHAMEN
DMK· Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) (INDIA)
DMK 57.7%ADMK 25.2%17 others 17.1%
Votes
68,832
57.7% share
Winning margin
38,768
32.5% of votes
Total candidates
18
Turnout
61.1%
of 1,95,110

Egmore is a safe seat — I.PARANTHAMEN won by 32.5%.

Seat history

2 of 18 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.03 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
I.PARANTHAMEN
Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) (INDIA)
68,83257.7%
2
B.JOHN PANDIAN
30,06425.2%
3
U. PRIYADARSINI
MNM
9,9908.4%
4
P.GEETHA LAKSHMI
6,2765.3%
5
T.PRABHU
1,2931.1%
NOTA
NOTA
1,1761.0%
7
V. PRABHU
IND
4920.4%
8
K.P.SUNDARAPRATHABAN
3610.3%
9
S.JAYAKALPANA
IND
1710.1%
10
Dr.N. GUNASEKAR
IND
1090.1%
11
A.PARANTHAMAN
IND
980.1%
12
J.CHANDRAKALA
920.1%
13
G.R.RAJENDRAN
IND
840.1%
14
G.SHEEJA
NINIK
550.1%
15
R.REVANTH
AMAK
450.0%
16
M.UTHAYAKUMAR
IND
410.0%
17
N.ARAVINTH KUMAR
IND
380.0%
18
V.SEKAR
IND
280.0%
19
V.ESWARAN
IND
260.0%

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

Average turnout (132nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
32.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 0.2% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
132nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
216th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
21st of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 57.7%ADMK 25.2%MNM 8.4%NTK 5.3%OTH 2.4%NOTA 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/18

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.03 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,46,732
Density
26553 / km²
Sex ratio
989 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
175 km²
SC population16.8%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.7%Muslim 9.4%Christian 7.7%Other 2.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.1%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation95.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated96.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.4%
Children underweight (under 5)21.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.3%
Women literate94.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.9%
Clean cooking fuel97.7%
Health insurance58.2%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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🏺Engineering and Auto components

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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