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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 5 · 2021Reserved (SC)

Poonamallee

Winner — 2021

Krishnaswamy A
DMK· Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) (INDIA)
DMK 56.7%PMK 21.0%13 others 22.3%
Votes
1,49,578
56.7% share
Winning margin
94,110
35.7% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
73.0%
of 3,61,331

Poonamallee is a safe seat — Krishnaswamy A won by 35.7%.

Seat history

2 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Krishnaswamy A
Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) (INDIA)
1,49,57856.7%
2
Rajamannar S X
55,46821.0%
3
Manimekalai A
29,87111.3%
4
Revathi Manimegalai J
MNM
11,9274.5%
5
Elumalai T.A.
8,8053.3%
6
Sathyamurthy A C
2,8911.1%
NOTA
NOTA
2,8671.1%
8
Ravikumar M
IND
4480.2%
9
Sivakumar S
IND
4030.1%
10
Velu S
IND
3590.1%
11
Boshya Gayathri M
MIDP
2900.1%
12
Rajesh P
IND
2410.1%
13
Venkatesan J
IND
2400.1%
14
Purushothaman B
IND
1750.1%
15
Dhasarathan R
IND
1730.1%

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

Average turnout (162nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
35.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.3% · min 1.5% · max 43.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
162nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
225th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
45th of 234

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 56.7%PMK 21.0%NTK 11.3%OTH 9.8%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/14

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,28,104
Density
1098 / km²
Sex ratio
987 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,394 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Christian 6.3%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.6%
Electricity96.9%
Sanitation67.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate83.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.4%
Clean cooking fuel93.4%
Health insurance57.4%

What's nearby?

5 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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