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Puducherry · PC 1 · 1980

Pondicherry

Winner — Lok Sabha 1980

P. SHANMUGAM
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 66.5%JNP 26.7%1 others 6.9%
Votes
1,64,589
66.5% share
Winning margin
98,564
39.8% of votes
Total votes cast
2,47,681
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. SHANMUGAM
INC(I)
Congress (I)
1,64,58966.5%
2
M.R. LAKSHMINARAYANAN
Janata / Lok Dal
66,02526.7%
3
P. DEVARAJ
JNP(S)
17,0676.9%

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 (1st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
39.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.1% · max 39.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
1st of 1

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 1

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
1st of 1

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 66.5%JNP 26.7%JNP(S) 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,50,289
Density
3232 / km²
Sex ratio
1029 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
294 km²
SC population16.0%
ST population0.0%

Figures are for Puducherry, this seat's primary district — it spans 4 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.0%Christian 6.1%Other 3.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water98.3%
Electricity98.1%
Sanitation68.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.0%
Children underweight (under 5)13.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.8%
Women literate90.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.7%
Clean cooking fuel95.0%
Health insurance31.3%

What's nearby?

21 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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