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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1964Reserved (SC)

Couchery

Winner — 1964

NAGARAJAN, G.
INC 70.3%IND 26.3%2 others 3.3%
Votes
4,313
70.3% share
Winning margin
2,699
44.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
82.2%
of 7,457

Couchery is a safe seat — NAGARAJAN, G. won by 44.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAGARAJAN, G.
4,31370.3%
2
SOKALINGAME, S.
IND
1,61426.3%
3
GOVINDAN, V.
IND
1171.9%
4
KATHAPERUMAL ALIAS KATHAN, S.
IND
881.4%

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.

High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
44.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.2% · min 2.1% · max 93.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
4th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
23rd of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 70.3%IND 26.3%OTH 3.3%

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%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pharmaceutical and Allied Products

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