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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1969

Calapeth

Winner — 1969

M.O.H. FAROOK
DMK 59.8%INC 40.2%
Votes
4,261
59.8% share
Winning margin
1,401
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
84.2%
of 8,462

Calapeth is a safe seat — M.O.H. FAROOK won by 19.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M.O.H. FAROOK
4,26159.8%
2
M. MURUGESA MUDALIAR
INC
2,86040.2%

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.

Average turnout (13th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.4% · min 1.8% · max 83.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
13th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
14th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 59.8%INC 40.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pharmaceutical and Allied Products

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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