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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1974

Kuruvinatham

Winner — 1974

VENGATASAMY
ADK
ADK 44.5%NCO 34.1%1 others 21.4%
Votes
3,445
44.5% share
Winning margin
803
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
86.2%
of 8,986

A clear win with a 10.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VENGATASAMY
ADK
3,44544.5%
2
SUBRAMANIA PADAYATCHI
2,64234.1%
3
V. DHAMODARAN
1,65421.4%

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 (10th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.3% · max 67.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
10th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.23
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
7th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 44.5%NCO 34.1%DMK 21.4%

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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