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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1980
Cassicade
Winner — 1980
V. KATHIRVELU
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 51.6%JNP 22.4%8 others 25.9%
Votes
3,948
51.6% share
Winning margin
2,232
29.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
69.8%
of 10,953
Cassicade is a safe seat — V. KATHIRVELU won by 29.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. KATHIRVELU |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 3,948 | 51.6% |
| 2 | ANSARI P. DURAISAMY | Janata | 1,716 | 22.4% |
| 3 | S. SUGUMARAN | 849 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | S. KRISHNARAJ | IND | 531 | 6.9% |
| 5 | MUNISAMY (DURAI) | IND | 273 | 3.6% |
| 6 | L. RAMALINGAM | IND | 112 | 1.5% |
| 7 | U. MAHABAL KUMAR | IND | 107 | 1.4% |
| 8 | D. EXPO RAMANATHAN | IND | 47 | 0.6% |
| 9 | N. RAMU ALIAS SUBRAMANIAN | IND | 34 | 0.4% |
| 10 | N. KANTHALAN | IND | 30 | 0.4% |
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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 (5th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe29.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 2.1% · max 44.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
5th of 30How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.93
fewer partiesmore parties
2nd of 30How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
18th of 30Where does the house stand?
SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 51.6%JNP 22.4%INC(U) 11.1%IND 6.9%OTH 7.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.