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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1980
Lawspet
Winner — 1980
M. O. H. FAROOK
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 78.7%ADK 18.6%2 others 2.7%
Votes
8,980
78.7% share
Winning margin
6,854
60.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
80.5%
of 14,170
Lawspet is a safe seat — M. O. H. FAROOK won by 60.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. O. H. FAROOK |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 8,980 | 78.7% |
| 2 | G. GOPALAKRISHNAN |  ADKAIADMK | 2,126 | 18.6% |
| 3 | A. SEMON | IND | 226 | 2.0% |
| 4 | M. PURUSHOTHAMAN | IND | 81 | 0.7% |
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
safe60.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.2% · min 2.1% · max 93.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
4th of 30How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 30How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
23rd of 30Where does the house stand?
SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 78.7%ADK 18.6%OTH 2.7%
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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pharmaceutical and Allied Products
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