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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1980

Nellithope

Winner — 1980

P. RAMALINGAM
DMK· DMK
DMK 53.8%ADK 28.2%4 others 18.0%
Votes
4,019
53.8% share
Winning margin
1,909
25.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.4%
of 10,171

Nellithope is a safe seat — P. RAMALINGAM won by 25.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. RAMALINGAM
DMK
4,01953.8%
2
B. MANIMARAN
ADK
AIADMK
2,11028.3%
3
N. RANGANATHAN
Left
1,01013.5%
4
C. MOUNISSAMY
IND
1772.4%
5
N. RAJAGOPALAN
1381.9%
6
G. PANNEERSELVAM
IND
160.2%

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.

Average turnout (17th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 0.2% · max 45.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
17th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
12th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 53.8%ADK 28.3%CPI 13.5%OTH 4.4%

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

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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