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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1985

Oupalam

Winner — 1985

P. K. LOGANATHAN
ADK· AIADMK
ADK 39.0%DMK 30.4%3 others 30.6%
Votes
3,898
39.0% share
Winning margin
858
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.6%
of 13,403

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. K. LOGANATHAN
ADK
AIADMK
3,89839.0%
2
SITHA. VEDANAYAGAM
DMK
3,04030.4%
3
N. NAGAMUTHU
IND
2,03520.4%
4
R. KRISHNASAMY
Janata
1,00810.1%
5
M. ARUMAISELVAM
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 (14th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 3.5% · max 51.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
14th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
17th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ADK 39.0%DMK 30.4%IND 20.4%JNP 10.1%OTH 0.2%

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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