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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1990

Thattanchavady

Winner — 1990

V. PETHAPERUMAL
JD· National Front
JD 51.3%INC 46.0%5 others 2.7%
Votes
9,503
51.3% share
Winning margin
982
5.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
66.4%
of 27,900

A clear win with a 5.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V. PETHAPERUMAL
National Front
9,50351.3%
2
N. RANGASAMY
INC
8,52146.0%
3
T. GOVINDASAMY
4012.2%
4
S. GUNASEGARAN
JNP(JP)
350.2%
5
N. RAJENDIRAN
TMM
280.1%
6
P. BALASUNDARAM
IND
190.1%
7
J. MOHAN
IND
150.1%

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 (13th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.4% · min 1.8% · max 83.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
13th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
14th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 51.3%INC 46.0%OTH 2.7%

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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