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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1990

Reddiarpalayam

Winner — 1990

R. VISWANATHAN
CPI· Left
CPI 50.8%INC 38.6%8 others 10.5%
Votes
11,153
50.8% share
Winning margin
2,671
12.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
62.6%
of 35,043

A clear win with a 12.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. VISWANATHAN
Left
11,15350.8%
2
V. BALAJI
INC
8,48238.6%
3
G. RAMAMURTHY
1,2215.6%
4
M. KRISHNAMURTHY
BJP
3261.5%
5
N. MADURAI
IND
2761.3%
6
D. PURUSHOTHAMAN
IND
2411.1%
7
P. A. ARULDOSS
LKD(B)
940.4%
8
S. KAMARAJ
JNP(JP)
930.4%
9
N. SUBRAMANIAN
370.2%
10
A. RAJA DEIVASING
IND
230.1%

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 (9th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 1.1% · max 42.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
9th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.06
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
15th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.8%INC 38.6%PMK 5.6%OTH 5.0%

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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