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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 30 · 1990

Yanam

Winner — 1990

RAKSHA HARIKRISHNA
DMK· National Front
DMK 43.0%INC 28.1%4 others 28.9%
Votes
4,632
43.0% share
Winning margin
1,605
14.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
85.0%
of 12,680

A clear win with a 14.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAKSHA HARIKRISHNA
National Front
4,63243.0%
2
VELAGA RAJESHWARA RAO
INC
3,02728.1%
3
KAMICHETTY VENKATA VENU
IND
2,95527.4%
4
KAMUJU SRINIVASA RAO
1211.1%
5
GOPALA RAO NAIDU BAPANNA, M.
IND
270.3%
6
MOHAMED BEN SALEHA
IND
130.1%

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 (8th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.2% · min 1.6% · max 64.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
8th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
26th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 43.0%INC 28.1%IND 27.4%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
55,626
Density
1854 / km²
Sex ratio
1038 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
30 km²
SC population15.2%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.2%Other 3.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water99.9%
Electricity96.6%
Sanitation81.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated79.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Children underweight (under 5)18.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.1%
Women literate82.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.9%
Clean cooking fuel98.6%
Health insurance29.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Fisheries 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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