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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 7 · 1990

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Winner — 1990

R. V. JANKIRAMAN
DMK· National Front
DMK 41.6%ADK 38.2%7 others 20.2%
Votes
6,601
41.6% share
Winning margin
530
3.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
64.5%
of 24,612

A closely fought contest. R. V. JANKIRAMAN won with a 3.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. V. JANKIRAMAN
DMK
National Front
6,60141.6%
2
B. MANIMARAN
ADK
AIADMK
6,07138.2%
3
P. RAMALINGAM
IND
2,88818.2%
4
P. KRISHANAN
PMK
1731.1%
5
M. LOGANATHAN
IND
960.6%
6
J. RAGAVAN
JNP(JP)
280.2%
7
G. VENKATESAN
IND
120.1%
8
ANDRE ZEGANADEN ASHOK
IND
30.0%
9
G. ARUMUGAM
IND
30.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
3.3%
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 41.6%ADK 38.2%IND 18.2%OTH 2.0%

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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