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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1991

Villenour

Winner — 1991

P. ANANDABASKARAN
INC· INC
INC 54.1%JD 44.5%10 others 1.4%
Votes
8,190
54.1% share
Winning margin
1,450
9.6% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
72.9%
of 20,762

A clear win with a 9.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. ANANDABASKARAN
INC
8,19054.1%
2
C. JAYAKUMAR
Janata Dal
6,74044.5%
3
M. ANGAPPAN
JP
650.4%
4
S. A. AMARNATH
440.3%
5
V. AROUNAGUIRY
IND
200.1%
6
D. ARUL ARUMUGAM
IND
190.1%
7
S. ANAND BASKARAN
IND
180.1%
8
J. PITHA
TMM
170.1%
9
G. PALANI
IND
130.1%
10
G. THIRUVENGADAM
IND
80.1%
11
A. MSHEIK NAJUMUDEEN
IND
40.0%
12
A. APPAVOO
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.

Average turnout (12th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.8% · max 59.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
12th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.93
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
6th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.1%JD 44.5%OTH 1.4%

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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