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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1996Reserved (SC)
Embalom
Winner — 1996
R. RAJARAMAN
JD· United Front
JD 62.7%INC 26.1%9 others 11.2%
Votes
8,311
62.7% share
Winning margin
4,857
36.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
73.8%
of 17,964
Embalom is a safe seat — R. RAJARAMAN won by 36.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. RAJARAMAN | United Front | 8,311 | 62.7% |
| 2 | K. PAKKIRIAMMAL | INC | 3,454 | 26.1% |
| 3 | P. MUTHUKRISHNAN | United Front | 1,043 | 7.9% |
| 4 | S. PARGUNAN | JP | 140 | 1.1% |
| 5 | A. THIAGARAJAN | IND | 104 | 0.8% |
| 6 | P. KATHIRAVAN | IND | 90 | 0.7% |
| 7 | M. MALLIGA | IND | 32 | 0.2% |
| 8 | D. JANAKIRAMAN | AIIC(T) | 32 | 0.2% |
| 9 | G. KOGILA | IND | 20 | 0.1% |
| 10 | R. KUMARASELVAN | IND | 16 | 0.1% |
| 11 | S. BALARAMAN | IND | 6 | 0.1% |
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.
Low turnout (27th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe36.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 2.1% · max 44.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
27th of 30How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 30How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
1st of 30Where does the house stand?
SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 62.7%INC 26.1%DMK 7.9%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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.