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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1996

Kuruvinatham

Winner — 1996

T. THIAGARAJAN
INC· INC
INC 48.8%MDMK 47.6%4 others 3.6%
Votes
7,209
48.9% share
Winning margin
187
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
83.9%
of 17,587

Kuruvinatham was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 187 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T. THIAGARAJAN
INC
7,20948.9%
2
R. RAMANATHAN
7,02247.6%
3
A. ANNAPOORNI
United Front
3052.1%
4
M. SHANMUGAM
BSP
890.6%
5
M. MUTHUNARAYANAN
IND
830.6%
6
C. MANI
JP
500.3%

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 (10th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 1.3% · max 67.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
93%
lowerhigher
10th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.23
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
7th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.9%MDMK 47.6%OTH 3.6%

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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