Back to Puducherry 1996 map
Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1996
Reddiarpalayam
Winner — 1996
R. VISWANATHAN
CPI· United Front
CPI 65.6%ADMK 22.7%8 others 11.7%
Votes
17,206
65.6% share
Winning margin
11,240
42.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
60.6%
of 43,254
Reddiarpalayam is a safe seat — R. VISWANATHAN won by 42.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. VISWANATHAN | United Front | 17,206 | 65.6% |
| 2 | NA, MANIMARAN | 5,966 | 22.7% | |
| 3 | A.M. KRISHNAMOORTHY | BJP | 1,294 | 4.9% |
| 4 | N.T. SAMPATHKUMAR | MGRK | 1,028 | 3.9% |
| 5 | K. VENKATACHALAM | AIIC(T) | 326 | 1.2% |
| 6 | D. UMASUDAN | JP | 231 | 0.9% |
| 7 | D. RAGAVAN | IND | 78 | 0.3% |
| 8 | E. SAMMANTHAM | IND | 61 | 0.2% |
| 9 | E. GEORGE | IND | 25 | 0.1% |
| 10 | K. ERANYAN @ ETHIRAJ | IND | 20 | 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.
Average turnout (9th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
LOADING SEAT HISTORY…
How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe42.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 1.1% · max 42.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
9th of 30How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.06
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 30How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
15th of 30Where does the house stand?
SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 65.6%ADMK 22.7%OTH 11.7%
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.