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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1996

Lawspet

Winner — 1996

N. KESAVAN
DMK· United Front
DMK 54.4%INC 33.8%11 others 11.8%
Votes
16,442
54.4% share
Winning margin
6,231
20.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
69.9%
of 43,218

Lawspet is a safe seat — N. KESAVAN won by 20.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N. KESAVAN
United Front
16,44254.4%
2
M.O.H.F. SHAJAHAN
INC
10,21133.8%
3
SANKARAN
United Front
2,5968.6%
4
L. KARUNAKARAN
BJP
3591.2%
5
V. JANAKIRAMAN
IND
2200.7%
6
S. ANANDAN @ LOGANATHAN
IND
1380.5%
7
P. CHITRADEVI
JP
930.3%
8
E. CHANDRASEGARAN
IND
570.2%
9
JEGAN @ JAGADEESAN
IND
360.1%
10
R. SANKAR
IND
270.1%
11
K. JAYARAMAN
IND
240.1%
12
B. DHANDAPANI
IND
120.0%
13
N. RAMACHANDRAN
IND
120.0%

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.

High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.2% · min 2.1% · max 93.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
4th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
23rd of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 54.4%INC 33.8%CPM 8.6%OTH 3.3%

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

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