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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1996

Neravy-Grand Aldee

Winner — 1996

V.M.C. SIVAKUMAR
DMK· United Front
DMK 53.4%IND 30.9%3 others 15.7%
Votes
7,595
53.4% share
Winning margin
3,210
22.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
76.1%
of 18,678

Neravy-Grand Aldee is a safe seat — V.M.C. SIVAKUMAR won by 22.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V.M.C. SIVAKUMAR
United Front
7,59553.4%
2
S.T.P. DIRAVIDAMANI
IND
4,38530.9%
3
A.M.K. BALU
2,15915.2%
4
A. SULTAL AREEF
IND
590.4%
5
MURUGAIYAN @ KALAIMANI
IND
140.1%

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 (21st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
22.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 1.2% · max 52.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
21st of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
30th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 53.4%IND 30.9%ADMK 15.2%OTH 0.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
2,00,222
Density
1275 / km²
Sex ratio
1047 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
157 km²
SC population17.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
76%HINDU
Hindu 76.2%Muslim 14.4%Christian 9.2%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water90.7%
Electricity95.6%
Sanitation60.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated88.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.5%
Children underweight (under 5)19.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.4%
Women literate88.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.2%
Clean cooking fuel81.2%
Health insurance26.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Chemicals and Allied Products

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