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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1996

Bussy

Winner — 1996

C.M. ACHRAFF
INC· INC
INC 46.3%CPI 28.9%8 others 24.9%
Votes
2,208
46.3% share
Winning margin
830
17.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
58.9%
of 8,108

Bussy is a safe seat — C.M. ACHRAFF won by 17.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C.M. ACHRAFF
INC
2,20846.3%
2
ABDUL RACHIDE
United Front
1,37828.9%
3
R. RAVINDIRAN
United Front
95420.0%
4
M. ARUMAISELVAM
IND
1182.5%
5
RAJALAKSHMI, PA
BJP
461.0%
6
B. IRUDAYA RAJ @ B. IDAYAVENDHANE
IND
250.5%
7
D. VEERAPPAN
IND
210.4%
8
KAREEM
IND
120.3%
9
H. RAJA MOHAMMED
IND
60.1%
10
S. INDIRA
IND
50.1%

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.

High turnout (3rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.4% · min 3.1% · max 59.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
3rd of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
27th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.3%CPI 28.9%JD 20.0%OTH 4.9%

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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