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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 11 · 2001

Nettapakkam

Winner — 2001

V. VAITHILINGAM
INC· Congress-TMC Alliance (PY, INC+)
INC 39.5%PMK 31.5%4 others 29.1%
Votes
5,984
39.5% share
Winning margin
1,213
8.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
79.4%
of 19,095

A clear win with a 8.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V. VAITHILINGAM
Congress-TMC Alliance (PY, INC+)
5,98439.5%
2
K. DHANRAJU
NDA
4,77131.5%
3
V. MUTHUNARAYANAN
PMC
3,72224.6%
4
S. DHANABOOPATHY
IND
4713.1%
5
K. DHAKSHANAMOORTHY
IND
1180.8%
6
D. KANDASAMY
IND
950.6%

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 (22nd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 1.5% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
22nd of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
10th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.5%PMK 31.5%PMC 24.6%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

1 location
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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