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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 3 · 2001

Raj Bhavan

Winner — 2001

SIVAKUMAR .S.P.
DMK· NDA (NDA)
DMK 57.8%INC 31.4%3 others 10.8%
Votes
2,408
57.8% share
Winning margin
1,100
26.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
65.7%
of 6,345

Raj Bhavan is a safe seat — SIVAKUMAR .S.P. won by 26.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SIVAKUMAR .S.P.
NDA (NDA)
2,40857.8%
2
GANDHIRAJ .A.
INC
1,30831.4%
3
PANDURANGAN .M.
3408.2%
4
RAMALINGAM .T.
IND
661.6%
5
BALASUBRAMANIAN .R.
NDA
451.1%

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 (2nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.3% · max 38.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
2nd of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
9th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 57.8%INC 31.4%ADMK 8.2%OTH 2.7%

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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