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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 8 · 2016

Indira Nagar

Winner — 2016

N. RANGASAMY
AINRC· All India N.R. Congress
AINRC 52.7%INC 41.1%9 others 6.2%
Votes
15,463
52.7% share
Winning margin
3,404
11.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
85.0%
of 34,534

A clear win with a 11.6% margin.

Seat history

2 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.17 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N. RANGASAMY
All India N.R. Congress
15,46352.7%
2
V. AROUMOUGAM A.K.D.
UPA
12,05941.1%
3
T. GUNASEGARAN
6122.1%
NOTA
NOTA
4701.6%
5
V. MURUGAN
NDA
2280.8%
6
E. VADIVEL
2240.8%
7
C. SELVARAJ
1490.5%
8
K. LENIN
630.2%
9
I. SENTHIL KUMAR
IND
480.2%
10
R. ANNADURAI
IND
150.1%
11
R. SHANMUGAM
IJK
140.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (11th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 1.9% · max 67.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
11th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
18th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
4th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AINRC 52.7%INC 41.1%OTH 4.6%NOTA 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.17 Cr

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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