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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 13 · 1990Reserved (SC)

Bahour

Winner — 1990

P. RAJAVELU
JD· National Front
JD 57.8%INC 36.4%3 others 5.8%
Votes
8,223
57.8% share
Winning margin
3,044
21.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
78.1%
of 18,225

Bahour is a safe seat — P. RAJAVELU won by 21.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. RAJAVELU
National Front
8,22357.8%
2
M. RAJAGOPALAN
INC
5,17936.4%
3
K. THIAGARAJAN
7745.4%
4
M. LOGANATHAN
JNP(JP)
360.3%
5
C. MUNIAMMAI
IND
170.1%

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 (18th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 4.0% · max 23.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
18th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.71
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
16th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 57.8%INC 36.4%PMK 5.4%OTH 0.4%

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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