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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1990
Cotchery
Winner — 1990
M. VAITHILINGAM
INC· INC
INC 36.0%IND 35.0%5 others 29.0%
Votes
5,189
36.0% share
Winning margin
140
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
79.2%
of 18,212
Cotchery was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 140 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. VAITHILINGAM | INC | 5,189 | 36.0% |
| 2 | G. PANJAVARNAM | IND | 5,049 | 35.0% |
| 3 | R. NALAMAGARAJAN | National Front | 3,858 | 26.8% |
| 4 | I. PANNEERSELVAM | 222 | 1.5% | |
| 5 | KASDURI | AMI | 44 | 0.3% |
| 6 | N. S. ANANTHAKRISHNAN | TMM | 35 | 0.2% |
| 7 | AROCHIASAMY, M. A. | IND | 20 | 0.1% |
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 (6th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 1.0% · max 29.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
6th of 30How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.09
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 30How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
19th of 30Where does the house stand?
SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.0%IND 35.0%DMK 26.8%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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