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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1991Reserved (SC)

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Winner — 1991

K. PAKKIRI AMMAL
INC· INC
INC 37.6%JD 23.3%4 others 39.1%
Votes
4,171
37.6% share
Winning margin
1,584
14.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
68.1%
of 16,310

A clear win with a 14.3% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. PAKKIRI AMMAL
INC
INC
4,17137.6%
2
R. RAJARAMAN
JD
Janata Dal
2,58723.3%
3
R. KUMARSELVAN
IND
2,18919.7%
4
SIVALOGANATHAN
IND
1,30911.8%
5
M. A. MALLIKA
PMK
7356.6%
6
S. PARKUNAN
JP
1111.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (27th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 2.1% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
27th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.74
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
1st of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.74EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.6%JD 23.3%IND 19.7%IND 11.8%PMK 6.6%OTH 1.0%

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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