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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 3 · 1991

Raj Bhavan

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Winner — 1991

A. GANDHIRAJ
INC· INC
INC 48.5%DMK 47.5%7 others 4.1%
Votes
2,381
48.5% share
Winning margin
49
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
54.8%
of 8,965

Raj Bhavan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 49 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A. GANDHIRAJ
INC
INC
2,38148.5%
2
S. P. SIVAKUMAR
DMK
DMK
2,33247.5%
3
S. DAMODARAN
BJP
BJP
1362.8%
4
R. GOTAHNDARAMAN
IND
290.6%
5
L. VENGATARAMAN
ICS(SCS)
170.3%
6
V. NARAYANASAMY
IND
60.1%
7
R. BASKARAN
JP
60.1%
8
G. KRISHNARAJ
TMM
50.1%
9
AROKIAMARI AMATHA SELVI
IND
20.0%

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

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.0%
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
INC 48.5%DMK 47.5%OTH 4.1%

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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