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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1991

Modeliarpeth

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Winner — 1991

V. KOTHANDARAMAN ALIAS SABAPATHY
IND
IND 45.4%CPI 23.7%6 others 30.8%
Votes
8,230
45.5% share
Winning margin
3,935
21.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
64.9%
of 27,889

Modeliarpeth is a safe seat — V. KOTHANDARAMAN ALIAS SABAPATHY won by 21.7%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V. KOTHANDARAMAN ALIAS SABAPATHY
IND
8,23045.5%
2
M. MANJINI
CPI
Left
4,29523.7%
3
V. BHALAN
INC
INC
3,59719.9%
4
G. THIRUVARASAN
PMK
1,3317.3%
5
A. AMMANATHAN
JP
4112.3%
6
V. SELVAM
BJP
BJP
1330.7%
7
G. BALARAMAN
IND
1010.6%
8
S. REJENDIRAN
IND
110.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.7%
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
IND 45.5%CPI 23.7%INC 19.9%PMK 7.3%OTH 3.6%

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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