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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 20 · 2021

Manavely

Winner — 2021

EMBALAM SELVAM @ R.SELVAM
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 57.5%INC 30.4%9 others 12.1%
Votes
17,225
57.5% share
Winning margin
8,132
27.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
85.2%
of 35,152

Manavely is a safe seat — EMBALAM SELVAM @ R.SELVAM won by 27.2%.

Seat history

2 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
EMBALAM SELVAM @ R.SELVAM
NDA (NDA)
17,22557.5%
2
R. K. R. ANANTHARAMAN
9,09330.4%
3
M S ELANGOVAN
1,5555.2%
4
T ANANDAN
IND
6132.0%
5
SUNDARAMBAL @ MALARVIZHI
MNM
4261.4%
NOTA
NOTA
4051.4%
7
THAMIZHARASAN
2600.9%
8
DHORAPADIAR @ V.VELUSAMY
IND
1780.6%
9
V THIRUNAVUKARASU
NDA
840.3%
10
VEERAPUTHIRAN
620.2%
11
J VEERASEKARAN
IJK
350.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (9th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.5% · min 1.1% · max 42.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
9th of 30

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.06
fewer partiesmore parties
14th of 30

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
15th of 30

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 57.5%INC 30.4%NTK 5.2%OTH 5.5%NOTA 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 Cr

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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