Constituency
2. Cassicade
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1990
PY-CASSICADE
INC 52.5%won by 8.2%DMK 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.7% to 8.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 44.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 80.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
11,500
Margin
945
8.22%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1P. KANNANIndian National Congress · INC6,04052.5%
- 2S. ANANDAVELUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,09544.3%
- 3L. BALAVENGATRAMANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2121.8%
- 4G. ALAMELUPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1271.1%
- 5P. KULOTHUNGANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP110.1%
- 6M. P. MADHIMAHARAJATMM · TMM100.1%
- 7S. D. LATCHUMANANIndependent · IND50.0%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −54.5%
- INC share
- 62.8% → 52.5%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- — → —