Election
Constituency

7. Nellithope

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1991

PY-NELLITHOPE

DMK 49.1%won by 0.5%AIADMK 48.5%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.3% to 0.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 79 votes (0.55%) — among the closest results anywhere.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
14,407
Margin
79
0.55%

Candidates

10 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1R. V. JANAKIRAMANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK7,06749.1%
  2. 2N. R. SHANMUGAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK6,98848.5%
  3. 3G. VENGATESANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1901.3%
  4. 4P. VIJAYAKUMARIndependent · IND650.5%
  5. 5R. SALAMONIndependent · IND310.2%
  6. 6D. JOSEPH RAJTMM · TMM220.2%
  7. 7N. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND160.1%
  8. 8A. SEGARIndependent · IND120.1%
  9. 9I. SEKARIndependent · IND80.1%
  10. 10P. REJENDIRANIndependent · IND80.1%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
−2.8%
DMK share
41.6% → 49.1%
AIADMK share
38.2% → 48.5%
Turnout
— → —
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