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17. Villenour

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1991

PY-VILLENOUR

INC 54.1%won by 9.6%JD 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.0% to 9.6%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 44.5% — it did not contest here in 1990.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% of the vote between them, up from 84.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
15,141
Margin
1,450
9.58%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INC
  1. 1P. ANANDABASKARANIndian National Congress · INC8,19054.1%
  2. 2C. JAYAKUMARJanata Dal · JD6,74044.5%
  3. 3M. ANGAPPANJanahitha Paksha · JP650.4%
  4. 4S. A. AMARNATHPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK440.3%
  5. 5V. AROUNAGUIRYIndependent · IND200.1%
  6. 6D. ARUL ARUMUGAMIndependent · IND190.1%
  7. 7S. ANAND BASKARANIndependent · IND180.1%
  8. 8J. PITHATMM · TMM170.1%
  9. 9G. PALANIIndependent · IND130.1%
  10. 10G. THIRUVENGADAMIndependent · IND80.1%
  11. 11A. MSHEIK NAJUMUDEENIndependent · IND40.0%
  12. 12A. APPAVOOIndependent · IND30.0%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−44.7%
INC share
54.3% → 54.1%
JD share
0.0% → 44.5%
Turnout
— → —
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