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28. Mahe

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1991

PY-MAHE

INC 62.6%won by 32.9%CPM 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.0% to 32.9%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
8,143
Margin
2,678
32.89%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1E. VALSARAJIndian National Congress · INC5,09962.6%
  2. 2K. V. RAGHAVANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,42129.7%
  3. 3P. CHANDRANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5426.7%
  4. 4C. P. HAMZAIndependent · IND530.7%
  5. 5M. J. RAZARIOIndependent · IND280.3%

Since 1990

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+12.9%
INC share
56.0% → 62.6%
CPM share
36.0% → 29.7%
Turnout
— → —
27. Neduncadu29. Palloor
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