Constituency
11. Nettapakkam
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1996
PY-NETTAPAKKAM
INC 54.9%won by 18.3%IND 36.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.2% to 18.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.5% — it polled just 0.8% in 1991.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.4% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
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
13,785
Margin
2,527
18.33%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1V. VAITHILINGAMIndian National Congress · INC7,56354.9%
- 2V. MUTHUNARAYANA REDDIARIndependent · IND5,03636.5%
- 3P.M. MATHY @ SUBBARAYANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5674.1%
- 4P. JAYARAMANIndependent · IND2241.6%
- 5S. KUMARIndependent · IND840.6%
- 6M. RAJUIndependent · IND670.5%
- 7C. CHINNASAMYAIICT · AIICT640.5%
- 8K. LAKSHMINARAYANANIndependent · IND470.3%
- 9P. SENGALVARAYANIndependent · IND370.3%
- 10K. EZHILARASIIndependent · IND360.3%
- 11P. RAJAVELUIndependent · IND350.3%
- 12S. MURUGESANIndependent · IND190.1%
- 13S. PUNNIAKODYIndependent · IND60.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −47.0%
- INC share
- 66.1% → 54.9%
- IND share
- 0.8% → 36.5%
- Turnout
- — → —