Constituency
28. Mahe
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1996
PY-MAHE
INC 45.6%won by 2.9%IND 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.9% to 2.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.6% — it polled just 0.7% in 1991.
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
9,180
Margin
269
2.93%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1E. VALSARAJIndian National Congress · INC4,18445.6%
- 2MANOLY MUHAMMADIndependent · IND3,91542.6%
- 3V.P. KRISHNARAJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,04711.4%
- 4K.K. MUSTHAFAIndependent · IND340.4%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −59.0%
- INC share
- 62.6% → 45.6%
- IND share
- 0.7% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- — → —