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3. Raj Bhavan

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 2001

PY-RAJ-BHAVAN

DMK 57.8%won by 26.4%INC 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.4% to 26.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 83.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 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
4,167
Margin
1,100
26.40%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1SIVAKUMAR .S.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,40857.8%
  2. 2GANDHIRAJ .A.Indian National Congress · INC1,30831.4%
  3. 3PANDURANGAN .M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK3408.2%
  4. 4RAMALINGAM .T.Independent · IND661.6%
  5. 5BALASUBRAMANIAN .R.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK451.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–INC swing
−7.0%
DMK share
58.5% → 57.8%
INC share
25.2% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
2. Cassicade4. Bussy
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