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17. Villenour

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 2001

PY-VILLENOUR

TMCM 50.5%won by 20.0%PMC 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

TMCM held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.1% to 20.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerPMC (PMC) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
20,462
Margin
4,089
19.98%

Candidates

7 contested · winner TMCM
  1. 1C. DJEACOUMARTMCM · TMCM10,33550.5%
  2. 2J. NARAYANASAMYPMC · PMC6,24630.5%
  3. 3ANANDA BASKARANIndependent · IND2,92614.3%
  4. 4RAMANEAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK5462.7%
  5. 5R. ARUNACHALAMIndependent · IND2151.1%
  6. 6B. SANDANAMIndependent · IND1070.5%
  7. 7C. ANNAMALAIIndependent · IND870.4%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
TMCM
Winner now
TMCM
TMCM–PMC swing
−44.6%
TMCM share
64.6% → 50.5%
PMC share
0.0% → 30.5%
Turnout
— → —
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