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Constituency

30. Yanam

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 2001

PY-YANAM

IND 57.3%won by 19.1%BJP 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.7% to 19.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 38.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
15,624
Margin
2,978
19.06%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1MALLADI KRISHNA RAOIndependent · IND8,95957.3%
  2. 2GOLLAPALLI GANGADHARA PRATAPBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,98138.3%
  3. 3ELAPROLU CHITTIBABUIndian National Congress · INC2611.7%
  4. 4VEGESHNA SUBBA RAJUIndependent · IND1611.0%
  5. 5GIDDI SRI HARI RAOAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK820.5%
  6. 6MALLADI UDAYALAKSHMIIndependent · IND600.4%
  7. 7GOLLAPALLI BHARATHIIndependent · IND530.3%
  8. 8ELIPE RAJKUMARIndependent · IND520.3%
  9. 9KOTNALA PRABHAKARA RAOIndependent · IND150.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–BJP swing
−43.2%
IND share
62.3% → 57.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
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