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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Reddiarpalayam

Assembly constituency 20 (GEN) · Puducherry

State boardPuducherry 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#20 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7
Electors36,429
Votes polled25,543
Turnout70.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerA.M. KrishnamurthyBharatiya Janata Party11,44644.9% of votes
MARGIN3,461 votes · 13.5 pp11,446 − 7,985
Runner-upR. Viswanathan Communist Party of India7,98531.3% of votes
BJP 58.9% of top-two votesCPI 41.1%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 A.M. KrishnamurthyBJP11,446 44.9%
  2. 02 R. ViswanathanCPI7,985 31.3%
  3. 03 N.G. PannirselvamPMK5,573 21.8%
  4. 04 M. RaphealIND210 0.8%
  5. 05 V. SundaramoorthyLJP125 0.5%
  6. 06 V. KrishnamurthyIND103 0.4%
  7. 07 S. GovindanIND80 0.3%

Turnout 70.1%

025507510070.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 73.0%
Male 18,56551.0% Female 17,86449.0%

Share of 36,429 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males962
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 30 seats, 200173.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 25,522Residual 21

Seat history 2026–1964

  1. 2026
    9.6 pp
    B.RamuTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    27.5 pp
    Embalam Selvam @ R.SelvamBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    10.1 pp
    R.K.R. AnantharamanIndian National Congress
  4. 2011
    18.0 pp
    P.PurushothamanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    9.9 pp
    R.ViswanathanCommunist Party of India
  6. 2001
    13.5 pp
    A.M. KrishnamurthyBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1996
    41.0 pp
    R. ViswanathanCommunist Party of India
  8. 1991
    31.2 pp
    R. ViswanathanCommunist Party of India
  9. 1990
    12.1 pp
    R. ViswanathanCommunist Party of India
  10. 1985
    22.9 pp
    V. BalajiIndian National Congress
  11. 1980
    27.1 pp
    Renuka AppaduraiIndian National Congress
  12. 1977
    1.1 pp
    V. SubbiahCommunist Party of India
  13. 1974
    6.2 pp
    Subbiah V.Communist Party of India
  14. 1969
    8.9 pp
    N. GurusamyCommunist Party of India
  15. 1964
    4.7 pp
    Gurusamy, N.PF

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed PMK polled 5,573 votes, 1.6× the 3,461-vote margin.

    5,573 ÷ 3,461 = 1.6

  2. The top two polled 76.1% of votes; the other 5 candidates 23.8% between them.

    (11,446 + 7,985) ÷ 25,543 = 76.1% · 6,091 ÷ 25,543 = 23.8%

  3. Turnout of 70.1% was 2.9 pp below the state's median seat (73.0%).

    70.1 − 73.0 = −2.9

  4. The margin narrowed from 41.0 pp in 1996 to 13.5 pp.

    13.5 − 41.0 = −27.5 pp

  5. R. Viswanathan, the 1996 winner, finished second in 2001.

    1996 winner name = 2001 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines25,522
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled25,543
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 21

Candidate votes miss the published total by 21, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2001 · Puducherry · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 30 seats on the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha 2001 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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