1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
← 1980 3 May 1985 1990 →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered388,472
Turnout78.39%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader M. O. H. Farook
Party INC AIADMK
Seats before 10 0
Seats won 15 6
Seat change Increase5 Increase6
CM
before election

President's rule

 Elected
CM

M. O. H. Farook
INC

Elections to the

Chief Minister of Puducherry.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress98,60132.6815Increase5
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam87,75429.085Decrease9
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam47,52115.756Increase6
Janata Party25,9668.612Decrease1
Others22,6097.4900
Independents19,2736.3920
Total301,724100.00300
Valid votes301,72499.08
Invalid/blank votes2,8080.92
Total votes304,532100.00
Registered voters/turnout388,47278.39
Source: ECI[4]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Muthialpet 76.33% G. Palani Raja DMK 7,820 53.93% A. Kasilingam AIADMK 6,281 43.32% 1,539
2 Cassicade 68.84% P. Kannan INC 5,273 62.76% Saraswati Subbiah CPI 1,521 18.10% 3,752
3 Raj Bhavan 65.95% L. Joseph Mariadoss INC 2,419 54.77% Louie Pragassa Kannaiya DMK 1,578 35.73% 841
4 Bussy 63.57% C. M. Achraff INC 2,213 53.17% S. Babu Ansardeen DMK 1,516 36.42% 697
5 Oupalam 75.51% P. K. Loganathan AIADMK 3,898 38.99% Sitha Vedanayagam DMK 3,040 30.41% 858
6 Orleampeth 93.89% M. A. S. Subramanian AIADMK 6,635 55.70% Na. Marimuthu DMK 5,079 42.64% 1,556
7 Nellithope 71.31% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 5,526 51.78% B. Manimaran AIADMK 4,490 42.07% 1,036
8 Mudaliarpet 77.39% V. Sababady Kothandraman INC 6,260 47.06% M. Manjini CPI 5,874 44.16% 386
9 Ariankuppam 81.12% P. Purushothaman AIADMK 5,505 43.46% P. Subbarayan DMK 5,127 40.47% 378
10 Embalam 80.79% K. Anbalagan AIADMK 4,509 51.03% K. Siva Loganathan DMK 4,327 48.97% 182
11 Nettapakkam 82.73% V. Vaithilingam INC 6,946 72.94% P. Ramamurthy DMK 2,577 27.06% 4,369
12 Kuruvinatham 85.84% R. Ramansthan DMK 4,207 40.67% K. Parasuraman AIADMK 3,361 32.49% 846
13 Bahour 85.20% P. Uthiravelu JP 4,911 47.50% S. Narayanasamy INC 4,201 40.63% 710
14 Thirubuvanai 78.85% S. Komala DMK 5,745 54.39% P. Cattavarayane INC 4,751 44.98% 994
15 Mannadipet 86.26% D. Ramachandran DMK 6,383 56.48% A. Krishnasamy INC 4,918 43.52% 1,465
16 Ossudu 77.31% V. Nagarathinam INC 6,176 69.24% R. Thangavelu Clemanso CPI 2,251 25.24% 3,925
17 Villianur 80.15% R. Subbaraya Gounder INC 5,696 52.34% M. Venugopal DMK 5,187 47.66% 509
18 Ozhukarai 82.87% R. Somasundaram AIADMK 5,729 53.78% G. Perumal Raja DMK 4,428 41.57% 1,301
19 Thattanchavady 74.96% V. Pethaperumal JP 6,228 44.66% T. Murugesan INC 3,926 28.16% 2,302
20 Reddiarpalayam 70.04% V. Balaji INC 7,852 56.58% N. Ranganathan CPI 4,647 33.48% 3,205
21 Lawspet 78.33% M. O. H. Farook INC 8,804 60.36% S. Muthu DMK 5,157 35.36% 3,647
22 Cotchery 81.94% N. Vengadasalam INC 5,774 55.94% G. Panjavarnam DMK 4,441 43.02% 1,333
23 Karaikal North 66.51% V. Govindarajan INC 4,784 49.54% V. M. Salih Maricar Independent 3,671 38.02% 1,113
24 Karaikal South 73.55% S. Ramassamy Independent 3,808 46.73% A. M. Kassim INC 2,393 29.37% 1,415
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 83.30% V. M. C. Varada Pillai AIADMK 5,788 53.46% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 5,038 46.54% 750
26 Thirunallar 81.77% A. Sonudararengan Independent 4,246 45.19% R. Kamalakkannan DMK 3,475 36.99% 771
27 Nedungadu 79.40% M. Chandirakasu INC 5,870 67.60% M. Kaliaperumal CPI(M) 2,674 30.80% 3,196
28 Mahe 82.14% P. K. Sathyanandan INC 3,695 53.04% K. V. Raghavan CPI(M) 2,719 39.03% 976
29 Palloor 81.57% A. V. Sreedharan INC 3,766 54.05% T. K. Chandrashekaran JP 1,943 27.88% 1,823
30 Yanam 87.27% Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu INC 2,884 41.45% Raksha Harikrishna Independent 2,498 35.91% 386

See also

References

  1. ^ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 6th election: 1985 - In the 1985 Puducherry Assembly election, the Congress became the single-largest party in the Union territory after two decades.
  2. ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

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