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1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 
Summary
Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in May 1985, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1][2] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[3]
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 388,472 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 78.39% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 98,601 | 32.68 | 15 |  5 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 87,754 | 29.08 | 5 |  9 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 47,521 | 15.75 | 6 | 6 | |
| Janata Party | 25,966 | 8.61 | 2 | 1 | |
| Others | 22,609 | 7.49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 19,273 | 6.39 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 301,724 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 301,724 | 99.08 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,808 | 0.92 | |||
| Total votes | 304,532 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 388,472 | 78.39 | |||
| Source: ECI[4] | |||||
Elected members edit
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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| #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 edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
External links edit
- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.