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{{Short description|Indian union territory election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1980
| election_date = 3 May 1985
| next_election = 1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1990
| seats_for_election = 30 seats in the [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 16
| registered = {{formatnum:388472}}
| turnout = 78.39%
| image_size = 100px
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| image1 = File:M. O. H. Farook.jpg
| leader1 = [[M. O. H. Farook]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Lawspet Assembly constituency|Lawspet]]
| leader_since1 =
| seats1 = 15
| seats_before1 = 10
| popular_vote1 = 98,601
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5
| party2 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=80|oLeft=07|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = [[M. D. R. Ramachandran]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mannadipet Assembly constituency|Mannadipet]]
| leader_since2 =
| seats2 = 6
| seats_before2 = 14
| popular_vote2 = 87,754
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 9
| title = [[Chief Minister of Puducherry|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[M. O. H. Farook]]
| percentage1 = 32.68%
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=80|oLeft=07|oTop=0}}
| percentage2 = 29.08%
| popular_vote3 = 47,521
| percentage3 = 15.75%
| last_election1 = 23.92%, 10
| last_election2 = 27.73, 14
| seats_before3 = 0
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 6
| party3 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| last_election3 = 18.6%, 0
| seats3 = 6
| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.35%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.76%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 2.85%
}}
Elections to the '''[[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]''' were held in May 1985, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] (then known as Pondicherry), in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/26/explained-puducherry-the-territory-of-coalitions-and-presidents-rule.html |title=Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule |magazine=[[The Week (Indian magazine)]] |date=26 March 2021 |quote=6th election: 1985 - In the 1985 Puducherry Assembly election, the Congress became the single-largest party in the Union territory after two decades. |access-date= 4 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1985.PDF |title=Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985 |access-date= 4 September 2022}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=121|title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook|publisher=Lok Sabha website|accessdate=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703132641/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=121|archive-date=3 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Seat allotments==
===[[Indian National Congress|Congress Alliance]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No.<br />
! scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || style="text-align:center;"|
[[File:Hand INC.svg|50x50px]]
|| [[M. O. H. Farook]] || style="text-align:center;"|20
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|50x50px]] || [[M. G. Ramachandran]] || style="text-align:center;"|10
|}

===[[DMK-led Alliance]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No.<br />
! scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|50x50px]] || [[M. Karunanidhi]] || style="text-align:center;"|22
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}|| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:CPI symbol.svg|50x50px]] || [[C. Rajeswara Rao]] || style="text-align:center;"|4
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|50x50px]] || [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]|| style="text-align:center;"|2
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|4. || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

==Results==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1985.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=98601|seats1=15|sc1={{increase}}5
|party2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes2=87754|seats2=5|sc2={{decrease}}9
|party4=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes4=47521|seats4=6|sc4={{increase}}6
|party5=[[Janata Party]]|votes5=25966|seats5=2|sc5={{decrease}}1
|party20=Others|votes20=22609|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=19273|seats21=2|sc21=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2808
|electorate=388472
|source=ECI<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3430-puducherry-1985/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
}}

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

==See also==
*[[List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
*[[1985 elections in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-puducherry/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=19 May 2022}}

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