1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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Template:Infobox election 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]

Seat allotments

No.
Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Template:Full party name with color

M. O. H. Farook 20
2. Template:Full party name with color M. G. Ramachandran 10
No.
Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Template:Full party name with color M. Karunanidhi 22
2. Template:Full party name with color C. Rajeswara Rao 4
3. Template:Full party name with color E. M. S. Namboodiripad 2
4. Template:Full party name with color 2

Results

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

See also

References

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