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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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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]
Results
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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
| 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
- ↑ "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
- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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