1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered319,137
Turnout80.41%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Leader M. D. R. Ramachandran
Party DMK INC(I)
Seats before32
Seats won1410
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Increase2.svg8
Popular vote27.73%23.92%
CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

M. D. R. Ramachandran
DMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in March 1980, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. [1] [2] The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote and the most seats, and M. D. R. Ramachandran was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry. [3] [4]

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 68,03027.7314Increase2.svg11
Indian National Congress (Indira) 58,68023.9210Increase2.svg8
Janata Party 22,8929.333Decrease2.svg4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,9442.021Increase2.svg1
Others64,77826.4000
Independents26,00110.602Decrease2.svg1
Total245,325100.00300
Valid votes245,32595.60
Invalid/blank votes11,2784.40
Total votes256,603100.00
Registered voters/turnout319,13780.41
Source: ECI [5]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Muthialpet 78.09%G. Palani Raja DMK 7,39663.71%A. V. Vaithilingam AIADMK 3,45629.77%3,940
2 Cassicade 72.91%V. Kathirvelu INC(I) 3,94851.63%Ansari P. Duraisamy JP 1,71622.44%2,232
3 Raj Bhavan 65.46%L. Joseph Mariadass DMK 1,88045.92%V. Subbiah CPI 1,08226.43%798
4 Bussy 73.12%C. M. Achraff INC(I) 2,89869.36%R. P. Joseph AIADMK 71617.14%2,182
5 Oupalam 77.39%Sitha Vedanayagam DMK 5,41970.06%C. N. Parthasarathy AIADMK 2,17728.14%3,242
6 Orleampeth 75.61%Na. Manimaran Alias Na. Marimuthu DMK 5,72159.70%P. K. Loganathan AIADMK 2,82029.43%2,901
7 Nellithope 77.64%P. Ramalingam DMK 4,01953.80%B. Manimaran AIADMK 2,11028.25%1,909
8 Mudaliarpet 82.30%V. Kothandaraman Sababathy INC(I) 5,25848.39%M. Manjini CPI 2,95027.15%2,308
9 Ariankuppam 81.94% P. Subbarayan DMK 5,90057.57%M. Pandurangan AIADMK 3,62835.40%2,272
10 Embalam 83.58%G. Murugesan INC(I) 5,03368.30%N. Ramajayam AIADMK 1,77324.06%3,260
11 Nettapakkam 89.86%R. Subbaraya Gounder JP 4,20149.89% V. Vaithilingam INC(I) 4,07648.40%125
12 Kuruvinatham 88.52%M. A. Shanmugam DMK 3,73842.59%K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi JP 2,72531.05%1,013
13 Bahour 84.08%P. Uthiravelu JP 4,15451.40%A. Ramamurthy CPI 2,56231.70%1,592
14 Thirubuvanai 79.81%P. Cattavarayane INC(I) 6,00172.08%D. Annamalai AIADMK 2,26927.26%3,732
15 Mannadipet 89.22%D. Ramachandran DMK 5,59861.09%S. Manickavachakan AIADMK 3,56638.91%2,032
16 Ossudu 80.70%P. Murthy DMK 5,12266.48%K. Dhakshinamurthy AIADMK 2,37430.82%2,748
17 Villianur 82.20%M. Venugopal DMK 3,81044.23%S. Sellappan Alias Meenakshisundaram AIADMK 3,06535.58%745
18 Ozhukarai 84.39%G. Perumal Raja DMK 5,49365.98%R. Somasimdara AIADMK 2,68532.25%2,808
19 Thattanchavady 78.86%V. Pethaperumal JP 4,82448.85%N. Kandeban CPI 2,55425.86%2,270
20 Reddiarpalayam 76.53%Renuka Appadurai INC(I) 5,40952.49%N. Gurusamy CPI 2,51624.42%2,893
21 Lawspet 82.88% M. O. H. Farook INC(I) 8,98078.68%G. Gopalakrishnan AIADMK 2,12618.63%6,854
22 Cotchery 84.62%G. Panjavarnam DMK 4,13349.93%T. Subbaiya Independent 2,50430.25%1,629
23 Karaikal North 68.80%V. M. Salih Maricar Independent 4,77855.25%M. Jembulingam JP 2,19425.37%2,584
24 Karaikal South 78.17%S. Savarirajan INC(I) 4,86764.40% S. Ramassamy AIADMK 2,21829.35%2,649
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 83.00% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 5,31557.35%V. M. C. Varada Pillai AIADMK 3,95342.65%1,362
26 Thirunallar 84.00%N. V. Ramalingam DMK 3,57344.44%A. Soundararengam AIADMK 3,40042.29%173
27 Nedungadu 83.45%M. Chandirakasu INC(I) 4,98165.23%P. Natesan AIADMK 1,75122.93%3,230
28 Mahe 77.20%K. V. Raghavan CPI(M) 2,63848.17%C. V. Sulaiman Hajee Independent 2,17439.70%464
29 Palloor 80.07%N. K. Sachindranath INC(I) 2,56745.89%A. V. Sreedharan INC(U) 2,46744.10%100
30 Yanam 87.41% Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu Independent 2,43348.43%Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed INC(I) 2,16543.09%268

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. 5th election: 1980 .. The DMK was the single-largest party ... The Congress won 10 seats ... (and) formed a coalition that continued in power for three years, with M.D.R. Ramachandran of DMK as chief minister.
  2. ↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1980" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Debjani Dutta (28 March 2021). "Big trouble in little Puducherry". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022. MDR Ramachandran govt of the DMK assumed charge on January 16, 1980, fell on June 24, 1983
  4. ↑ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly" . Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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