1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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  1980 3 May 1985 1990  

30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered388,472
Turnout78.39%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Leader M. O. H. Farook
Party INC AIADMK
Seats before100
Seats won156
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg6

CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

M. O. H. Farook
INC

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]

Contents

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 98,60132.6815Increase2.svg5
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87,75429.085Decrease2.svg9
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 47,52115.756Increase2.svg6
Janata Party 25,9668.612Decrease2.svg1
Others22,6097.4900
Independents19,2736.3920
Total301,724100.00300
Valid votes301,72499.08
Invalid/blank votes2,8080.92
Total votes304,532100.00
Registered voters/turnout388,47278.39
Source: ECI [4]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Muthialpet 76.33%G. Palani Raja DMK 7,82053.93%A. Kasilingam AIADMK 6,28143.32%1,539
2 Cassicade 68.84%P. Kannan INC 5,27362.76%Saraswati Subbiah CPI 1,52118.10%3,752
3 Raj Bhavan 65.95%L. Joseph Mariadoss INC 2,41954.77%Louie Pragassa Kannaiya DMK 1,57835.73%841
4 Bussy 63.57%C. M. Achraff INC 2,21353.17%S. Babu Ansardeen DMK 1,51636.42%697
5 Oupalam 75.51%P. K. Loganathan AIADMK 3,89838.99%Sitha Vedanayagam DMK 3,04030.41%858
6 Orleampeth 93.89%M. A. S. Subramanian AIADMK 6,63555.70%Na. Marimuthu DMK 5,07942.64%1,556
7 Nellithope 71.31% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 5,52651.78%B. Manimaran AIADMK 4,49042.07%1,036
8 Mudaliarpet 77.39%V. Sababady Kothandraman INC 6,26047.06%M. Manjini CPI 5,87444.16%386
9 Ariankuppam 81.12% P. Purushothaman AIADMK 5,50543.46% P. Subbarayan DMK 5,12740.47%378
10 Embalam 80.79%K. Anbalagan AIADMK 4,50951.03%K. Siva Loganathan DMK 4,32748.97%182
11 Nettapakkam 82.73% V. Vaithilingam INC 6,94672.94%P. Ramamurthy DMK 2,57727.06%4,369
12 Kuruvinatham 85.84%R. Ramansthan DMK 4,20740.67%K. Parasuraman AIADMK 3,36132.49%846
13 Bahour 85.20%P. Uthiravelu JP 4,91147.50%S. Narayanasamy INC 4,20140.63%710
14 Thirubuvanai 78.85%S. Komala DMK 5,74554.39%P. Cattavarayane INC 4,75144.98%994
15 Mannadipet 86.26%D. Ramachandran DMK 6,38356.48%A. Krishnasamy INC 4,91843.52%1,465
16 Ossudu 77.31%V. Nagarathinam INC 6,17669.24%R. Thangavelu Clemanso CPI 2,25125.24%3,925
17 Villianur 80.15%R. Subbaraya Gounder INC 5,69652.34%M. Venugopal DMK 5,18747.66%509
18 Ozhukarai 82.87%R. Somasundaram AIADMK 5,72953.78%G. Perumal Raja DMK 4,42841.57%1,301
19 Thattanchavady 74.96%V. Pethaperumal JP 6,22844.66%T. Murugesan INC 3,92628.16%2,302
20 Reddiarpalayam 70.04%V. Balaji INC 7,85256.58%N. Ranganathan CPI 4,64733.48%3,205
21 Lawspet 78.33% M. O. H. Farook INC 8,80460.36%S. Muthu DMK 5,15735.36%3,647
22 Cotchery 81.94%N. Vengadasalam INC 5,77455.94%G. Panjavarnam DMK 4,44143.02%1,333
23 Karaikal North 66.51%V. Govindarajan INC 4,78449.54%V. M. Salih Maricar Independent 3,67138.02%1,113
24 Karaikal South 73.55% S. Ramassamy Independent 3,80846.73%A. M. Kassim INC 2,39329.37%1,415
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 83.30%V. M. C. Varada Pillai AIADMK 5,78853.46% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 5,03846.54%750
26 Thirunallar 81.77%A. Sonudararengan Independent 4,24645.19%R. Kamalakkannan DMK 3,47536.99%771
27 Nedungadu 79.40%M. Chandirakasu INC 5,87067.60%M. Kaliaperumal CPI(M) 2,67430.80%3,196
28 Mahe 82.14%P. K. Sathyanandan INC 3,69553.04%K. V. Raghavan CPI(M) 2,71939.03%976
29 Palloor 81.57%A. V. Sreedharan INC 3,76654.05%T. K. Chandrashekaran JP 1,94327.88%1,823
30 Yanam 87.27% Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu INC 2,88441.45%Raksha Harikrishna Independent 2,49835.91%386

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. 6th election: 1985 - In the 1985 Puducherry Assembly election, the Congress became the single-largest party in the Union territory after two decades.
  2. "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. "Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.