Oulgaret Assembly constituency

Oulgaret
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Puducherry
Established	1964
Abolished	1969
Total electors	8,447

Oulgaret was a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Puducherry. It was in existence for the 1964 ^[1] and 1969 assembly elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1964	S. Govindasamy		Indian National Congress
1969	S. Muthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1969			50.15%
1964			40.92%

1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oulgaret ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Muthu	3,452	50.15%
	INC	G. Rajamanickam	1,823	26.49%	−14.44%
	Independent	S. Govindasamy	1,163	16.90%
	Independent	Latour Paul Joseph	445	6.47%
Margin of victory			1,629	23.67%	23.18%
Turnout			6,883	83.20%	3.74%
Registered electors			8,447		7.78%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	9.23%

1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oulgaret ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Govindasamy	2,511	40.92%
	IPF	V. Narayanasamy	2,481	40.43%
	Independent	N. Damodaran	1,144	18.64%
Margin of victory			30	0.49%
Turnout			6,136	79.46%
Registered electors			7,837
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Union Territory of Pondicherry - General Elections 1964" (PDF). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
3. "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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