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. 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 May 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Results
| 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 | |||||
Elected members
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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| #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
- List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- 1985 elections in India
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