1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Indian union territory election June 2022 June 2022 1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election India legislative Popular no 1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 1980 3 May 1985 1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 1990 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 78.39% 100px Indian National Congress File:M. O. H. Farook.jpg M. O. H. Farook Lawspet 15 10 98,601 5 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol rising sun.svg 110 100 80 07 0 M. D. R. Ramachandran Mannadipet 6 14 87,754 9 Chief Minister President's rule Indian National Congress M. O. H. Farook 32.68% Indian election symbol two leaves.svg 110 100 80 07 0 29.08% 47,521 15.75% 23.92%, 10 27.73, 14 0 6 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 18.6%, 0 6 1.35% 8.76% 2.85% M. G. Ramachandran Did not contest 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.https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/26/explained-puducherry-the-territory-of-coalitions-and-presidents-rule.html Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule The Week (Indian magazine) 26 March 2021 6th election: 1985 - In the 1985 Puducherry Assembly election, the Congress became the single-largest party in the Union territory after two decades. 4 September 2022https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1985.PDF Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985 4 September 2022 13 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220813194813/https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1985.PDF dead 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.http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=121 Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook Lok Sabha website 20 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110703132641/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=121 3 July 2011 dead Seat allotments Congress Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Indian National Congress 50x50px M. O. H. Farook 202. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px M. G. Ramachandran 10 DMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px M. Karunanidhi 222. Communist Party of India 50x50px C. Rajeswara Rao 43. Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50x50px E. M. S. Namboodiripad24. Independent (politician) 2 List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMK+DMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Muthialpet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Kasilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Palaniraja 2 Cassicade Indian National Congress P. Kannan Communist Party of India Saraswathi Subbiah 3 Raj Bhavan Indian National Congress L. Joseph Mariadoss Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Louis Pragasam Cannaya 4 Bussy Indian National Congress C. M. Achraff Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Babu Ansardeen 5 Oupalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. K. Loganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Sitha. Vedanayagam 6 Orleampeth All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. A. S. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Na. Marimuthu 7 Nellithope All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Manimaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. V. Janakiraman 8 Modeliarpeth Indian National Congress V. Sabapathy Kothandaraman Communist Party of India M. Manjini 9 Ariankuppam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Purushothaman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Suppurayan 10 Embalom (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Anbalagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Siva Loganathan 11 Nettapakkam Indian National Congress V. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Ramamurthy 12 Kuruvinatham All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Parasuraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Ramansthan 13 Bahour (SC) Indian National Congress S. Narayanasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Murthy 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) Indian National Congress P. Cattavarayane Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Komala 15 Mannadipeth Indian National Congress A. Krishnasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Ramachandran 16 Ossudu (SC) Indian National Congress V. Nagarathinam Communist Party of India R. Thangavelu Clemenceau 17 Villenour Indian National Congress R. Subraya Counder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Venugopal 18 Ozhukarai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Somasundaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Perumal Raja 19 Thattanchavady Indian National Congress T. Murugesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. V. Shunmugam 20 Reddiarpalayam Indian National Congress V. Balaji Communist Party of India N. Ranganathan 21 Lawspet Indian National Congress M. O. H. Farook Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Muthu 22 Cotchery Indian National Congress N. Vengadasalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Panjavarnam 23 Karaikal Indian National Congress V. Govindarajan Independent politician IND V. M. Salih Maricar 24 Karaikal South Indian National Congress A. M. Kassim Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Arumaikannu 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. C. Varada Pillai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. M. C. Sivakumar 26 Tirunallar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK N. Ramadass Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Kamalakkannan 27 Neduncadu (SC) Indian National Congress M. Chandirakasu Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM M. Kaliaperumal 28 Mahe Indian National Congress P. K. Sathyanandan Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM K. V. Raghavan 29 Palloor Indian National Congress A. V. Sreedharan Independent politician IND C. P. Pokku Haje 30 Yanam Indian National Congress Kamisetty P. Naidu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Md. Ahamed Sirajuddin Results File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1985.svg Indian National Congress 98601 15 5 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87754 5 9 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 47521 6 6 Janata Party 25966 2 1 Others 22609 0 0 Independents 19273 2 0 0 2808 388472 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3430-puducherry-1985/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry Election Commission of India 30 July 2022 Elected members Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes% 1 Muthialpet 76.33% G. Palani Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,820 53.93% A. Kasilingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,281 43.32% 1,539 2 Cassicade 68.84% P. Kannan Indian National Congress 5,273 62.76% Saraswati Subbiah Communist Party of India 1,521 18.10% 3,752 3 Raj Bhavan 65.95% L. Joseph Mariadoss Indian National Congress 2,419 54.77% Louie Pragassa Kannaiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,578 35.73% 841 4 Bussy 63.57% C. M. Achraff Indian National Congress 2,213 53.17% S. Babu Ansardeen Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,516 36.42% 697 5 Oupalam 75.51% P. K. Loganathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,898 38.99% Sitha Vedanayagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,040 30.41% 858 6 Orleampeth 93.89% M. A. S. Subramanian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,635 55.70% Na. Marimuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,079 42.64% 1,556 7 Nellithope 71.31% R. V. Janakiraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,526 51.78% B. Manimaran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,490 42.07% 1,036 8 Mudaliarpet 77.39% V. Sababady Kothandraman Indian National Congress 6,260 47.06% M. Manjini Communist Party of India 5,874 44.16% 386 9 Ariankuppam 81.12% P. Purushothaman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,505 43.46% P. Subbarayan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,127 40.47% 378 10 Embalam 80.79% K. Anbalagan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,509 51.03% K. Siva Loganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,327 48.97% 182 11 Nettapakkam 82.73% V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress 6,946 72.94% P. Ramamurthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,577 27.06% 4,369 12 Kuruvinatham 85.84% R. Ramansthan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,207 40.67% K. Parasuraman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,361 32.49% 846 13 Bahour 85.20% P. Uthiravelu Janata Party 4,911 47.50% S. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress 4,201 40.63% 710 14 Thirubuvanai 78.85% S. Komala Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,745 54.39% P. Cattavarayane Indian National Congress 4,751 44.98% 994 15 Mannadipet 86.26% M. D. R. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,383 56.48% A. Krishnasamy Indian National Congress 4,918 43.52% 1,465 16 Ossudu 77.31% V. Nagarathinam Indian National Congress 6,176 69.24% R. Thangavelu Clemanso Communist Party of India 2,251 25.24% 3,925 17 Villianur 80.15% R. Subbaraya Gounder Indian National Congress 5,696 52.34% M. Venugopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,187 47.66% 509 18 Ozhukarai 82.87% R. Somasundaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,729 53.78% G. Perumal Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,428 41.57% 1,301 19 Thattanchavady 74.96% V. Pethaperumal Janata Party 6,228 44.66% T. Murugesan Indian National Congress 3,926 28.16% 2,302 20 Reddiarpalayam 70.04% V. Balaji Indian National Congress 7,852 56.58% N. Ranganathan Communist Party of India 4,647 33.48% 3,205 21 Lawspet 78.33% M. O. H. Farook Indian National Congress 8,804 60.36% S. Muthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,157 35.36% 3,647 22 Cotchery 81.94% N. Vengadasalam Indian National Congress 5,774 55.94% G. Panjavarnam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,441 43.02% 1,333 23 Karaikal North 66.51% V. Govindarajan Indian National Congress 4,784 49.54% V. M. Salih Maricar Independent politician 3,671 38.02% 1,113 24 Karaikal South 73.55% S. Ramassamy Independent politician 3,808 46.73% A. M. Kassim Indian National Congress 2,393 29.37% 1,415 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 83.30% V. M. C. Varada Pillai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,788 53.46% V. M. C. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,038 46.54% 750 26 Thirunallar 81.77% A. Sonudararengan Independent politician 4,246 45.19% R. Kamalakkannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,475 36.99% 771 27 Nedungadu 79.40% M. Chandirakasu Indian National Congress 5,870 67.60% M. Kaliaperumal Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,674 30.80% 3,196 28 Mahe 82.14% P. K. Sathyanandan Indian National Congress 3,695 53.04% K. V. Raghavan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,719 39.03% 976 29 Palloor 81.57% A. V. Sreedharan Indian National Congress 3,766 54.05% T. K. Chandrashekaran Janata Party 1,943 27.88% 1,823 30 Yanam 87.27% Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu Indian National Congress 2,884 41.45% Raksha Harikrishna Independent politician 2,498 35.91% 386 See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1985 elections in India References External links Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-puducherry/ eci.gov.in Election Commission of India 19 May 2022 p Category:State Assembly elections in Puducherry Category:1980s in Pondicherry