1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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]

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

← 1977 1 March 1980 1985 →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	319,137
Turnout	80.41%
Majority party Minority party   Leader M. D. R. Ramachandran Party DMK INC(I) Seats before 3 2 Seats won 14 10 Seat change 11 8 Popular vote 27.73% 23.92%
CM before election President's rule Elected CM M. D. R. Ramachandran DMK

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	68,030	27.73	14	11
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	58,680	23.92	10	8
	Janata Party	22,892	9.33	3	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4,944	2.02	1	1
	Others	64,778	26.40	0	0
	Independents	26,001	10.60	2	1
Total		245,325	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		245,325	95.60
Invalid/blank votes		11,278	4.40
Total votes		256,603	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		319,137	80.41
Source: ECI[5]

Elected members

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Muthialpet	78.09%	G. Palani Raja		DMK	7,396	63.71%	A. V. Vaithilingam		AIADMK	3,456	29.77%	3,940
2	Cassicade	72.91%	V. Kathirvelu		INC(I)	3,948	51.63%	Ansari P. Duraisamy		JP	1,716	22.44%	2,232
3	Raj Bhavan	65.46%	L. Joseph Mariadass		DMK	1,880	45.92%	V. Subbiah		CPI	1,082	26.43%	798
4	Bussy	73.12%	C. M. Achraff		INC(I)	2,898	69.36%	R. P. Joseph		AIADMK	716	17.14%	2,182
5	Oupalam	77.39%	Sitha Vedanayagam		DMK	5,419	70.06%	C. N. Parthasarathy		AIADMK	2,177	28.14%	3,242
6	Orleampeth	75.61%	Na. Manimaran Alias Na. Marimuthu		DMK	5,721	59.70%	P. K. Loganathan		AIADMK	2,820	29.43%	2,901
7	Nellithope	77.64%	P. Ramalingam		DMK	4,019	53.80%	B. Manimaran		AIADMK	2,110	28.25%	1,909
8	Mudaliarpet	82.30%	V. Kothandaraman Sababathy		INC(I)	5,258	48.39%	M. Manjini		CPI	2,950	27.15%	2,308
9	Ariankuppam	81.94%	P. Subbarayan		DMK	5,900	57.57%	M. Pandurangan		AIADMK	3,628	35.40%	2,272
10	Embalam	83.58%	G. Murugesan		INC(I)	5,033	68.30%	N. Ramajayam		AIADMK	1,773	24.06%	3,260
11	Nettapakkam	89.86%	R. Subbaraya Gounder		JP	4,201	49.89%	V. Vaithilingam		INC(I)	4,076	48.40%	125
12	Kuruvinatham	88.52%	M. A. Shanmugam		DMK	3,738	42.59%	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi		JP	2,725	31.05%	1,013
13	Bahour	84.08%	P. Uthiravelu		JP	4,154	51.40%	A. Ramamurthy		CPI	2,562	31.70%	1,592
14	Thirubuvanai	79.81%	P. Cattavarayane		INC(I)	6,001	72.08%	D. Annamalai		AIADMK	2,269	27.26%	3,732
15	Mannadipet	89.22%	D. Ramachandran		DMK	5,598	61.09%	S. Manickavachakan		AIADMK	3,566	38.91%	2,032
16	Ossudu	80.70%	P. Murthy		DMK	5,122	66.48%	K. Dhakshinamurthy		AIADMK	2,374	30.82%	2,748
17	Villianur	82.20%	M. Venugopal		DMK	3,810	44.23%	S. Sellappan Alias Meenakshisundaram		AIADMK	3,065	35.58%	745
18	Ozhukarai	84.39%	G. Perumal Raja		DMK	5,493	65.98%	R. Somasimdara		AIADMK	2,685	32.25%	2,808
19	Thattanchavady	78.86%	V. Pethaperumal		JP	4,824	48.85%	N. Kandeban		CPI	2,554	25.86%	2,270
20	Reddiarpalayam	76.53%	Renuka Appadurai		INC(I)	5,409	52.49%	N. Gurusamy		CPI	2,516	24.42%	2,893
21	Lawspet	82.88%	M. O. H. Farook		INC(I)	8,980	78.68%	G. Gopalakrishnan		AIADMK	2,126	18.63%	6,854
22	Cotchery	84.62%	G. Panjavarnam		DMK	4,133	49.93%	T. Subbaiya		Independent	2,504	30.25%	1,629
23	Karaikal North	68.80%	V. M. Salih Maricar		Independent	4,778	55.25%	M. Jembulingam		JP	2,194	25.37%	2,584
24	Karaikal South	78.17%	S. Savarirajan		INC(I)	4,867	64.40%	S. Ramassamy		AIADMK	2,218	29.35%	2,649
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	83.00%	V. M. C. Sivakumar		DMK	5,315	57.35%	V. M. C. Varada Pillai		AIADMK	3,953	42.65%	1,362
26	Thirunallar	84.00%	N. V. Ramalingam		DMK	3,573	44.44%	A. Soundararengam		AIADMK	3,400	42.29%	173
27	Nedungadu	83.45%	M. Chandirakasu		INC(I)	4,981	65.23%	P. Natesan		AIADMK	1,751	22.93%	3,230
28	Mahe	77.20%	K. V. Raghavan		CPI(M)	2,638	48.17%	C. V. Sulaiman Hajee		Independent	2,174	39.70%	464
29	Palloor	80.07%	N. K. Sachindranath		INC(I)	2,567	45.89%	A. V. Sreedharan		INC(U)	2,467	44.10%	100
30	Yanam	87.41%	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu		Independent	2,433	48.43%	Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed		INC(I)	2,165	43.09%	268

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1980 elections in India