1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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]

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

← 1980 3 May 1985 1990 →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	388,472
Turnout	78.39%
Majority party Minority party   Leader M. O. H. Farook Party INC AIADMK Seats before 10 0 Seats won 15 6 Seat change 5 6
CM before election President's rule Elected CM M. O. H. Farook INC

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[4]

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	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