Poudousaram Assembly constituency

Poudousaram^[1] was a state assembly constituency in the India state of Puducherry. It was in existence from 1964 to 1969 state elections.

Poudousaram
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Puducherry
Established	1964
Abolished	1969

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1964	N. Gurusamy		Indian People's Front
1969			Communist Party of India

Election results

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Poudousaram^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	N. Gurusamy	3,439	53.34%	New
	INC	M. Krishnasamy	2,866	44.45%	2.31
	Independent	A. D. Dinadayalan	142	2.20%	New
Margin of victory			573	8.89%	4.16
Turnout			6,447	78.41%	5.67
Registered electors			8,352		3.76
	CPI gain from IPF		Swing	6.48

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Poudousaram^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IPF	N. Gurusamy	2,698	46.86%	New
	INC	G. Rajamanickam	2,426	42.14%	New
	Independent	Munisamy (Varadarasu)	633	11.00%	New
Margin of victory			272	4.72%
Turnout			5,757	72.93%
Registered electors			8,049
	IPF win (new seat)