1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|
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Registered | 319,137 |
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Turnout | 80.41% |
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| 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% | |
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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]
Results[edit]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 245,325 | 95.60 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 11,278 | 4.40 | |
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Total votes | 256,603 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 319,137 | 80.41 | |
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Source: ECI[5] |
Elected members[edit]
- 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 |
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