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. 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 .
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 98,601 32.68 15 5Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 87,754 29.08 5 9All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 47,521 15.75 6 6Janata Party 25,966 8.61 2 1Others 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
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
References
"Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule" . The Week (Indian magazine) . 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 6th election: 1985 - In the 1985 Puducherry Assembly election, the Congress became the single-largest party in the Union territory after two decades.
"Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1985" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
"Thirteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - M. O. H. Farook" . Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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