1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered319,137
Turnout80.41%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader M. D. R. Ramachandran
Party DMK INC(I)
Seats before 3 2
Seats won 14 10
Seat change Increase11 Increase8
Popular vote 27.73% 23.92%
CM before election

President's rule

 Elected CM

M. D. R. Ramachandran
DMK

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam68,03027.7314+11
Indian National Congress (Indira)58,68023.9210+8
Janata Party22,8929.333–4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)4,9442.021+1
Others64,77826.4000
Independents26,00110.602–1
Total245,325100.00300
Valid votes245,32595.60
Invalid/blank votes11,2784.40
Total votes256,603100.00
Registered voters/turnout319,13780.41
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

References

  1. ^ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 5th election: 1980 .. The DMK was the single-largest party ... The Congress won 10 seats ... (and) formed a coalition that continued in power for three years, with M.D.R. Ramachandran of DMK as chief minister.
  2. ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1980" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ Debjani Dutta (28 March 2021). "Big trouble in little Puducherry". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022. MDR Ramachandran govt of the DMK assumed charge on January 16, 1980, fell on June 24, 1983
  4. ^ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

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