Oussudu
Constituency No. 3 for the

Constituency details
Country	India
District	Puducherry
LS constituency	Puducherry
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Ossudu is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1] ^[2]^[3] Ossudu assembly constituency is part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency). This assembly constituency is reserved for SC candidates.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1964	N. Harikrishnan	Indian National Congress
1969	V. Nagarathinam	Indian National Congress
1974	T. Ezhumalai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Thangavelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Murthy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	V. Nagarathinam	Indian National Congress
1990	N. Marimuthu	Indian National Congress
1991	N. Marimuthu	Indian National Congress
1996	V. Nagarathinam	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	Abar Elumalai	Pondicherry Makkal Congress
2006	Abar Elumalai	Independent politician
2011	P. Karthikeyan	All India N.R. Congress
2016	E. Theeppainthan	Indian National Congress
2021	A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			48.78%
2016			33.00%
2011			58.78%
2006			34.58%
2001			34.65%
1996			53.78%
1991			63.00%
1990			40.77%
1985			69.24%
1980			66.48%
1977			41.96%
1974			47.83%
1969			50.60%
1964			55.07%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar	14,121	48.78%	24.64%
	INC	P. Karthikeyan	12,241	42.29%	9.28%
	NTK	Geetha Priya	740	2.56%
	AMMK	Muthalu Vengadesan	496	1.71%
	NOTA	Nota	409	1.41%	-0.06%
	Independent	N. Ambigapathy	320	1.11%
	MNM	K. Sankar	293	1.01%
	Independent	A. Murali	165	0.57%
Margin of victory			1,880	6.49%	-2.37%
Turnout			28,947	89.50%	-1.22%
Registered electors			32,342		11.63%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	15.78%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Theeppainthan	8,675	33.00%
	BJP	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar	6,345	24.14%
	AINRC	M. Vaithiyanathan	5,687	21.64%
	Independent	P. Karthikeyan	3,397	12.92%
	AIADMK	M. Selvarassou	942	3.58%
	VCK	D. Angalan	479	1.82%
	NOTA	None of the Above	388	1.48%
	Independent	P. Asaravel	166	0.63%
Margin of victory			2,330	8.86%	-13.89%
Turnout			26,284	90.72%	-0.81%
Registered electors			28,973		16.97%
	INC gain from AINRC		Swing	-25.78%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	P. Karthikeyan	13,327	58.78%
	DMK	Abar Elumalai	8,169	36.03%	18.98%
	Independent	P. Sundararasu Ponnas	756	3.33%
	LJP	M. Pitchekarane @ Pitchaiappan	224	0.99%
Margin of victory			5,158	22.75%	8.41%
Turnout			22,672	91.53%	-0.65%
Registered electors			24,770		23.03%
	AINRC gain from Independent		Swing	24.21%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Abar Elumalai	6,417	34.58%
	Independent	P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas	3,755	20.23%
	DMK	T. Mathivanan	3,164	17.05%
	Independent	N. Marimuthu	3,061	16.49%
	Independent	S. Balaraman	900	4.85%
	AIADMK	S. Arasi	642	3.46%
	DMDK	A. Pugazhendhy	250	1.35%
	LJP	Ilavarassane	202	1.09%
	Independent	Arounassalame	88	0.47%
Margin of victory			2,662	14.34%	13.28%
Turnout			18,559	92.18%	10.96%
Registered electors			20,134		5.62%
	Independent gain from PMC		Swing	-0.07%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMC	Abar Elumalai	5,364	34.65%
	PMK	S. Balaraman	5,200	33.59%	32.76%
	TMC(M)	P. Sundhararaju	4,072	26.30%
	Independent	N. Marimuthu	200	1.29%
	MDMK	M. Dayalan	196	1.27%
	Puratchi Bharatham	S. Kalai	95	0.61%
	Independent	M. Sivanandham	94	0.61%
	Independent	P. Ganapathy	79	0.51%
	LJP	N. Arikishnan	78	0.50%
Margin of victory			164	1.06%	-14.59%
Turnout			15,481	81.22%	7.94%
Registered electors			19,063		5.68%
	PMC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-28.35%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	V. Nagarathinam	7,380	53.78%
	INC	N. Marimuthu	5,232	38.13%	-24.87%
	Independent	I. Elumalai	226	1.65%
	Independent	P. Murugan	192	1.40%
	Independent	T. Arulselvi	185	1.35%
	Independent	S. Iyyanar	117	0.85%
	BSP	P. Sundar Rajan	115	0.84%
	PMK	M. P. Datchinamurthy	114	0.83%
	Independent	G. Narayanasamy	81	0.59%
Margin of victory			2,148	15.65%	-11.39%
Turnout			13,722	80.14%	6.86%
Registered electors			18,038		9.45%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-9.22%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Marimuthu	7,293	63.00%	22.23%
	JD	S. Balaraman	4,162	35.95%
	JP	S. Vijayakumar	77	0.67%
Margin of victory			3,131	27.05%	13.61%
Turnout			11,576	73.28%	-5.65%
Registered electors			16,480		0.30%
	INC hold		Swing	22.23%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Marimuthu	5,242	40.77%	-28.47%
	JD	P. Sundararasu	3,514	27.33%
	Independent	P. Murthy	2,058	16.01%
	PMK	C. Rajendiran	1,957	15.22%
Margin of victory			1,728	13.44%	-30.56%
Turnout			12,857	78.93%	1.63%
Registered electors			16,430		40.96%
	INC hold		Swing	-28.47%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Nagarathinam	6,176	69.24%
	CPI	R. Thangavelu Clemanso	2,251	25.24%
	JP	N. Arikrishnane	493	5.53%
Margin of victory			3,925	44.00%	8.33%
Turnout			8,920	77.31%	-3.40%
Registered electors			11,656		15.17%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	2.75%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Murthy	5,122	66.48%	54.79%
	AIADMK	K. Dhakshinamurthy	2,374	30.82%	-11.15%
	Independent	D. Arumugam	208	2.70%
Margin of victory			2,748	35.67%	17.42%
Turnout			7,704	80.70%	7.31%
Registered electors			10,121		5.65%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	24.52%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thangavelu	2,902	41.96%	-5.87%
	INC	V. Nagarathinam	1,640	23.71%	-10.64%
	JP	R. Sivaparakasam	1,451	20.98%
	DMK	M. Veerammal Vanamayil	809	11.70%	-6.12%
	Independent	P. Rajalashumi	62	0.90%
	Independent	N. Arikrishnan	52	0.75%
Margin of victory			1,262	18.25%	4.78%
Turnout			6,916	73.39%	-13.19%
Registered electors			9,580		10.27%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-5.87%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ezhumalai	3,426	47.83%
	INC	V. Nagarathinam	2,461	34.36%	-16.24%
	DMK	G. Thanagarassu	1,276	17.81%
Margin of victory			965	13.47%	12.28%
Turnout			7,163	86.58%	10.30%
Registered electors			8,688		-2.93%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.77%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Nagarathinam	3,386	50.60%	-4.47%
	CPI	P. S. Perumal	3,306	49.40%
Margin of victory			80	1.20%	-8.94%
Turnout			6,692	76.28%	8.08%
Registered electors			8,950		7.42%
	INC hold		Swing	-4.47%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ossudu^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N. Harikrishnan	3,027	55.07%
	IPF	S. Perumal	2,470	44.93%
Margin of victory			557	10.13%
Turnout			5,497	68.19%
Registered electors			8,332
	INC win (new seat)

References

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