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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]
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 319,137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 80.41% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
Valid votes | 245,325 | 95.60 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,278 | 4.40 | |||
Total votes | 256,603 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 319,137 | 80.41 | |||
Source: ECI[5] |
Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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#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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