Pondicherry Assembly Election Results in 1985

Pondicherry Legislative Assembly Election in 1985 Party Wise

Party Name	Seats
Indian National Congress (I) (INC)(I)	15
Janta Party (JNP)	2
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADK)	6
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	5
Independent (IND)	2
Total	30

List of Successful Candidates in Pondicherry Assembly Election in 1985

A. C. NO.	Assembly Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Gender	Party	vote
1	Muthialpet	GEN	G. Palaniraja	M	DMK	7820	A. Kasilingam	M	ADK	6281
2	Cassicade	GEN	P. Kannan	M	INC	5273	Saraswathi Subbiah	F	CPI	1521
3	Raj Bhavan	GEN	L. Joseph Mariadoss	M	INC	2419	Louis Pragasam Cannaya	M	DMK	1578
4	Bussy	GEN	C. M. Achraff	M	INC	2213	S. Babu Ansardeen	M	DMK	1516
5	Oupalam	GEN	P. K. Loganathan	M	ADK	3898	Sitha. Vedanayagam	M	DMK	3040
6	Orleampeth	GEN	M.A..S. Subramanian	M	ADK	6635	Na. Marimuthu Na. Manimaran	M	DMK	5079
7	Nellithope	GEN	R.V.Janakiraman	M	DMK	5526	B. Manimaran	M	ADK	4490
8	Modeliarpeth	GEN	V. Sabapathy Kothandaraman	M	INC	6260	M. Manjini	M	CPI	5874
9	Ariankuppam	GEN	P. Purushothaman	M	ADK	5505	P. Suppurayan	M	DMK	5127
10	Embalom	(SC)	K. Anbalagan	M	ADK	4509	K.Siva Loganathan	M	DMK	4327
11	Nettapakkam	GEN	V. Vaithilingam	M	INC	6946	P. Ramamurthy	M	DMK	2577
12	Kuruvinatham	GEN	R. Ramansthan	M	DMK	4207	K. Parasuraman	M	ADK	3361
13	Bahour	(SC)	P. Uthiravelu	M	JNP	4911	S. Narayanasamy	M	INC	4201
By Polls in 1987	Bahour	(SC)	Rajalingam	M	INC	5642	Rajavelu	M	JNP	4723
14	Thirubuvanai	(SC)	S. Komala	F	DMK	5745	P. Cattavarayane	M	INC	4751
15	Mannadipet	GEN	D. Ramachandran	M	DMK	6383	A. Krishnasamy	M	INC	4918
16	Ossudu	(SC)	V. Nagarathinam	M	INC	6176	R. Thangavelu Clemenceau	M	CPI	2251
By Polls in 1998	Ossudu	(SC)	A. Elumalai	M	TMC(M)	6826	R. Govindammal	M	ADMK	4021
17	Villenour	GEN	R. Subraya Counder	M	INC	5696	M. Venugopal	M	DMK	5187
18	Ozhukarai	GEN	R. Somasundaram	M	ADK	5729	G. Perumal Raja	M	DMK	4428
19	Thattanchavady	GEN	V. Pethaperumal	M	JNP	6228	T. Murugesan	M	INC	3926
20	Reddiarpalayam	GEN	V. Balaji	M	INC	7852	N. Ranganathan	M	CPI	4647
21	Lawspet	GEN	M.O.H. Farook	M	INC	8804	S. Muthu	M	DMK	5157
22	Cotchery	GEN	N. Vengadasalam	M	INC	5774	G. Panjavarnam	M	DMK	4441
23	Karaikal	GEN	V. Govindarajan	M	INC	4784	V.M. Salih Maricar	M	IND	3671
24	Karaikal South	GEN	S. Ramassamy	M	IND	3808	A.M. Kassim	M	INC	2393
25	Neravy Grand Aldee	GEN	V.M.C. Varada Pillai	M	ADK	5788	V.M.C. Sivakumar	M	DMK	5038
26	Tirunallar	GEN	A. Sonudararengan	M	IND	4246	R. Kamalakkannan	M	DMK	3475
27	Neduncadu	(SC)	M. Chandirakasu	M	INC	5870	M. Kaliaperumal	M	CPM	2674
28	Mahe	GEN	P.K. Sathyanandan	M	INC	3695	K.V. Raghavan	M	CPM	2719
29	Palloor	GEN	A.V. Sreedharan	M	INC	3766	T.K. Chandrasekharan	M	JNP	1943
30	Yanam	GEN	Kamichetty Sri Parassorama Varaprassada Rao Naidou	M	INC	2884	Ratcha Harikrishna	M	IND	2498

List of Participating Political Parties in Pondicherry Assembly Election in 1985

S.No.	Party Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janta Party
2	CPI	Communist Party Of India
3	CPM	Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
4	ICS	Indian Congress (Socialist)
5	INC	Indian National Congress
6	JNP	Janta Party
7	LKD	Lok Dal
State Parties
8	ADK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9	DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
10	MUL	Muslim League
11	TDP	Telugu Desam
Independents
12. IND	Independent