Constituency
20. Poudousaram
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1969
PY-POUDOUSARAM
CPI 53.3%won by 8.9%INC 44.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: PF (PF) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 8.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1964 and 1969 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 53.3% of the vote here (+53.3%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.5% — it did not contest here in 1964.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 89.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
6,447
Margin
573
8.89%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1N. GURUSAMYCommunist Party of India · CPI3,43953.3%
- 2M. KRISHNASAMYIndian National Congress · INC2,86644.5%
- 3A.D. DINADAYALANIndependent · IND1422.2%
Since 1964
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1964 and 1969. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- PF
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +8.9%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 53.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 44.5%
- Turnout
- — → —