Constituency
16. Ossudu
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1977
PY-OSSUDU
AIADMK 42.0%won by 18.2%INC 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.5% to 18.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.7% between them, down from 82.2% — the field split more ways.
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
6,916
Margin
1,262
18.25%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AIADMK- 1THANGAVELU M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,90242.0%
- 2NAGARATHINAM V.Indian National Congress · INC1,64023.7%
- 3SIVAPARAKASAM R.Janata Party · JNP1,45121.0%
- 4VEERAMMAL VANAMAYIL M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK80911.7%
- 5RAJALASHUMI P.Independent · IND620.9%
- 6ARIKRISHNAN N.Independent · IND520.8%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- AIADMK
- AIADMK–INC swing
- +4.8%
- AIADMK share
- 47.8% → 42.0%
- INC share
- 34.4% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —