Constituency
3. Raj Bhavan
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1980
PY-RAJ-BHAVAN
DMK 45.9%won by 19.5%CPI 26.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 19.5%.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 8.0% to 45.9% of the vote here (+38.0%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
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
4,094
Margin
798
19.49%
Candidates
7 contested · winner DMK- 1L. JOSEPH MARIADASSDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,88045.9%
- 2V. SUBBIAHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,08226.4%
- 3M. K. JEEVARATHINA ODAYARJanata Party · JNP51012.5%
- 4M. V. VAITHILINGAMIndependent · IND47911.7%
- 5N. KALIAPERUMALIndependent · IND701.7%
- 6MARIUS BALAIndependent · IND370.9%
- 7THIAGI THIRUKAMUJNPS · JNPS360.9%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–CPI swing
- +11.5%
- DMK share
- 8.0% → 45.9%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 26.4%
- Turnout
- — → —