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Constituency

8. Modeliarpeth

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1980

PY-MODELIARPETH

INC 48.4%won by 21.2%CPI 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.0% to 21.2%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.5% of the vote between them, up from 65.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
10,867
Margin
2,308
21.24%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−20.4%
INC share
41.7% 48.4%
CPI share
0.0% 27.1%
Turnout