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18. Ozhukarai

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1980

PY-OZHUKARAI

DMK 66.0%won by 33.7%AIADMK 32.3%

What changed here

Derived

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 33.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 60.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatDravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
8,325
Margin
2,808
33.73%

Candidates

5 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1G. PERUMAL RAJADravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK5,49366.0%
  2. 2R. SOMASIMDARAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,68532.3%
  3. 3MOHAMED ILYASJNPS · JNPS971.2%
  4. 4R. GANAPATHYIndependent · IND300.4%
  5. 5S. MUNISAMYIndependent · IND200.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
DMK
DMK–AIADMK swing
+30.4%
DMK share
31.7% → 66.0%
AIADMK share
28.3% → 32.3%
Turnout
— → —
17. Villenour19. Thattanchavady
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