Election
Constituency

23. Karaikal

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1980

PY-KARAIKAL

IND 55.2%won by 29.9%JNP 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.0% to 29.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.6% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
8,648
Margin
2,584
29.88%

Candidates

6 contested · winner IND
  1. 1V. M. SALIH MARICARIndependent · IND4,77855.2%
  2. 2M. JEMBULINGAMJanata Party · JNP2,19425.4%
  3. 3M. RATHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND1,29214.9%
  4. 4G. RETHINAVELUINCU · INCU1581.8%
  5. 5K. S. MANYIMARANEIndependent · IND1441.7%
  6. 6V. PALANIVELU PATHARIndependent · IND820.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–JNP swing
+8.9%
IND share
42.8% → 55.2%
JNP share
21.9% → 25.4%
Turnout
— → —
22. Cotchery24. Karaikal South
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