Constituency
4. Bussy
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1985
PY-BUSSY
INC 53.2%won by 16.7%DMK 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.2% to 16.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
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
4,162
Margin
697
16.75%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1C. M. ACHRAFFIndian National Congress · INC2,21353.2%
- 2S. BABU ANSARDEENDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,51636.4%
- 3M. LOGANATHANJanata Party · JNP2646.3%
- 4C. A. GAFFOURIndependent · IND1694.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −52.6%
- INC share
- 69.4% → 53.2%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- — → —