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Constituency

5. Oupalam

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1985

PY-OUPALAM

AIADMK 39.0%won by 8.6%DMK 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 8.6%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 28.1% to 39.0% of the vote here (+10.8%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.4% between them, down from 98.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
9,997
Margin
858
8.58%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMKDMK swing
+50.5%
AIADMK share
28.1% 39.0%
DMK share
70.1% 30.4%
Turnout