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Constituency

10. Embalom

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1985

PY-EMBALOM

AIADMK 51.0%won by 2.1%DMK 49.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 2.1%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 24.1% to 51.0% of the vote here (+27.0%).
  • New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 49.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.4% — 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
8,836
Margin
182
2.06%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMKDMK swing
−22.0%
AIADMK share
24.1% 51.0%
DMK share
0.0% 49.0%
Turnout