Constituency
19. Thattanchavady
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1985
PY-THATTANCHAVADY
JNP 44.7%won by 16.5%INC 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.0% to 16.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
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
13,944
Margin
2,302
16.51%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1V. PETHAPERUMALJanata Party · JNP6,22844.7%
- 2T. MURUGESANIndian National Congress · INC3,92628.2%
- 3A.V. SHUNMUGAMDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,79027.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- JNP
- JNP–INC swing
- −7.1%
- JNP share
- 48.9% → 44.7%
- INC share
- 25.3% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —