Constituency
23. Karaikal
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1985
PY-KARAIKAL
INC 49.5%won by 11.5%IND 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 49.5% of the vote here (+49.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.6% of the vote between them, up from 80.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
9,656
Margin
1,113
11.53%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1V. GOVINDARAJANIndian National Congress · INC4,78449.5%
- 2V.M. SALIH MARICARIndependent · IND3,67138.0%
- 3G. RENGAYENJanata Party · JNP1,08111.2%
- 4K.S. MANIMARANIndependent · IND1201.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +66.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 49.5%
- IND share
- 55.2% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- — → —