Constituency
24. Karaikal South
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1985
PY-KARAIKAL-SOUTH
IND 46.7%won by 17.4%INC 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 17.4%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.3% to 46.7% of the vote here (+46.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.
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
8,149
Margin
1,415
17.36%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1S. RAMASSAMYIndependent · IND3,80846.7%
- 2A.M. KASSIMIndian National Congress · INC2,39329.4%
- 3R. ARUMAIKANNUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,92323.6%
- 4M.S. HAJA MAIDEENIndependent · IND250.3%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +81.4%
- IND share
- 0.3% → 46.7%
- INC share
- 64.4% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- — → —