Election
Constituency

26. Tirunallar

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1985

PY-TIRUNALLAR

IND 45.2%won by 8.2%DMK 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 8.2%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 7.8% to 45.2% of the vote here (+37.4%).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
9,395
Margin
771
8.21%

Candidates

5 contested · winner IND
  1. 1A. SONUDARARENGANIndependent · IND4,24645.2%
  2. 2R. KAMALAKKANNANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,47537.0%
  3. 3N. RAMADASSAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK1,32514.1%
  4. 4D. RAMADOSSJanata Party · JNP3113.3%
  5. 5N. SHANTHIIndependent · IND380.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
DMK
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–DMK swing
+44.8%
IND share
7.8% → 45.2%
DMK share
44.4% → 37.0%
Turnout
— → —
25. Neravy-Grand Aldee27. Neduncadu
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