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Constituency

16. Ossudu

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1990

PY-OSSUDU

INC 40.8%won by 13.4%JD 27.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.0% to 13.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
12,857
Margin
1,728
13.44%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−55.8%
INC share
69.2% 40.8%
JD share
0.0% 27.3%
Turnout