Constituency
16. Ossudu
Community mirrorPuducherry Assembly Election, 1990
PY-OSSUDU
INC 40.8%won by 13.4%JD 27.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
12,857
Margin
1,728
13.44%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1N. MARIMUTHUIndian National Congress · INC5,24240.8%
- 2P. SUNDARARASUJanata Dal · JD3,51427.3%
- 3P. MURTHYIndependent · IND2,05816.0%
- 4C. RAJENDIRANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK1,95715.2%
- 5P. ILANGOIndependent · IND500.4%
- 6N. ARIKRISHNANIndependent · IND300.2%
- 7A. VIJAYAVEERANIndependent · IND60.0%
Since 1985
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −55.8%
- INC share
- 69.2% → 40.8%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 27.3%
- Turnout
- — → —