Constituency
320. Pondicherry
Community mirrorPuducherry · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-PONDICHERRY
INC 58.9%won by 22.8%DMK 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 22.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 58.9% of the vote here (+58.9%).
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.6% to 71.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,81,366
Turnout
71.0%
Valid votes
2,70,781
Margin
61,704
22.79%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1P.SHAMMUGAMIndian National Congress · INC1,59,37658.9%
- 2C.P.THIRUNAVUKKARASUDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK97,67236.1%
- 3S.RAMASSAMYIndependent · IND6,1902.3%
- 4A.L.N.KUMARASSAMYIndependent · IND1,9250.7%
- 5S.SUKUMARANICS · ICS1,7940.7%
- 6N.RAMUIndependent · IND1,2610.5%
- 7P.RAJASEGARANIndependent · IND8730.3%
- 8N.GAJENDRA BASKARAIndependent · IND6640.2%
- 9V.T.R. VEERAPPA GOUNDERIndependent · IND6040.2%
- 10ANGAPPAN ALIAS ROUSSEAU ANGAPPANIndependent · IND4220.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–DMK swing
- +22.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 58.9%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- 77.6% → 71.0%