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1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in May 1985, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		M. O. H. Farook	20
2.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. G. Ramachandran	10

No.	Election Symbol	Seats
1.	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Karunanidhi	22
2.	Communist Party of India	C. Rajeswara Rao	4
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	2
4.	Independent		2


	Indian National Congress	98,601	32.68	15	5
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	87,754	29.08	5	9
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47,521	15.75	6	6
	Janata Party	25,966	8.61	2	1
	Others	22,609	7.49	0	0
	Independents	19,273	6.39	2	0
Total	301,724	100.00	30	0

301,724	99.08
2,808	0.92
304,532	100.00
388,472	78.39
Source: ECI

List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
1985 elections in India
"Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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