# 1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in March 1980, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote and the most seats, and M. D. R. Ramachandran was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.

## Results

| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 68,030 | 27.73 | 14 | 11 |
| | Indian National Congress (Indira) | 58,680 | 23.92 | 10 | 8 |
| | Janata Party | 22,892 | 9.33 | 3 | 4 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 4,944 | 2.02 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | 64,778 | 26.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 26,001 | 10.60 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 245,325 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 245,325 | 95.60 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 11,278 | 4.40 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 256,603 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 319,137 | 80.41 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

## Elected members

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Muthialpet | 78.09% | G. Palani Raja | | DMK | 7,396 | 63.71% | A. V. Vaithilingam | | AIADMK | 3,456 | 29.77% | 3,940 |
| 2 | Cassicade | 72.91% | V. Kathirvelu | | INC(I) | 3,948 | 51.63% | Ansari P. Duraisamy | | JP | 1,716 | 22.44% | 2,232 |
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 65.46% | L. Joseph Mariadass | | DMK | 1,880 | 45.92% | V. Subbiah | | CPI | 1,082 | 26.43% | 798 |
| 4 | Bussy | 73.12% | C. M. Achraff | | INC(I) | 2,898 | 69.36% | R. P. Joseph | | AIADMK | 716 | 17.14% | 2,182 |
| 5 | Oupalam | 77.39% | Sitha Vedanayagam | | DMK | 5,419 | 70.06% | C. N. Parthasarathy | | AIADMK | 2,177 | 28.14% | 3,242 |
| 6 | Orleampeth | 75.61% | Na. Manimaran Alias Na. Marimuthu | | DMK | 5,721 | 59.70% | P. K. Loganathan | | AIADMK | 2,820 | 29.43% | 2,901 |
| 7 | Nellithope | 77.64% | P. Ramalingam | | DMK | 4,019 | 53.80% | B. Manimaran | | AIADMK | 2,110 | 28.25% | 1,909 |
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 82.30% | V. Kothandaraman Sababathy | | INC(I) | 5,258 | 48.39% | M. Manjini | | CPI | 2,950 | 27.15% | 2,308 |
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 81.94% | P. Subbarayan | | DMK | 5,900 | 57.57% | M. Pandurangan | | AIADMK | 3,628 | 35.40% | 2,272 |
| 10 | Embalam | 83.58% | G. Murugesan | | INC(I) | 5,033 | 68.30% | N. Ramajayam | | AIADMK | 1,773 | 24.06% | 3,260 |
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 89.86% | R. Subbaraya Gounder | | JP | 4,201 | 49.89% | V. Vaithilingam | | INC(I) | 4,076 | 48.40% | 125 |
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 88.52% | M. A. Shanmugam | | DMK | 3,738 | 42.59% | K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi | | JP | 2,725 | 31.05% | 1,013 |
| 13 | Bahour | 84.08% | P. Uthiravelu | | JP | 4,154 | 51.40% | A. Ramamurthy | | CPI | 2,562 | 31.70% | 1,592 |
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 79.81% | P. Cattavarayane | | INC(I) | 6,001 | 72.08% | D. Annamalai | | AIADMK | 2,269 | 27.26% | 3,732 |
| 15 | Mannadipet | 89.22% | D. Ramachandran | | DMK | 5,598 | 61.09% | S. Manickavachakan | | AIADMK | 3,566 | 38.91% | 2,032 |
| 16 | Ossudu | 80.70% | P. Murthy | | DMK | 5,122 | 66.48% | K. Dhakshinamurthy | | AIADMK | 2,374 | 30.82% | 2,748 |
| 17 | Villianur | 82.20% | M. Venugopal | | DMK | 3,810 | 44.23% | S. Sellappan Alias Meenakshisundaram | | AIADMK | 3,065 | 35.58% | 745 |
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 84.39% | G. Perumal Raja | | DMK | 5,493 | 65.98% | R. Somasimdara | | AIADMK | 2,685 | 32.25% | 2,808 |
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 78.86% | V. Pethaperumal | | JP | 4,824 | 48.85% | N. Kandeban | | CPI | 2,554 | 25.86% | 2,270 |
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 76.53% | Renuka Appadurai | | INC(I) | 5,409 | 52.49% | N. Gurusamy | | CPI | 2,516 | 24.42% | 2,893 |
| 21 | Lawspet | 82.88% | M. O. H. Farook | | INC(I) | 8,980 | 78.68% | G. Gopalakrishnan | | AIADMK | 2,126 | 18.63% | 6,854 |
| 22 | Cotchery | 84.62% | G. Panjavarnam | | DMK | 4,133 | 49.93% | T. Subbaiya | | Independent | 2,504 | 30.25% | 1,629 |
| 23 | Karaikal North | 68.80% | V. M. Salih Maricar | | Independent | 4,778 | 55.25% | M. Jembulingam | | JP | 2,194 | 25.37% | 2,584 |
| 24 | Karaikal South | 78.17% | S. Savarirajan | | INC(I) | 4,867 | 64.40% | S. Ramassamy | | AIADMK | 2,218 | 29.35% | 2,649 |
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 83.00% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | | DMK | 5,315 | 57.35% | V. M. C. Varada Pillai | | AIADMK | 3,953 | 42.65% | 1,362 |
| 26 | Thirunallar | 84.00% | N. V. Ramalingam | | DMK | 3,573 | 44.44% | A. Soundararengam | | AIADMK | 3,400 | 42.29% | 173 |
| 27 | Nedungadu | 83.45% | M. Chandirakasu | | INC(I) | 4,981 | 65.23% | P. Natesan | | AIADMK | 1,751 | 22.93% | 3,230 |
| 28 | Mahe | 77.20% | K. V. Raghavan | | CPI(M) | 2,638 | 48.17% | C. V. Sulaiman Hajee | | Independent | 2,174 | 39.70% | 464 |
| 29 | Palloor | 80.07% | N. K. Sachindranath | | INC(I) | 2,567 | 45.89% | A. V. Sreedharan | | INC(U) | 2,467 | 44.10% | 100 |
| 30 | Yanam | 87.41% | Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu | | Independent | 2,433 | 48.43% | Abdul Khader Jeelani Mohammed | | INC(I) | 2,165 | 43.09% | 268 |