# 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.

## Results

| | 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 | Total | 301,724 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 301,724 | 99.08 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,808 | 0.92 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 304,532 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 388,472 | 78.39 | | |
| 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 | 76.33% | G. Palani Raja | | DMK | 7,820 | 53.93% | A. Kasilingam | | AIADMK | 6,281 | 43.32% | 1,539 |
| 2 | Cassicade | 68.84% | P. Kannan | | INC | 5,273 | 62.76% | Saraswati Subbiah | | CPI | 1,521 | 18.10% | 3,752 |
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 65.95% | L. Joseph Mariadoss | | INC | 2,419 | 54.77% | Louie Pragassa Kannaiya | | DMK | 1,578 | 35.73% | 841 |
| 4 | Bussy | 63.57% | C. M. Achraff | | INC | 2,213 | 53.17% | S. Babu Ansardeen | | DMK | 1,516 | 36.42% | 697 |
| 5 | Oupalam | 75.51% | P. K. Loganathan | | AIADMK | 3,898 | 38.99% | Sitha Vedanayagam | | DMK | 3,040 | 30.41% | 858 |
| 6 | Orleampeth | 93.89% | M. A. S. Subramanian | | AIADMK | 6,635 | 55.70% | Na. Marimuthu | | DMK | 5,079 | 42.64% | 1,556 |
| 7 | Nellithope | 71.31% | R. V. Janakiraman | | DMK | 5,526 | 51.78% | B. Manimaran | | AIADMK | 4,490 | 42.07% | 1,036 |
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 77.39% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | | INC | 6,260 | 47.06% | M. Manjini | | CPI | 5,874 | 44.16% | 386 |
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 81.12% | P. Purushothaman | | AIADMK | 5,505 | 43.46% | P. Subbarayan | | DMK | 5,127 | 40.47% | 378 |
| 10 | Embalam | 80.79% | K. Anbalagan | | AIADMK | 4,509 | 51.03% | K. Siva Loganathan | | DMK | 4,327 | 48.97% | 182 |
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 82.73% | V. Vaithilingam | | INC | 6,946 | 72.94% | P. Ramamurthy | | DMK | 2,577 | 27.06% | 4,369 |
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 85.84% | R. Ramansthan | | DMK | 4,207 | 40.67% | K. Parasuraman | | AIADMK | 3,361 | 32.49% | 846 |
| 13 | Bahour | 85.20% | P. Uthiravelu | | JP | 4,911 | 47.50% | S. Narayanasamy | | INC | 4,201 | 40.63% | 710 |
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 78.85% | S. Komala | | DMK | 5,745 | 54.39% | P. Cattavarayane | | INC | 4,751 | 44.98% | 994 |
| 15 | Mannadipet | 86.26% | D. Ramachandran | | DMK | 6,383 | 56.48% | A. Krishnasamy | | INC | 4,918 | 43.52% | 1,465 |
| 16 | Ossudu | 77.31% | V. Nagarathinam | | INC | 6,176 | 69.24% | R. Thangavelu Clemanso | | CPI | 2,251 | 25.24% | 3,925 |
| 17 | Villianur | 80.15% | R. Subbaraya Gounder | | INC | 5,696 | 52.34% | M. Venugopal | | DMK | 5,187 | 47.66% | 509 |
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 82.87% | R. Somasundaram | | AIADMK | 5,729 | 53.78% | G. Perumal Raja | | DMK | 4,428 | 41.57% | 1,301 |
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 74.96% | V. Pethaperumal | | JP | 6,228 | 44.66% | T. Murugesan | | INC | 3,926 | 28.16% | 2,302 |
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 70.04% | V. Balaji | | INC | 7,852 | 56.58% | N. Ranganathan | | CPI | 4,647 | 33.48% | 3,205 |
| 21 | Lawspet | 78.33% | M. O. H. Farook | | INC | 8,804 | 60.36% | S. Muthu | | DMK | 5,157 | 35.36% | 3,647 |
| 22 | Cotchery | 81.94% | N. Vengadasalam | | INC | 5,774 | 55.94% | G. Panjavarnam | | DMK | 4,441 | 43.02% | 1,333 |
| 23 | Karaikal North | 66.51% | V. Govindarajan | | INC | 4,784 | 49.54% | V. M. Salih Maricar | | Independent | 3,671 | 38.02% | 1,113 |
| 24 | Karaikal South | 73.55% | S. Ramassamy | | Independent | 3,808 | 46.73% | A. M. Kassim | | INC | 2,393 | 29.37% | 1,415 |
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 83.30% | V. M. C. Varada Pillai | | AIADMK | 5,788 | 53.46% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | | DMK | 5,038 | 46.54% | 750 |
| 26 | Thirunallar | 81.77% | A. Sonudararengan | | Independent | 4,246 | 45.19% | R. Kamalakkannan | | DMK | 3,475 | 36.99% | 771 |
| 27 | Nedungadu | 79.40% | M. Chandirakasu | | INC | 5,870 | 67.60% | M. Kaliaperumal | | CPI(M) | 2,674 | 30.80% | 3,196 |
| 28 | Mahe | 82.14% | P. K. Sathyanandan | | INC | 3,695 | 53.04% | K. V. Raghavan | | CPI(M) | 2,719 | 39.03% | 976 |
| 29 | Palloor | 81.57% | A. V. Sreedharan | | INC | 3,766 | 54.05% | T. K. Chandrashekaran | | JP | 1,943 | 27.88% | 1,823 |
| 30 | Yanam | 87.27% | Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu | | INC | 2,884 | 41.45% | Raksha Harikrishna | | Independent | 2,498 | 35.91% | 386 |