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.

Seat allotments Congress Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1.

M. O. H. Farook 202. M. G. Ramachandran 10

DMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. M. Karunanidhi 222. C. Rajeswara Rao 43. E. M. S. Namboodiripad24. 2

List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMK+DMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Muthialpet A. Kasilingam G. Palaniraja 2 Cassicade P. Kannan Saraswathi Subbiah 3 Raj Bhavan L. Joseph Mariadoss Louis Pragasam Cannaya 4 Bussy C. M. Achraff S. Babu Ansardeen 5 Oupalam P. K. Loganathan Sitha. Vedanayagam 6 Orleampeth M. A. S. Subramanian Na. Marimuthu 7 Nellithope B. Manimaran R. V. Janakiraman 8 Modeliarpeth V. Sabapathy Kothandaraman M. Manjini 9 Ariankuppam P. Purushothaman P. Suppurayan 10 Embalom (SC) K. Anbalagan K. Siva Loganathan 11 Nettapakkam V. Vaithilingam P. Ramamurthy 12 Kuruvinatham K. Parasuraman R. Ramansthan 13 Bahour (SC) S. Narayanasamy P. Murthy 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) P. Cattavarayane S. Komala 15 Mannadipeth A. Krishnasamy D. Ramachandran 16 Ossudu (SC) V. Nagarathinam R. Thangavelu Clemenceau 17 Villenour R. Subraya Counder M. Venugopal 18 Ozhukarai R. Somasundaram G. Perumal Raja 19 Thattanchavady T. Murugesan A. V. Shunmugam 20 Reddiarpalayam V. Balaji N. Ranganathan 21 Lawspet M. O. H. Farook S. Muthu 22 Cotchery N. Vengadasalam G. Panjavarnam 23 Karaikal V. Govindarajan V. M. Salih Maricar 24 Karaikal South A. M. Kassim R. Arumaikannu 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee V. M. C. Varada Pillai V. M. C. Sivakumar 26 Tirunallar N. Ramadass R. Kamalakkannan 27 Neduncadu (SC) M. Chandirakasu M. Kaliaperumal 28 Mahe P. K. Sathyanandan K. V. Raghavan 29 Palloor A. V. Sreedharan C. P. Pokku Haje 30 Yanam Kamisetty P. Naidu Md. Ahamed Sirajuddin

Results

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

See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1985 elections in India

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