CASSICADE

Assembly seat no. 2 in Puducherry · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1964.

Overview Election History

2006PMC 2001PMC 1996IND 1991JD 1990INC 1985INC View all 11 →

Winner, 1985

P. KANNAN

INC

Elections held

1964–2006

Most successful party

INC

won 3 of 11

Margin, 1985

3,752

44.66% of valid votes

Result, 1985

Winner

INC P. KANNAN

Votes: 5,273
Vote share: 62.76%
Margin: 3,752

Runner-up

CPISARASWATHI SUBBIAH

Votes: 1,521
Vote share: 18.10%
Behind by: 3,752

Electors

12,312

Total votes polled

8,402

Valid votes

8,402

NOTA votes

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Turnout

68.2%

Full result, 1985

4 candidates · 8,402 valid votes

1985 election →

P. KANNANINCwon

5,273

62.8%

SARASWATHI SUBBIAHCPI

1,521

18.1%

G. SAMBATHJNP

1,090

13.0%

S. SUKUMARANICS

518

6.2%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 11 elections

View all 11 →

Year	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote share	Runner-up	Margin
2006	K. LAKSHMINARAYANAN	PMC	4,942	49.05%	G. RAVICHANDIRAN	216
2001	LAKSHMINARAYANAN .K.	PMC	4,875	51.52%	MALAR MANNAN .R.	1,778
1996	P. KANNAN	IND	6,501	63.21%	S. NARAYANASAMY	3,306
1991	M. ELANGO	JD	4,927	49.97%	P. SHANMUGAN	449
1990	P. KANNAN	INC	6,040	52.52%	S. ANANDAVELU	945

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

INC3 wins
PMC2 wins
IND1 win
JD1 win
INC(I)1 win
JNP1 win
NCO1 win
CONG1 win

CASSICADE

Result, 1985

Full result, 1985

Past results

Who has held it

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

Winning margin

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