Puducherry assembly election, Oct 1977

The 4th Puducherry legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

16 needed for a majority

Largest party

ADK

14 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

131

5 women, 0 elected

Turnout

73.47%

2.26 lakh of 3.07 lakh

The house

30 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

ADK14
JNP7
DMK3
IND3
INC2
CPI1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Puducherry assembly election (1974)

INC

-5

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
ADK ADK	14	+2	27	33.2%	69,873	30.96%	+3.13	2
JNP Janata Party	7	—	28	27.8%	59,705	26.45%	—	5
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3	+1	26	15.0%	30,441	13.49%	-8.40	20
IND Independent	3	+2	20	9.7%	13,872	6.15%	+0.44	16
INC Indian National Congress	2	-5	22	24.1%	39,343	17.43%	+1.49	7
CPI Communist Party of India	1	-1	8	20.0%	12,464	5.52%	-2.93	3

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Puducherry at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Oct 1977

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
THATTANCHAVADY	Puducherry	JNPV. PETHAPERUMAL	CPIV. NARAYANASAMY	2,66431.07%
THIRUBUVANAI	Puducherry	ADKMANIYAM M.	JNPPICHAIKARAN G.	1,81324.96%
ORLEAMPETH	Puducherry	ADKN. MANIMARAM MARIMUTHU	JNPS. RAMALINGAM	1,97923.33%
KARAIKAL	Puducherry	INDK. KANDHI	JNPS. AMEERUDEEN	1,95520.96%
LAWSPET	Puducherry	ADKN. VARADHAN	INCM.K. JEEVARATHINA ODAYAR	1,94720.76%
MANNADIPETH	Puducherry	ADKRAMACHANDRAN D.	JNPRAJARAM REDDIAR N.	1,72820.12%
OSSUDU	Puducherry	ADKTHANGAVELU M.	INCNAGARATHINAM V.	1,26218.25%
MODELIARPETH	Puducherry	INCV. SABABADY KOTHANDRAMAN	ADKA. RADHARISHANAN	1,70417.99%
COTCHERY	Puducherry	ADKT. SUBBIAH	INDG. PANJAVARNAM	1,36717.01%
MUTHIALPET	Puducherry	ADKG. PALANI RAJA	JNPM. VELAYUDHAM	1,45714.91%

Closest results of Oct 1977

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
MAHE	Puducherry	INDRAGHAVAN K.V.	INCRAMAN P.K.	120.20%
RAJ BHAVAN	Puducherry	JNPRAMAJAYAM D.	INCDANA KANTHRAJ	140.35%
REDDIARPALAYAM	Puducherry	CPIV. SUBBIAH	JNPR. VENKATACHALA KOUNDAR	871.11%
NEDUNCADU	Puducherry	ADKP. SELVARAJ	INCR. KUPPUSAMY	1011.42%
YANAM	Puducherry	JNPKAMICHETTY SRI PARASSOURAMA VARAPRASSADA RAO	INCABDUL KHADAR JEELANI MOHAMMED	661.55%
VILLENOUR	Puducherry	ADKPAZHANINATHAN S.	JNPVARADARASSU P.	1631.97%
NERAVY-GRAND ALDEE	Puducherry	JNPV.M.C. VARADHAPILLAI	DMKV.M.C. SRIVAKUMAR	1801.99%
NETTAPAKKAM	Puducherry	INCSRVAPRAKASAM S.	JNPSUBBARAYA GOUNDAR R.	2072.77%
BUSSY	Puducherry	ADKSUSAIRAJ S.	INCACHRAFF C. M.	1273.14%
OZHUKARAI	Puducherry	DMKG. PERUMAL RAJA	ADKG. VENUGOPAL	2613.34%