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Puducherry Vidhan Sabha 1977

Results board · 30 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StatePuducherry
Seats
30
Constituencies
Majority
16
Seats needed of 30
Electors
3.07L
On the roll
Votes polled
2.28L
74.3% of electors
Median turnout
76.4%
Median of 30 seats
AIADMK short
−2
Below majority · 14 − 16

[01]Seat matrix

30 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 30 seats: AIADMK 14, JNP 7, DMK 3, IND 3, INC 2, CPI 1. Majority line at 16 seats. Hemicycle of 30 seats: AIADMK 14, JNP 7, DMK 3, IND 3, INC 2, CPI 1. Majority line at 16 seats.
Majority · 16 of 30AIADMK 14 · 2 short of majority
AIADMK 1446.7% All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
JNP 723.3% Janata Party
DMK 310.0% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
IND 310.0% Independents
INC 26.7% Indian National Congress
CPI 13.3% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
AIADMK 31.0%14 seats · 46.7%
JNP 26.5%7 seats · 23.3%
INC 17.4%2 seats · 6.7%
DMK 13.5%3 seats · 10.0%
CPI 5.5%1 seat · 3.3%
Others 6.1%3 seats · 10.0%

Vote share not published

  • IND3 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. AIADMK converted 31.0% of votes into 46.7% of seats, a seat premium of 15.7 pp.

    14 ÷ 30 = 46.7% · 46.7 − 31.0 = +15.7

  2. INC polled 17.4% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 2 seats (6.7%).

    2 ÷ 30 = 6.7% · 6.7 − 17.4 = −10.7

  3. Mahe was decided by 12 votes, the closest of 30 seats; Thattanchavady had the widest margin, 2,664.

    min / max of margin over 30 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; IND won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 30 · IND 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats AIADMK won 4 of 5 (80.0%), against 46.7% of all seats.

    4 ÷ 5 = 80.0% · 14 ÷ 30 = 46.7%

  6. Turnout ran from 57.2% in Raj Bhavan to 85.8% in Mannadipeth; the median seat polled 76.4%.

    min / median / max over 30 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

30 of 30 seats carry a turnout
025507510076.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 13.3% of seats
60–70 723.3% of seats
70–80 1446.7% of seats
≥ 80% 826.7% of seats
  • LowestRaj Bhavan57.2%
  • HighestMannadipeth85.8%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

30 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Puducherry Vidhan Sabha 1977, all 30 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Muthialpet G. Palani Raja All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9,856 1,457 14.8 68.5
02 Cassicade Ansari Duraisamy Janata Party 7,631 890 11.7 65.8
03 Raj Bhavan Ramajayam D. Janata Party 4,030 14 0.3 57.2
04 Bussy Susairaj S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,076 127 3.1 62.8
05 Oupalam C. N. Pathasarathy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,037 247 3.5 70.6
06 Orleampeth N. Manimaram Marimuthu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,587 1,979 23.0 66.3
07 Nellithope R. Kannan Janata Party 7,274 620 8.5 66.4
08 Modeliarpeth V. Sababady Kothandraman Indian National Congress 9,551 1,704 17.8 75.8
09 Ariankuppam P. Subbarayan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9,688 762 7.9 78.1
10 EmbalomSC Sivaloganathan K. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,794 242 3.6 77.4
11 Nettapakkam Srvaprakasam S. Indian National Congress 7,573 207 2.7 85.0
12 Kuruvinatham N. Vengadasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,511 420 4.9 82.4
13 BahourSC P. Uthiravelu Janata Party 7,531 1,053 14.0 81.0
14 ThirubuvanaiSC Maniyam M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,372 1,813 24.6 74.4
15 Mannadipeth Ramachandran D. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,657 1,728 20.0 85.8
16 OssuduSC Thangavelu M. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,031 1,262 17.9 73.4
17 Villenour Pazhaninathan S. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,362 163 1.9 79.8
18 Ozhukarai G. Perumal Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,923 261 3.3 81.0
19 ThattanchavadyWIDEST V. Pethaperumal Janata Party 8,630 2,664 30.9 71.3
20 Reddiarpalayam V. Subbiah Communist Party of India 7,929 87 1.1 67.2
21 Lawspet N. Varadhan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9,496 1,947 20.5 74.9
22 Cotchery T. Subbiah All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,141 1,367 16.8 79.6
23 Karaikal K. Kandhi Independent 9,416 1,955 20.8 63.2
24 Karaikal South S. Ramassamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,304 726 9.9 71.9
25 Neravy-Grand Aldee V.M.C. Varadhapillai Janata Party 9,110 180 2.0 78.6
26 Tirunallar N.V. Ramalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,865 278 3.5 79.6
27 NeduncaduSC P. Selvaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,202 101 1.4 77.0
28 MaheCLOSEST Raghavan K.V. Independent 5,903 12 0.2 80.5
29 Palloor Chandrasekran T.K. Independent 5,317 556 10.5 80.7
30 Yanam Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu Janata Party 4,308 66 1.5 85.5
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,664 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1977 · Puducherry · 30 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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