1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
Indian union territory election
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Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1][2] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote, and the most seats, but M. D. R. Ramachandran of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[3] His party had an alliance with the CPI, and the Janata Dal.[4]
Registered585,194
Turnout72.38%
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27 February 1990
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 585,194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 72.38% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seat allotments
Congress Alliance
| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress |
| V. Vaithilingam | 17 | |
| 2. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | J. Jayalalithaa | 13 | |
DMK-led Alliance
| No. |
Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | M. Karunanidhi | 18 | |
| 2. | Janata Dal |  | Sivaji Ganesan | 7+1[a] | |
| 3. | Communist Party of India |  | Indrajit Gupta | 3 | |
| 4. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small} | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | 2 | |
Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 105,207 | 25.04 | 11 |  4 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 101,127 | 24.07 | 9 |  4 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 76,337 | 18.17 | 3 | 3 | |
| Janata Dal | 38,145 | 9.08 | 4 | New | |
| Communist Party of India | 21,323 | 5.07 | 2 | 2 | |
| Others | 44,475 | 10.58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 33,557 | 7.99 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 420,171 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 420,171 | 99.19 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,416 | 0.81 | |||
| Total votes | 423,587 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 585,194 | 72.38 | |||
| Source: ECI[5] | |||||
Elected members
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Muthialpet | 67.23 | G. Palani Raja | DMK | 10,571 | 55.74 | R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal | AIADMK | 8,394 | 44.26 | 2,177 | ||
| 2 | Cassicade | 66.29 | P. Kannan | INC | 6,040 | 52.52 | S. Anandavelu | DMK | 5,095 | 44.30 | 945 | ||
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 62.08 | S. P. Sivakumar | DMK | 2,528 | 47.58 | L. Joseph Mariadoss | INC | 2,377 | 44.74 | 151 | ||
| 4 | Bussy | 58.96 | C. M. Achraff | INC | 2,692 | 48.30 | S. Babu Ansardeen | DMK | 2,463 | 44.20 | 229 | ||
| 5 | Oupalam | 69.17 | N. Naghamuthu | DMK | 7,378 | 53.96 | P. K. Loganathan | AIADMK | 5,956 | 43.56 | 1,422 | ||
| 6 | Orleampeth | 63.14 | N. Manimaran | DMK | 8,076 | 50.47 | M. Pandurangan | AIADMK | 7,569 | 47.30 | 507 | ||
| 7 | Nellithope | 64.95 | R. V. Janakiraman | DMK | 6,601 | 41.58 | B. Manimaran | AIADMK | 6,071 | 38.24 | 530 | ||
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 71.69 | M. Manjini | CPI | 8,905 | 45.39 | V. Sababady Kothandraman | INC | 8,049 | 41.02 | 856 | ||
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 72.85 | A. Bakthkavachalam | JD | 5,950 | 33.88 | Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran | AIADMK | 5,265 | 29.98 | 685 | ||
| 10 | Embalam | 78.97 | K. Deivanayagam | JD | 4,669 | 36.96 | K. Sivaloganathan | Independent | 3,563 | 28.20 | 1,106 | ||
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 77.31 | V. Vaithilingam | INC | 7,332 | 55.34 | N. Devadass | DMK | 3,193 | 24.10 | 4,139 | ||
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 84.54 | R. Ramanathan | DMK | 6,072 | 43.99 | P. Purushothaman | AIADMK | 4,307 | 31.21 | 1,765 | ||
| 13 | Bahour | 78.72 | P. Rajavelu | JD | 8,223 | 57.79 | M. Rajagopalan | INC | 5,179 | 36.40 | 3,044 | ||
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 74.01 | D. Viswanathan | AIADMK | 6,743 | 46.43 | N. Veerappan | DMK | 5,219 | 35.94 | 1,524 | ||
| 15 | Mannadipet | 79.70 | D. Ramachandran | DMK | 7,802 | 51.00 | R. Somasundaram | AIADMK | 6,210 | 40.59 | 1,592 | ||
| 16 | Ossudu | 78.93 | N. Marimuthu | INC | 5,242 | 40.77 | P. Sundararasu | JD | 3,514 | 27.33 | 1,728 | ||
| 17 | Villianur | 76.74 | P. Anandabaskaran | INC | 8,442 | 54.30 | M. Venugopal | DMK | 4,706 | 30.27 | 3,736 | ||
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 76.53 | M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni | DMK | 8,749 | 54.08 | M. Padmanabhan | AIADMK | 6,956 | 43.00 | 1,793 | ||
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 66.83 | V. Pethaperumal | JD | 9,503 | 51.31 | N. Rangaswamy | INC | 8,521 | 46.00 | 982 | ||
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 63.09 | R. Viswanathan | CPI | 11,153 | 50.82 | V. Balaji | INC | 8,482 | 38.65 | 2,671 | ||
| 21 | Lawspet | 72.02 | M. O. H. Farook | INC | 12,637 | 53.00 | P. Sankaran | CPI(M) | 9,738 | 40.84 | 2,899 | ||
| 22 | Cotchery | 79.85 | M. Vaithilingam | INC | 5,189 | 35.99 | G. Panjavarnam | Independent | 5,049 | 35.02 | 140 | ||
| 23 | Karaikal North | 64.00 | S. M. Thavasu | INC | 5,394 | 41.51 | G. Rangayen | JD | 3,783 | 29.11 | 1,611 | ||
| 24 | Karaikal South | 68.72 | S. Ramassamy | AIADMK | 6,012 | 56.32 | S. Savarirajan | DMK | 4,228 | 39.61 | 1,784 | ||
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 80.93 | V. Ganapathy | AIADMK | 7,102 | 51.72 | V. M. C. Sivakumar | DMK | 6,258 | 45.57 | 844 | ||
| 26 | Thirunallar | 76.92 | R. Kamalakkannan | Independent | 4,124 | 35.70 | A. Soundararengan | DMK | 3,698 | 32.01 | 426 | ||
| 27 | Nedungadu | 77.12 | M. Chandirakasu | INC | 6,174 | 55.68 | R. Kuppusamy | Independent | 2,591 | 23.37 | 3,583 | ||
| 28 | Mahe | 78.91 | E. Valsaraj | INC | 5,142 | 56.05 | Mukkath Jayan | CPI(M) | 3,304 | 36.01 | 1,838 | ||
| 29 | Palloor | 76.72 | A. V. Sreedharan | INC | 5,288 | 58.44 | K. Gangadharan | Independent | 2,576 | 28.47 | 2,712 | ||
| 30 | Yanam | 85.72 | Raksha Harikrishna | DMK | 4,632 | 42.99 | Velaga Rajeshwara Rao | INC | 3,027 | 28.09 | 1,605 | ||
See also
Notes
- Friendly Contest on Nettapakkam between DMK and JD.