1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 228,754 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 81.59% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly (French: Assemblée législative de Pondichéry) were held in March 1969, to elect members of the 3rd Puducherry Assembly. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[1]
The territory of Pondicherry was delimited by the Delimitation Commission of India into 30 single-member constituencies.[2]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 78,052 | 42.62 | 10 |  12 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 61,717 | 33.70 | 15 | New | |
| Communist Party of India | 23,115 | 12.62 | 3 | New | |
| Independents | 20,250 | 11.06 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 183,134 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 183,134 | 98.13 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,497 | 1.87 | |||
| Total votes | 186,631 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 228,754 | 81.59 | |||
| Source: ECI[3] | |||||
Elected members
[edit]| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouttalpeth | None | K. Murugaiyan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Couroussoucoupom | None | G. Perumal Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Cassicade | None | P. Ansari Dorasamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Raj Nivas | None | D. Kantharaj | Indian National Congress | |
| Bussy | None | C.M. Acharaff | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Oupalom | None | S. Govindarajalu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Nellitope | None | N. Ranganathan | Communist Party of India | |
| Modeliarpeth | None | V. Kailasa Subbiah | Communist Party of India | |
| Ariancoupom | None | S. Perumal | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Courouvinattam | None | K.R. Subramanya Padayachi | Indian National Congress | |
| Bahour | SC | K. Krishnasamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nettapacom | None | D. Ramachandran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tiroubouvane | SC | M. Thangavelu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Mannadipeth | None | S.M. Subbarayan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Oussoudou | SC | V. Nagarathinam | Indian National Congress | |
| Villenour | None | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Embalom | SC | M. Veerammal | Indian National Congress | |
| Oulgaret | None | S. Muthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Calapeth | None | M.O.H. Farook | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Poudousaram | None | N. Gurusamy | Communist Party of India | |
| Cotchery | SC | M. Balaya | Indian National Congress | |
| Karikal North | None | M. Jambulingam | Indian National Congress | |
| Karikal South | None | Marie Lourdes Silvaradjou | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Neravy | None | S. Ramasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Grandi Aldee | None | Y. Pandarinathan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tirnoular | None | R. Supprayalu Naicker | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Nedouncadou | None | P. Shanmugam | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahe | None | I.K. Kumaran | Independent | |
| Pallour | None | V.N. Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | |
| Yanaon | None | K.S.P.V. Rao Naidu | Independent | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "H. E. Shri M. O. H. Faarooq". Archived from the original on 5 January 2010.
- ^ G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 965. ISBN 9788120004009.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.