1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 593,318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 67.73% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and V. Vaithilingam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[2][3] The Indian National Congress was in an alliance with the AIADMK.[4]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Indian National Congress | 117,289 | 30.00 | 15 | 4 | |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 96,607 | 24.71 | 4 | 5 | |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 67,792 | 17.34 | 6 | 3 | |
Janata Dal | 26,321 | 6.73 | 1 | 3 | |
Communist Party of India | 19,503 | 4.99 | 1 | 1 | |
Others | 27,678 | 7.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 35,739 | 9.14 | 3 | 2 | |
Total | 390,929 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 390,929 | 97.29 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,895 | 2.71 | |||
Total votes | 401,824 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 593,318 | 67.72 | |||
Source: ECI[5] |
Elected members
[edit]Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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#k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
1 | Muthialpet | 63.69% | M. Balasubramaniam | AIADMK | 9,175 | 52.38% | S. Anandavelu | DMK | 8,060 | 46.02% | 1,115 | ||
2 | Cassicade | 57.22% | M. Elango | JD | 4,927 | 49.97% | P. Shanmugan | INC | 4,478 | 45.42% | 449 | ||
3 | Raj Bhavan | 55.95% | A. Gandhiraj | INC | 2,381 | 48.45% | S. P. Sivakumar | DMK | 2,332 | 47.46% | 49 | ||
4 | Bussy | 54.96% | C. M. Achraff | INC | 3,083 | 58.80% | G. Perularaja | DMK | 2,042 | 38.95% | 1,041 | ||
5 | Oupalam | 65.16% | U. C. Arumugan | AIADMK | 7,352 | 57.27% | N. Nathamuthu | DMK | 5,283 | 41.15% | 2,069 | ||
6 | Orleampeth | 58.15% | K. Parasuraman | AIADMK | 8,697 | 59.44% | N. Manimaran | DMK | 5,613 | 38.36% | 3,084 | ||
7 | Nellithope | 59.08% | R. V. Janakiraman | DMK | 7,067 | 49.05% | N. R. Shanmugam | AIADMK | 6,988 | 48.50% | 79 | ||
8 | Mudaliarpet | 67.66% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | Independent | 8,230 | 45.45% | M. Manjini | CPI | 4,295 | 23.72% | 3,935 | ||
9 | Ariankuppam | 69.40% | P. Subbarayan | DMK | 5,794 | 35.59% | S. Ramsing | PMK | 4,624 | 28.40% | 1,170 | ||
10 | Embalam | 73.00% | K. Pakkiri Ammal | INC | 4,171 | 37.57% | R. Rajaraman | JD | 2,587 | 23.30% | 1,584 | ||
11 | Nettapakkam | 70.68% | V. Vaithilingam | INC | 8,095 | 66.14% | R. Subbaraya Gounder | DMK | 3,782 | 30.90% | 4,313 | ||
12 | Kuruvinatham | 80.41% | T. Thiagarajan | INC | 6,765 | 51.72% | N. Vengadasamy | DMK | 4,014 | 30.69% | 2,751 | ||
13 | Bahour | 73.30% | P. Rajavelu | Independent | 6,377 | 48.63% | E. Rajalingam | Independent | 4,454 | 33.96% | 1,923 | ||
14 | Thirubuvanai | 69.35% | D. Viswanathan | AIADMK | 7,453 | 55.69% | M. Thangavelu | DMK | 4,939 | 36.90% | 2,514 | ||
15 | Mannadipet | 77.87% | N. Rajaram | INC | 7,771 | 52.33% | D. Ramachandran | DMK | 6,874 | 46.29% | 897 | ||
16 | Ossudu | 73.28% | N. Marimuthu | INC | 7,293 | 63.00% | S. Balaraman | JD | 4,162 | 35.95% | 3,131 | ||
17 | Villianur | 74.99% | P. Anandabaskaran | INC | 8,190 | 54.09% | C. Jayakumar | JD | 6,740 | 44.51% | 1,450 | ||
18 | Ozhukarai | 71.15% | K. Natarajan | AIADMK | 8,566 | 56.82% | M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni | DMK | 6,279 | 41.65% | 2,287 | ||
19 | Thattanchavady | 64.70% | N. Rangaswamy | INC | 12,545 | 69.71% | V. Pethaperumal | JD | 5,285 | 29.37% | 7,260 | ||
20 | Reddiarpalayam | 57.85% | R. Viswanathan | CPI | 13,134 | 64.00% | Indira Munusamy | AIADMK | 6,517 | 31.76% | 6,617 | ||
21 | Lawspet | 66.15% | P. Kanann | INC | 13,475 | 61.51% | P. Sankaran | CPI(M) | 8,088 | 36.92% | 5,387 | ||
22 | Cotchery | 76.19% | R. Nalamaharajan | Independent | 5,051 | 37.01% | M. Vaithilingam | INC | 4,592 | 33.64% | 459 | ||
23 | Karaikal North | 57.35% | A. M. H. Nazeem | DMK | 6,809 | 59.31% | M. Gnanadesigan | AIADMK | 4,389 | 38.23% | 2,420 | ||
24 | Karaikal South | 65.69% | A. V. Subramanian | INC | 6,189 | 61.10% | S. Savarirajan | DMK | 3,724 | 36.76% | 2,465 | ||
25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 75.92% | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy | AIADMK | 6,384 | 49.67% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | DMK | 6,145 | 47.81% | 239 | ||
26 | Thirunallar | 72.09% | A. Soundararengan | DMK | 4,401 | 41.37% | R. Kamalakkannan | Independent | 2,994 | 28.14% | 1,407 | ||
27 | Nedungadu | 75.75% | M. Chandirakasu | INC | 5,955 | 55.25% | S. A. Marimuthu | DMK | 4,824 | 44.75% | 1,131 | ||
28 | Mahe | 70.09% | E. Valsaraj | INC | 5,099 | 62.62% | K. V. Raghavan | CPI(M) | 2,421 | 29.73% | 2,678 | ||
29 | Palloor | 70.41% | A. V. Sreedharan | INC | 4,922 | 59.02% | K. M. Raju Master | JD | 2,620 | 31.41% | 2,302 | ||
30 | Yanam | 83.39% | Velaga Rajeshwara Rao | INC | 6,331 | 56.87% | Raksha Harikrishna | DMK | 4,704 | 42.26% | 1,627 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1991" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Vaithilingam sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister". Times of India. PTI. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
This is 58-year old Vaithilingam's second term as Chief Minister. He had earlier headed the Congress government between 1991 and 1996.
- ^ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
8th election: 1991 - The Congress retained its position as the single-largest party, winning 15 seats with a vote share of 30 per cent. The Congress continued its tie-up with the AIADMK, which won six of the 10 seats it contested and had a vote share of 17 per cent.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 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.