2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in 1969, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.
The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and P. Shanmugam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 658,647 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 70.10% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 108,700 | 22.78 | 11 |  2 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 83,679 | 17.54 | 7 | 0 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 59,926 | 12.56 | 3 | 0 | |
| Puducherry Makkal Congress | 48,865 | 10.24 | 4 | New | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress | 35,390 | 7.42 | 2 |  3 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 22,164 | 4.65 | 1 | 1 | |
| Others | 66,981 | 14.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 51,402 | 10.77 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 477,107 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 477,107 | 99.95 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 252 | 0.05 | |||
| Total votes | 477,359 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 658,647 | 72.48 | |||
| Source: ECI | |||||
Elected members
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Muthialpet | 64.67% | A. Kasilingam | AIADMK | 6,857 | 38.02% | Raja Chandrasekaran | DMK | 4,947 | 27.43% | 1,910 | ||
| 2 | Cassicade | 68.44% | K. Lakshminarayanan | PMC | 4,875 | 51.52% | R. Malar Mannan | PMK | 3,097 | 32.73% | 1,778 | ||
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 65.75% | S. P. Sivakumar | DMK | 2,408 | 57.79% | A. Gandhiraj | INC | 1,308 | 31.39% | 1,100 | ||
| 4 | Bussy | 51.02% | Annibal Kennedy | DMK | 3,087 | 63.77% | S. Babu Ansardeen | AIADMK | 904 | 18.67% | 2,183 | ||
| 5 | Oupalam | 72.89% | A. Anbalagan | AIADMK | 8,416 | 59.24% | P. Pandian | PMC | 5,044 | 35.50% | 3,372 | ||
| 6 | Orleampeth | 70.28% | R. Siva | DMK | 7,608 | 49.41% | G. Chezhian | AIADMK | 4,223 | 27.42% | 3,385 | ||
| 7 | Nellithope | 75.41% | R. V. Janakiraman | DMK | 7,780 | 51.42% | Dr. J. Nannan | AIADMK | 5,839 | 38.59% | 1,941 | ||
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 73.23% | Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian | DMK | 9,119 | 40.98% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | INC | 7,616 | 34.22% | 1,503 | ||
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 74.12% | T. Jayamoorthy | Independent | 9,790 | 45.23% | K. R. Anantharaman | PMK | 5,628 | 26.00% | 4,162 | ||
| 10 | Embalam | 74.87% | N. Gangadaran | INC | 3,723 | 25.44% | S. Palanivelu | DMK | 3,087 | 21.10% | 636 | ||
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 79.40% | V. Vaithilingam | INC | 5,984 | 39.47% | K. Dhanraju | PMK | 4,771 | 31.47% | 1,213 | ||
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 83.57% | R. Radhakrishnan | PMC | 8,000 | 50.58% | T. Thiagarajan | INC | 5,979 | 37.81% | 2,021 | ||
| 13 | Bahour | 79.21% | P. Rajavelu | PMC | 7,696 | 48.91% | M. Kandasamy | TMC(M) | 5,063 | 32.18% | 2,633 | ||
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 76.21% | P. Angalane | INC | 4,753 | 28.60% | Durai Arivudainambi | Independent | 3,949 | 23.76% | 804 | ||
| 15 | Mannadipet | 79.09% | D. Ramachandran | AIADMK | 8,939 | 55.29% | N. Rajaram | INC | 4,237 | 26.21% | 4,702 | ||
| 16 | Ossudu | 81.22% | Abar Elumalai | PMC | 5,364 | 34.65% | S. Balaraman | PMK | 5,200 | 33.59% | 164 | ||
| 17 | Villianur | 80.72% | C. Djeacoumar | TMC(M) | 10,335 | 50.51% | J. Narayanasamy | PMC | 6,246 | 30.52% | 4,089 | ||
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 71.96% | A. Namassivayam | TMC(M) | 10,164 | 45.49% | K. Natarajan | AIADMK | 6,021 | 26.95% | 4,143 | ||
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 67.87% | N. Rangaswamy | INC | 14,323 | 58.90% | V. Pethaperumal | JD(U) | 8,769 | 36.06% | 5,554 | ||
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 70.12% | A. M. Krishnamurthy | BJP | 11,446 | 44.85% | R. Viswanathan | CPI | 7,985 | 31.29% | 3,461 | ||
| 21 | Lawspet | 65.51% | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan | INC | 12,929 | 38.51% | N. Kesavan | DMK | 10,962 | 32.65% | 1,967 | ||
| 22 | Cotchery | 71.10% | R. Nalamagarajan | INC | 7,058 | 43.50% | M. Ramadass | PMK | 5,382 | 33.17% | 1,676 | ||
| 23 | Karaikal North | 61.17% | A. M. H. Nazeem | DMK | 6,273 | 46.92% | A. J. Assana | AIADMK | 3,969 | 29.69% | 2,304 | ||
| 24 | Karaikal South | 69.85% | A. V. Subramanian | INC | 6,138 | 51.39% | V. K. Ganapathy | PMC | 5,229 | 43.78% | 909 | ||
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 71.52% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | DMK | 6,672 | 46.96% | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy | TMC(M) | 3,741 | 26.33% | 2,931 | ||
| 26 | Thirunallar | 74.22% | R. Kamalakkannan | INC | 5,390 | 42.00% | N. V. R. Arivoli | DMK | 4,615 | 35.96% | 775 | ||
| 27 | Nedungadu | 76.17% | M. Chandirakasu | INC | 5,720 | 45.35% | A. Marimuthu | DMK | 4,660 | 36.95% | 1,060 | ||
| 28 | Mahe | 72.95% | E. Valsaraj | INC | 5,666 | 59.87% | Manoli Muhammad | Independent | 3,131 | 33.08% | 2,535 | ||
| 29 | Palloor | 71.01% | A. V. Sreedharan | INC | 4,855 | 49.23% | P. Dineshan | CPI(M) | 3,392 | 34.40% | 1,463 | ||
| 30 | Yanam | 83.43% | Malladi Krishna Rao | Independent | 8,959 | 57.34% | Gollapalli Gangadhara Pratap | BJP | 5,981 | 38.28% | 2,978 | ||
See also
References
External links
- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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