1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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]

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

27 February 1990

30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered585,194
Turnout72.38%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader M. O. H. Farook M. D. R. Ramachandran
Party INC DMK
Seats before 15 5
Seats won 11 9
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 25.04% 24.07%

CM before election

M. O. H. Farook
INC

Elected CM

M. D. R. Ramachandran
DMK

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress105,20725.04114
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam101,12724.0794
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam76,33718.1733
Janata Dal38,1459.084New
Communist Party of India21,3235.0722
Others44,47510.5800
Independents33,5577.9911
Total420,171100.00300
Valid votes420,17199.19
Invalid/blank votes3,4160.81
Total votes423,587100.00
Registered voters/turnout585,19472.38
Source: ECI[5]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Muthialpet67.23%G. Palani RajaDMK10,57155.74%R. Kalipaerumal Alias PerumalAIADMK8,39444.26%2,177
2Cassicade66.29%P. KannanINC6,04052.52%S. AnandaveluDMK5,09544.30%945
3Raj Bhavan62.08%S. P. SivakumarDMK2,52847.58%L. Joseph MariadossINC2,37744.74%151
4Bussy58.96%C. M. AchraffINC2,69248.30%S. Babu AnsardeenDMK2,46344.20%229
5Oupalam69.17%N. NaghamuthuDMK7,37853.96%P. K. LoganathanAIADMK5,95643.56%1,422
6Orleampeth63.14%N. ManimaranDMK8,07650.47%M. PanduranganAIADMK7,56947.30%507
7Nellithope64.95%R. V. JanakiramanDMK6,60141.58%B. ManimaranAIADMK6,07138.24%530
8Mudaliarpet71.69%M. ManjiniCPI8,90545.39%V. Sababady KothandramanINC8,04941.02%856
9Ariankuppam72.85%A. BakthkavachalamJD5,95033.88%Gopalusamy Alias G. D. ChandranAIADMK5,26529.98%685
10Embalam78.97%K. DeivanayagamJD4,66936.96%K. SivaloganathanIndependent3,56328.20%1,106
11Nettapakkam77.31%V. VaithilingamINC7,33255.34%N. DevadassDMK3,19324.10%4,139
12Kuruvinatham84.54%R. RamanathanDMK6,07243.99%P. PurushothamanAIADMK4,30731.21%1,765
13Bahour78.72%P. RajaveluJD8,22357.79%M. RajagopalanINC5,17936.40%3,044
14Thirubuvanai74.01%D. ViswanathanAIADMK6,74346.43%N. VeerappanDMK5,21935.94%1,524
15Mannadipet79.70%D. RamachandranDMK7,80251.00%R. SomasundaramAIADMK6,21040.59%1,592
16Ossudu78.93%N. MarimuthuINC5,24240.77%P. SundararasuJD3,51427.33%1,728
17Villianur76.74%P. AnandabaskaranINC8,44254.30%M. VenugopalDMK4,70630.27%3,736
18Ozhukarai76.53%M. Rasan Alias VazhumuniDMK8,74954.08%M. PadmanabhanAIADMK6,95643.00%1,793
19Thattanchavady66.83%V. PethaperumalJD9,50351.31%N. RangaswamyINC8,52146.00%982
20Reddiarpalayam63.09%R. ViswanathanCPI11,15350.82%V. BalajiINC8,48238.65%2,671
21Lawspet72.02%M. O. H. FarookINC12,63753.00%P. SankaranCPI(M)9,73840.84%2,899
22Cotchery79.85%M. VaithilingamINC5,18935.99%G. PanjavarnamIndependent5,04935.02%140
23Karaikal North64.00%S. M. ThavasuINC5,39441.51%G. RangayenJD3,78329.11%1,611
24Karaikal South68.72%S. RamassamyAIADMK6,01256.32%S. SavarirajanDMK4,22839.61%1,784
25Neravy T R Pattinam80.93%V. GanapathyAIADMK7,10251.72%V. M. C. SivakumarDMK6,25845.57%844
26Thirunallar76.92%R. KamalakkannanIndependent4,12435.70%A. SoundararenganDMK3,69832.01%426
27Nedungadu77.12%M. ChandirakasuINC6,17455.68%R. KuppusamyIndependent2,59123.37%3,583
28Mahe78.91%E. ValsarajINC5,14256.05%Mukkath JayanCPI(M)3,30436.01%1,838
29Palloor76.72%A. V. SreedharanINC5,28858.44%K. GangadharanIndependent2,57628.47%2,712
30Yanam85.72%Raksha HarikrishnaDMK4,63242.99%Velaga Rajeshwara RaoINC3,02728.09%1,605

See also

References

  1. "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 7th election: 1990 - The Puducherry election of 1990 was among the most fractious in terms of numbers. The Congress, which had a tie-up with the AIADMK, was the single-largest party, winning 11 seats, with a vote share of 25 per cent. The DMK secured nine seats and had a vote share of 24 per cent. The AIADMK secured three seats.
  2. "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1990" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. Kavitha Shetty (31 March 1990). "DMK stuns Congress-AIADMK in Pondicherry". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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