2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place in May 2006 to constitute the Twelfth Assembly of Pondicherry. The UPA alliance comprising Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Communist Party of India has won[1] and N. Rangasamy of Congress got elected as chief minister.[2]
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All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties and alliances
Secular Progressive Alliance+United Progressive Alliance
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | INC | N. Rangasamy | 16 | ||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK | A.M.H. Nazeem | 11 | ||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | PMK | 2 | |||
| Communist Party of India | CPI | 1 | |||
All India Anna DMK-led Alliance
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | AIADMK | A. Anbazhagan | 16 | ||
| Puducherry Munnetra Congress | PMC | P. Kannan | 10 | ||
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | MDMK | 3 | |||
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | VCK | 1 | |||
Results
Source: [5]
Elected members
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Muthialpet | 80.97% | Nandha T. Saravanan | DMK | 11,658 | 54.44% | A. Kasilingam | AIADMK | 6,779 | 31.66% | 4,879 | ||
| 2 | Cassicade | 77.76% | K. Lakshminarayanan | PMC | 4,942 | 49.05% | G. Ravichandiran | INC | 4,726 | 46.90% | 216 | ||
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 76.71% | S. P. Sivakumar | DMK | 2,590 | 65.95% | P. K. Devadoss | PMC | 1,094 | 27.86% | 1,496 | ||
| 4 | Bussy | 79.65% | Bussy N. Anand | PMC | 2,423 | 54.06% | Annibal Kennedy | DMK | 1,952 | 43.55% | 471 | ||
| 5 | Oupalam | 89.08% | A. Anbalagan | AIADMK | 9,200 | 58.05% | U. C. Arumugam | DMK | 6,131 | 38.68% | 3,069 | ||
| 6 | Orleampeth | 85.49% | R. Siva | DMK | 8,509 | 52.61% | G. Nehru Kuppusamy | Independent | 6,549 | 40.49% | 1,960 | ||
| 7 | Nellithope | 84.43% | Omsakthi Sekar | AIADMK | 9,933 | 51.69% | R. V. Janakiraman | DMK | 8,490 | 44.18% | 1,443 | ||
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 87.85% | Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian | DMK | 10,783 | 37.22% | P. Kannan | PMC | 9,379 | 32.38% | 1,404 | ||
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 89.32% | R. K. R. Anantharaman | PMK | 13,314 | 51.39% | T. Jayamoorthy | PMC | 11,512 | 44.43% | 1,802 | ||
| 10 | Embalam | 89.05% | R. Rajaraman | DMK | 7,208 | 40.56% | L. Periyasamy | Independent | 6,683 | 37.61% | 525 | ||
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 90.41% | V. Vaithilingam | INC | 9,166 | 52.20% | V. Muthunarayanan | PMC | 7,830 | 44.60% | 1,336 | ||
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 90.10% | R. Radhakrishnan | INC | 13,020 | 74.66% | B. Navaneetha Kannan | JD(S) | 3,557 | 20.40% | 9,463 | ||
| 13 | Bahour | 90.87% | M. Kandasamy | INC | 11,164 | 60.06% | P. Rajavelu | PMC | 6,888 | 37.05% | 4,276 | ||
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 88.92% | Angalane | INC | 10,534 | 49.91% | S. Komala | MDMK | 6,378 | 30.22% | 4,156 | ||
| 15 | Mannadipet | 90.01% | P. Arulmurugan | PMK | 8,193 | 42.41% | N. Rajaram | Independent | 6,386 | 33.06% | 1,807 | ||
| 16 | Ossudu | 92.18% | Abar Elumalai | Independent | 6,417 | 34.58% | P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas | Independent | 3,755 | 20.23% | 2,662 | ||
| 17 | Villianur | 89.10% | J. Narayanasamy | Independent | 11,950 | 49.35% | C. Djeacoumar | INC | 10,441 | 43.12% | 1,509 | ||
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 88.34% | A. Namassivayam | INC | 14,072 | 48.10% | K. Natarajan | AIADMK | 12,824 | 43.83% | 1,248 | ||
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 84.30% | N. Rangaswamy | INC | 27,024 | 90.16% | T. Gunasekaran | AIADMK | 2,026 | 6.76% | 24,998 | ||
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 77.08% | R. Viswanathan | CPI | 17,314 | 50.43% | A. M. Krishnamurthy | AIADMK | 13,925 | 40.56% | 3,389 | ||
| 21 | Lawspet | 80.65% | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan | INC | 17,944 | 43.03% | G. Anandhamurugesan | AIADMK | 10,986 | 26.35% | 6,958 | ||
| 22 | Cotchery | 87.29% | V. Omalingam | AIADMK | 10,116 | 50.25% | P. R. N. Thirumurugan | INC | 9,094 | 45.17% | 1,022 | ||
| 23 | Karaikal North | 80.25% | A. M. H. Nazeem | DMK | 5,742 | 45.20% | A. J. Assana | DMDK | 5,551 | 43.70% | 191 | ||
| 24 | Karaikal South | 86.74% | V. K. Ganapathy | PMC | 7,970 | 55.06% | A. V. Subramanian | INC | 6,231 | 43.05% | 1,739 | ||
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 86.57% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | DMK | 4,946 | 31.41% | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy | Independent | 4,762 | 30.24% | 184 | ||
| 26 | Thirunallar | 87.85% | P. R. Siva | MDMK | 7,237 | 49.69% | R. Kamalakkannan | INC | 6,952 | 47.73% | 285 | ||
| 27 | Nedungadu | 88.40% | A. Marimuthu | Independent | 6,143 | 43.47% | M. Chandirakasu | INC | 5,306 | 37.54% | 837 | ||
| 28 | Mahe | 80.00% | E. Valsaraj | INC | 5,647 | 55.74% | T. Ashok Kumar | CPI(M) | 3,700 | 36.52% | 1,947 | ||
| 29 | Palloor | 78.14% | A. V. Sreedharan | INC | 5,987 | 53.35% | T. K. Gangadharan | CPI(M) | 4,512 | 40.20% | 1,475 | ||
| 30 | Yanam | 96.74% | Malladi Krishna Rao | INC | 11,763 | 64.89% | Raksha Harikrishna | Independent | 5,457 | 30.10% | 6,306 | ||
See also
References
- "After 6 years, Pondicherry is back in coalition mode". The Times of India. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- "N Rangasamy appointed Pondicherry CM". Rediff. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "Cong, PMK ink poll pact in Pondy". oneindia. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- S., Viswanathan (2 June 2006). "Three in a row". Frontline. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - "Pondicherry Assembly Election Results in 2006". Elections. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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