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. D. R. Ramachandran
Party INC DMK
Seats before 15 5
Seats won 11 9
Seat change Decrease4 Increase4
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 Congress105,20725.0411–4
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam101,12724.079+4
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam76,33718.173–3
Janata Dal38,1459.084New
Communist Party of India21,3235.072+2
Others44,47510.5800
Independents33,5577.991–1
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 Raja DMK10,57155.74%R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal AIADMK8,39444.26%2,177
2Cassicade66.29%P. Kannan INC6,04052.52%S. Anandavelu DMK5,09544.30%945
3Raj Bhavan62.08%S. P. Sivakumar DMK2,52847.58%L. Joseph Mariadoss INC2,37744.74%151
4Bussy58.96%C. M. Achraff INC2,69248.30%S. Babu Ansardeen DMK2,46344.20%229
5Oupalam69.17%N. Naghamuthu DMK7,37853.96%P. K. Loganathan AIADMK5,95643.56%1,422
6Orleampeth63.14%N. Manimaran DMK8,07650.47%M. Pandurangan AIADMK7,56947.30%507
7Nellithope64.95%R. V. Janakiraman DMK6,60141.58%B. Manimaran AIADMK6,07138.24%530
8Mudaliarpet71.69%M. Manjini CPI8,90545.39%V. Sababady Kothandraman INC8,04941.02%856
9Ariankuppam72.85%A. Bakthkavachalam JD5,95033.88%Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran AIADMK5,26529.98%685
10Embalam78.97%K. Deivanayagam JD4,66936.96%K. Sivaloganathan Independent3,56328.20%1,106
11Nettapakkam77.31%V. Vaithilingam INC7,33255.34%N. Devadass DMK3,19324.10%4,139
12Kuruvinatham84.54%R. Ramanathan DMK6,07243.99%P. Purushothaman AIADMK4,30731.21%1,765
13Bahour78.72%P. Rajavelu JD8,22357.79%M. Rajagopalan INC5,17936.40%3,044
14Thirubuvanai74.01%D. Viswanathan AIADMK6,74346.43%N. Veerappan DMK5,21935.94%1,524
15Mannadipet79.70%D. Ramachandran DMK7,80251.00%R. Somasundaram AIADMK6,21040.59%1,592
16Ossudu78.93%N. Marimuthu INC5,24240.77%P. Sundararasu JD3,51427.33%1,728
17Villianur76.74%P. Anandabaskaran INC8,44254.30%M. Venugopal DMK4,70630.27%3,736
18Ozhukarai76.53%M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni DMK8,74954.08%M. Padmanabhan AIADMK6,95643.00%1,793
19Thattanchavady66.83%V. Pethaperumal JD9,50351.31%N. Rangaswamy INC8,52146.00%982
20Reddiarpalayam63.09%R. Viswanathan CPI11,15350.82%V. Balaji INC8,48238.65%2,671
21Lawspet72.02%M. O. H. Farook INC12,63753.00%P. Sankaran CPI(M)9,73840.84%2,899
22Cotchery79.85%M. Vaithilingam INC5,18935.99%G. Panjavarnam Independent5,04935.02%140
23Karaikal North64.00%S. M. Thavasu INC5,39441.51%G. Rangayen JD3,78329.11%1,611
24Karaikal South68.72%S. Ramassamy AIADMK6,01256.32%S. Savarirajan DMK4,22839.61%1,784
25Neravy T R Pattinam80.93%V. Ganapathy AIADMK7,10251.72%V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK6,25845.57%844
26Thirunallar76.92%R. Kamalakkannan Independent4,12435.70%A. Soundararengan DMK3,69832.01%426
27Nedungadu77.12%M. Chandirakasu INC6,17455.68%R. Kuppusamy Independent2,59123.37%3,583
28Mahe78.91%E. Valsaraj INC5,14256.05%Mukkath Jayan CPI(M)3,30436.01%1,838
29Palloor76.72%A. V. Sreedharan INC5,28858.44%K. Gangadharan Independent2,57628.47%2,712
30Yanam85.72%Raksha Harikrishna DMK4,63242.99%Velaga Rajeshwara Rao INC3,02728.09%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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