1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

9 March 1969
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	228,754
Turnout	81.59%
Majority party Minority party   Leader M. O. H. Farook Party DMK Indian National Congress (R) Leader's seat Kalapet Last election Did not contest Seats won 15 10 Seat change - 12 Popular vote 61,717 78,052 Percentage 33.70% 42.62% Swing _ 9.45pp
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister M. O. H. Farook DMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly (French: Assemblée législative de Pondichéry) were held in March 1969, to elect members of the 3rd Puducherry Assembly. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.

The territory of Pondicherry was delimited by the Delimitation Commission of India into 30 single-member constituencies.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (R)	78,052	42.62	10	12
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	61,717	33.70	15	New
	Communist Party of India	23,115	12.62	3	New
	Independents	20,250	11.06	2	2
Total		183,134	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		183,134	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		3,497	1.87
Total votes		186,631	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		228,754	81.59
Source: ECI

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	%
1	Muthialpet	83.78%	K. Murugaiyan		DMK	3,290	55.52%	M. Thangapragasam		INC	2,636	44.48%	654
2	Kurusukuppam	76.26%	G. Perumal Raja		DMK	4,068	59.89%	N. Govindaraj		INC	1,550	22.82%	2,518
3	Cassicade	69.48%	P. Ansari Dorasamy		INC	2,721	60.33%	R. Azhwar		CPI	1,409	31.24%	1,312
4	Raj Bhavan	67.81%	D. Kantharaj		INC	1,766	51.62%	S. Sadagopan		DMK	1,655	48.38%	111
5	Bussy	63.87%	C. M. Achraff		DMK	2,336	75.94%	M. J. Vincent		INC	740	24.06%	1,596
6	Oupalam	75.00%	S. Govindarajalu		DMK	2,676	46.59%	K. Karunakaran		Independent	1,730	30.12%	946
7	Nellithope	72.63%	N. Ranganathan		CPI	4,372	57.11%	B. Chandrasekaran		INC	2,759	36.04%	1,613
8	Mudaliarpet	85.10%	Y. Kailasa Surbian		CPI	4,748	62.01%	A. S. Janakipaman		INC	2,909	37.99%	1,839
9	Ariankuppam	84.70%	S. Perumal		DMK	3,774	50.11%	P. C. Purushothaman		INC	3,758	49.89%	16
10	Kuruvinatham	86.08%	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi		INC	4,050	56.13%	M. Rajagopal		CPI	2,903	40.24%	1,147
11	Bahour	85.99%	K. Krishnasamy		INC	3,211	52.22%	R. Thangavelu Clemanso		CPI	2,938	47.78%	273
12	Nettapakkam	92.09%	D. Ramachandran		DMK	3,545	51.10%	V. Venkatasubba Reddiar		INC	3,393	48.90%	152
13	Thirubuvanai	77.89%	M. Thangavelu		DMK	3,277	51.52%	R. Mannathan		INC	2,338	36.76%	939
14	Mannadipet	88.02%	S. M. Subbarayan		DMK	3,499	50.99%	D. Kannappan		INC	2,315	33.74%	1,184
15	Ossudu	76.28%	V. Nagarathinam		INC	3,386	50.60%	P. S. Perumal		CPI	3,306	49.40%	80
16	Villianur	84.73%	S. Arumugam		DMK	4,132	59.95%	S. V. Murugesa Nadar		INC	2,760	40.05%	1,372
17	Embalam	83.41%	M. Veerammal		INC	3,682	55.69%	M. Veerappan		DMK	2,930	44.31%	752
18	Uzhavarkarai	83.20%	S. Muthu		DMK	3,452	50.15%	G. Rajamanickam		INC	1,823	26.49%	1,629
19	Kalapet	87.21%	M. O. H. Farook		DMK	4,261	59.84%	M. Murugesa Mudaliar		INC	2,860	40.16%	1,401
20	Poudousaram	78.41%	N. Gurusamy		CPI	3,439	53.34%	M. Krishnasamy		INC	2,866	44.45%	573
21	Cotchery	83.34%	M. Balaya		INC	3,097	47.41%	T. Jayaraman		DMK	2,546	38.97%	551
22	Karaikal North	78.59%	M. Jambulingam		INC	4,208	52.07%	A. M. Hameed Maricar		Independent	3,873	47.93%	335
23	Karaikal South	71.71%	Marie Lourdes Silvaradjou		DMK	2,439	50.91%	N. M. Mohamed Yussouf		INC	2,041	42.60%	398
24	Neravy T R Pattinam	89.67%	S. Ramasamy		DMK	3,447	53.88%	M. Kaliappa Naicker		INC	2,951	46.12%	496
25	Grand’ Aldee	85.47%	Y. Pandari Nathan		DMK	3,852	70.82%	G. Muthukrishnan		Independent	1,026	18.86%	2,826
26	Thirunallar	87.91%	R. Supprayalu Naicker		DMK	3,455	54.12%	V. Arunasalam		INC	2,814	44.08%	641
27	Nedungadu	89.87%	P. Shanmugam		INC	3,103	50.16%	A. Savundararangan		DMK	3,083	49.84%	20
28	Mahe	83.50%	I. K. Kumaran		Independent	2,885	59.33%	Valavil Kesavan		INC	1,978	40.67%	907
29	Palloor	82.69%	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman		INC	2,609	67.64%	Pondeatte Anandin		Independent	1,248	32.36%	1,361
30	Yanam	89.65%	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu		Independent	2,287	55.56%	Yarra Zagannadharao		INC	1,829	44.44%	458

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1969 elections in India

External links

• "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.