1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
← 1985 27 February 1990 1991 →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered585,194
Turnout72.38%
  Majority party Minority party
 
M. O. H. Farook.jpg
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Leader M. O. H. Farook 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

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]

Seat allotments[edit | edit source]

Congress Alliance[edit | edit source]

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Indian National Congress

V. Vaithilingam 17
2. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa 13

DMK-led Alliance[edit | edit source]

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 18
2. Janata Dal Sivaji Ganesan 7+1[lower-alpha 1]
3. Communist Party of India Indrajit Gupta 3
4. Communist Party of India E. M. S. Namboodiripad 2

Results[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress105,20725.0411Decrease4
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam101,12724.079Increase4
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam76,33718.173Decrease3
Janata Dal38,1459.084New
Communist Party of India21,3235.072Increase2
Others44,47510.5800
Independents33,5577.991Decrease1
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[edit | edit source]

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
# Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Muthialpet 67.23 G. Palani Raja DMK 10,571 55.74 R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal AIADMK 8,394 44.26 2,177
2 Cassicade 66.29 P. Kannan INC 6,040 52.52 S. Anandavelu DMK 5,095 44.30 945
3 Raj Bhavan 62.08 S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,528 47.58 L. Joseph Mariadoss INC 2,377 44.74 151
4 Bussy 58.96 C. M. Achraff INC 2,692 48.30 S. Babu Ansardeen DMK 2,463 44.20 229
5 Oupalam 69.17 N. Naghamuthu DMK 7,378 53.96 P. K. Loganathan AIADMK 5,956 43.56 1,422
6 Orleampeth 63.14 N. Manimaran DMK 8,076 50.47 M. Pandurangan AIADMK 7,569 47.30 507
7 Nellithope 64.95 R. V. Janakiraman DMK 6,601 41.58 B. Manimaran AIADMK 6,071 38.24 530
8 Mudaliarpet 71.69 M. Manjini CPI 8,905 45.39 V. Sababady Kothandraman INC 8,049 41.02 856
9 Ariankuppam 72.85 A. Bakthkavachalam JD 5,950 33.88 Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran AIADMK 5,265 29.98 685
10 Embalam 78.97 K. Deivanayagam JD 4,669 36.96 K. Sivaloganathan Independent 3,563 28.20 1,106
11 Nettapakkam 77.31 V. Vaithilingam INC 7,332 55.34 N. Devadass DMK 3,193 24.10 4,139
12 Kuruvinatham 84.54 R. Ramanathan DMK 6,072 43.99 P. Purushothaman AIADMK 4,307 31.21 1,765
13 Bahour 78.72 P. Rajavelu JD 8,223 57.79 M. Rajagopalan INC 5,179 36.40 3,044
14 Thirubuvanai 74.01 D. Viswanathan AIADMK 6,743 46.43 N. Veerappan DMK 5,219 35.94 1,524
15 Mannadipet 79.70 D. Ramachandran DMK 7,802 51.00 R. Somasundaram AIADMK 6,210 40.59 1,592
16 Ossudu 78.93 N. Marimuthu INC 5,242 40.77 P. Sundararasu JD 3,514 27.33 1,728
17 Villianur 76.74 P. Anandabaskaran INC 8,442 54.30 M. Venugopal DMK 4,706 30.27 3,736
18 Ozhukarai 76.53 M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni DMK 8,749 54.08 M. Padmanabhan AIADMK 6,956 43.00 1,793
19 Thattanchavady 66.83 V. Pethaperumal JD 9,503 51.31 N. Rangaswamy INC 8,521 46.00 982
20 Reddiarpalayam 63.09 R. Viswanathan CPI 11,153 50.82 V. Balaji INC 8,482 38.65 2,671
21 Lawspet 72.02 M. O. H. Farook INC 12,637 53.00 P. Sankaran CPI (M) 9,738 40.84 2,899
22 Cotchery 79.85 M. Vaithilingam INC 5,189 35.99 G. Panjavarnam Independent 5,049 35.02 140
23 Karaikal North 64.00 S. M. Thavasu INC 5,394 41.51 G. Rangayen JD 3,783 29.11 1,611
24 Karaikal South 68.72 S. Ramassamy AIADMK 6,012 56.32 S. Savarirajan DMK 4,228 39.61 1,784
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 80.93 V. Ganapathy AIADMK 7,102 51.72 V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 6,258 45.57 844
26 Thirunallar 76.92 R. Kamalakkannan Independent 4,124 35.70 A. Soundararengan DMK 3,698 32.01 426
27 Nedungadu 77.12 M. Chandirakasu INC 6,174 55.68 R. Kuppusamy Independent 2,591 23.37 3,583
28 Mahe 78.91 E. Valsaraj INC 5,142 56.05 Mukkath Jayan CPI (M) 3,304 36.01 1,838
29 Palloor 76.72 A. V. Sreedharan INC 5,288 58.44 K. Gangadharan Independent 2,576 28.47 2,712
30 Yanam 85.72 Raksha Harikrishna DMK 4,632 42.99 Velaga Rajeshwara Rao INC 3,027 28.09 1,605

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Friendly Contest on Nettapakkam between DMK and JD.

References[edit | edit source]

  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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