1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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  1969 24 February 1974 1977  

30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered264,103
Turnout85.32%
 Majority partyMinority party
  Indian election symbol two leaves.svg Hand INC.svg
Leader S. Ramassamy
Party AIADMK INC(R)
Seats beforeNew10
Seats won127
Seat changeNADecrease2.svg3

CM before election

President's Rule

Elected CM

S. Ramassamy
AIADMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1974, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. [1] The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and its leader, S. Ramassamy was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry (French: Ministre en chef de Pondichéry). [2] [3]

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 60,81227.8312New
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 47,82321.892Decrease2.svg13
Indian National Congress (Organisation) 41,34818.925New
Indian National Congress 34,84015.957Decrease2.svg3
Communist Party of India 18,4688.452Decrease2.svg1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,7371.251Increase2.svg1
Independents12,4705.711Increase2.svg1
Total218,498100.00300
Valid votes218,49896.97
Invalid/blank votes6,8303.03
Total votes225,328100.00
Registered voters/turnout264,10385.32
Source: ECI [4]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Muthialpet 82.21%G. Pajaniraja AIADMK 4,31543.87%M. Thangapragasam INC(O) 3,84239.06%473
2 Cassicade 78.61%Ansari P. Duraisamy INC(O) 2,99638.91%Durai Munisami AIADMK 2,59133.65%405
3 Raj Bhavan 74.16%Dhana Kantharaj INC 2,39956.00%K. Jothi AIADMK 1,10425.77%1,295
4 Bussy 75.48%S. Pakkiam AIADMK 1,68038.59%A. Jayaraj INC(O) 1,44133.10%239
5 Oupalam 82.49%C. N. Parthasarathy AIADMK 3,19846.84%P. Raghava Chettiar INC(O) 2,11230.93%1,086
6 Orleampeth 80.22%N. Manimaran AIADMK 3,83348.45%R. Vaidyanathan INC 2,35629.78%1,477
7 Nellithope 80.84%R. Kannan INC(O) 2,49537.77%N. Ranganathan CPI 2,36935.86%126
8 Mudaliarpet 87.12%Sabapathy Alias V. Kothandaraman INC(O) 3,88943.06%R. Alwar CPI 3,32836.85%561
9 Ariankuppam 86.16%P. C. Purushothaman INC 3,36437.06% P. Subbarayan DMK 3,01733.24%347
10 Embalam 87.38%G. Murugesan INC 3,14047.13%Sivaloganathan DMK 1,99429.93%1,146
11 Nettapakkam 92.00%V. Vengatasubba Reddi INC 4,07255.65%S. Vengatachalapathi AIADMK 2,59835.51%1,474
12 Kuruvinatham 89.05%N. Vengadasamy AIADMK 3,44544.50%K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi INC(O) 2,64234.13%803
13 Bahour 88.37%Thangavel Clamanso CPI 2,72738.77%P. Utharavelu Independent 2,21131.43%516
14 Thirubuvanai 87.20%A. Gopal INC 2,67234.96%Thangavelu AIADMK 2,63734.50%35
15 Mannadipet 91.88%D. Ramachandira Reddiar AIADMK 3,46746.00%Kannappan INC(O) 2,13228.29%1,335
16 Ossudu 86.58%T. Ezhumalai AIADMK 3,42647.83%V. Nagarathinam INC 2,46134.36%965
17 Villianur 87.65%M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar INC(O) 2,81237.00%K. Thirukamu AIADMK 2,60634.28%206
18 Ozhukarai 87.15%Venugopal Alias G. Mannathan AIADMK 2,98239.44%S. Muthu DMK 2,27830.13%704
19 Thattanchavady 83.73%V. Pethaperumal INC(O) 3,46846.85%N. Gurusamy CPI 2,71036.61%758
20 Reddiarpalayam 82.42%V. Subbiah CPI 3,34544.09%V. Balaji INC(O) 2,87637.91%469
21 Lawspet 88.12% M. O. H. Farook DMK 3,46139.21%N. Varazhau AIADMK 3,27537.10%186
22 Cotchery 90.19%T. Subbaiya AIADMK 3,66046.04%S. M. Jambulingam INC(O) 2,44630.77%1,214
23 Karaikal North 80.49%K. Kandhi AIADMK 3,96441.24%P. Shanmugam INC 3,66638.14%298
24 Karaikal South 84.85% S. Ramassamy AIADMK 3,29646.80%S. Savarirajan INC(O) 1,85726.37%1,439
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 86.71%V. M. C. Varada Pillai AIADMK 5,31359.89%V. M. C. Siva Shanmuganathan DMK 2,99233.73%2,321
26 Thirunallar 89.29%A. Soundararengan DMK 3,74249.31%S. Arangasamy INC(O) 2,71135.72%1,031
27 Nedungadu 87.59%R. Coupousamy INC 2,93441.18%P. Selvaraj AIADMK 2,22531.23%709
28 Mahe 85.02%Kunnummal Raghavan CPI(M) 1,81633.03%Iraye Kunnathitathil Kumaran Independent 1,52827.79%288
29 Palloor 86.10% Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman INC 1,98041.41%Mottamal Pocku Independent 1,08122.61%899
30 Yanam 90.28% Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu Independent 2,28452.74%Naidou Maddimsetty Satyamurty INC 1,98645.86%298

See also

References

  1. "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1974" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. "Former Puducherry Chief Minister Ramassamy passes away". Times of India . PTI. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022. He became Chief Minister in 1974 heading the AIADMK-CPI coalition ministry for a brief period.
  3. "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine) . 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 3rd election: 1974 ... Subramanyan Ramaswamy of AIADMK became chief minister with support of the CPI
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.