1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered585,194
Turnout72.38%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Leader M. O. H. Farook M. D. R. Ramachandran
Party INC DMK
Seats before155
Seats won119
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg4
Popular vote25.04%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]

Contents

Seat allotments

Congress Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. Indian National Congress

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V. Vaithilingam 17
2. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol two leaves.svg J. Jayalalithaa 13

DMK-led Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol rising sun.svg M. Karunanidhi 18
2. Janata Dal Janata Dal symbol.svg Sivaji Ganesan 7+1 [a]
3. Communist Party of India CPI symbol.svg Indrajit Gupta 3
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg E. M. S. Namboodiripad 2

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 105,20725.0411Decrease2.svg4
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 101,12724.079Increase2.svg4
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,33718.173Decrease2.svg3
Janata Dal 38,1459.084New
Communist Party of India 21,3235.072Increase2.svg2
Others44,47510.5800
Independents33,5577.991Decrease2.svg1
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 ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#Names%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Muthialpet 67.23%G. Palani Raja DMK 10,57155.74%R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal AIADMK 8,39444.26%2,177
2 Cassicade 66.29%P. Kannan INC 6,04052.52%S. Anandavelu DMK 5,09544.30%945
3 Raj Bhavan 62.08%S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,52847.58%L. Joseph Mariadoss INC 2,37744.74%151
4 Bussy 58.96%C. M. Achraff INC 2,69248.30%S. Babu Ansardeen DMK 2,46344.20%229
5 Oupalam 69.17%N. Naghamuthu DMK 7,37853.96%P. K. Loganathan AIADMK 5,95643.56%1,422
6 Orleampeth 63.14%N. Manimaran DMK 8,07650.47%M. Pandurangan AIADMK 7,56947.30%507
7 Nellithope 64.95% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 6,60141.58%B. Manimaran AIADMK 6,07138.24%530
8 Mudaliarpet 71.69%M. Manjini CPI 8,90545.39%V. Sababady Kothandraman INC 8,04941.02%856
9 Ariankuppam 72.85%A. Bakthkavachalam JD 5,95033.88%Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran AIADMK 5,26529.98%685
10 Embalam 78.97%K. Deivanayagam JD 4,66936.96%K. Sivaloganathan Independent 3,56328.20%1,106
11 Nettapakkam 77.31% V. Vaithilingam INC 7,33255.34%N. Devadass DMK 3,19324.10%4,139
12 Kuruvinatham 84.54%R. Ramanathan DMK 6,07243.99%P. Purushothaman AIADMK 4,30731.21%1,765
13 Bahour 78.72%P. Rajavelu JD 8,22357.79%M. Rajagopalan INC 5,17936.40%3,044
14 Thirubuvanai 74.01%D. Viswanathan AIADMK 6,74346.43%N. Veerappan DMK 5,21935.94%1,524
15 Mannadipet 79.70%D. Ramachandran DMK 7,80251.00%R. Somasundaram AIADMK 6,21040.59%1,592
16 Ossudu 78.93%N. Marimuthu INC 5,24240.77%P. Sundararasu JD 3,51427.33%1,728
17 Villianur 76.74%P. Anandabaskaran INC 8,44254.30%M. Venugopal DMK 4,70630.27%3,736
18 Ozhukarai 76.53%M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni DMK 8,74954.08%M. Padmanabhan AIADMK 6,95643.00%1,793
19 Thattanchavady 66.83%V. Pethaperumal JD 9,50351.31% N. Rangaswamy INC 8,52146.00%982
20 Reddiarpalayam 63.09%R. Viswanathan CPI 11,15350.82%V. Balaji INC 8,48238.65%2,671
21 Lawspet 72.02% M. O. H. Farook INC 12,63753.00%P. Sankaran CPI(M) 9,73840.84%2,899
22 Cotchery 79.85%M. Vaithilingam INC 5,18935.99%G. Panjavarnam Independent 5,04935.02%140
23 Karaikal North 64.00%S. M. Thavasu INC 5,39441.51%G. Rangayen JD 3,78329.11%1,611
24 Karaikal South 68.72% S. Ramassamy AIADMK 6,01256.32%S. Savarirajan DMK 4,22839.61%1,784
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 80.93%V. Ganapathy AIADMK 7,10251.72% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 6,25845.57%844
26 Thirunallar 76.92%R. Kamalakkannan Independent 4,12435.70%A. Soundararengan DMK 3,69832.01%426
27 Nedungadu 77.12%M. Chandirakasu INC 6,17455.68%R. Kuppusamy Independent 2,59123.37%3,583
28 Mahe 78.91%E. Valsaraj INC 5,14256.05%Mukkath Jayan CPI(M) 3,30436.01%1,838
29 Palloor 76.72%A. V. Sreedharan INC 5,28858.44%K. Gangadharan Independent 2,57628.47%2,712
30 Yanam 85.72%Raksha Harikrishna DMK 4,63242.99%Velaga Rajeshwara Rao INC 3,02728.09%1,605

See also

Notes

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

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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