1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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←  1990 15 June 1991 1996  →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered593,318
Turnout67.73%
 Majority partyMinority party
  Hand INC.svg Indian election symbol two leaves.svg
Leader V. Vaithilingam
Party INC AIADMK
Seats before113
Seats won156
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Increase2.svg3
Popular vote32.29%18.66%
CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

V. Vaithilingam
INC

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. [1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and V. Vaithilingam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry. [2] [3] The Indian National Congress was in an alliance with the AIADMK. [4]

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Results

India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1991.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 117,28930.0015Increase2.svg4
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 96,60724.714Decrease2.svg5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 67,79217.346Increase2.svg3
Janata Dal 26,3216.731Decrease2.svg3
Communist Party of India 19,5034.991Decrease2.svg1
Others27,6787.0800
Independents35,7399.143Increase2.svg2
Total390,929100.00300
Valid votes390,92997.29
Invalid/blank votes10,8952.71
Total votes401,824100.00
Registered voters/turnout593,31867.72
Source: ECI [5]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Muthialpet 63.69%M. Balasubramaniam AIADMK 9,17552.38%S. Anandavelu DMK 8,06046.02%1,115
2 Cassicade 57.22%M. Elango JD 4,92749.97%P. Shanmugan INC 4,47845.42%449
3 Raj Bhavan 55.95%A. Gandhiraj INC 2,38148.45%S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,33247.46%49
4 Bussy 54.96%C. M. Achraff INC 3,08358.80%G. Perularaja DMK 2,04238.95%1,041
5 Oupalam 65.16%U. C. Arumugan AIADMK 7,35257.27%N. Nathamuthu DMK 5,28341.15%2,069
6 Orleampeth 58.15%K. Parasuraman AIADMK 8,69759.44%N. Manimaran DMK 5,61338.36%3,084
7 Nellithope 59.08% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 7,06749.05%N. R. Shanmugam AIADMK 6,98848.50%79
8 Mudaliarpet 67.66%V. Sababady Kothandraman Independent 8,23045.45%M. Manjini CPI 4,29523.72%3,935
9 Ariankuppam 69.40% P. Subbarayan DMK 5,79435.59%S. Ramsing PMK 4,62428.40%1,170
10 Embalam 73.00%K. Pakkiri Ammal INC 4,17137.57%R. Rajaraman JD 2,58723.30%1,584
11 Nettapakkam 70.68% V. Vaithilingam INC 8,09566.14%R. Subbaraya Gounder DMK 3,78230.90%4,313
12 Kuruvinatham 80.41%T. Thiagarajan INC 6,76551.72%N. Vengadasamy DMK 4,01430.69%2,751
13 Bahour 73.30%P. Rajavelu Independent 6,37748.63%E. Rajalingam Independent 4,45433.96%1,923
14 Thirubuvanai 69.35%D. Viswanathan AIADMK 7,45355.69%M. Thangavelu DMK 4,93936.90%2,514
15 Mannadipet 77.87%N. Rajaram INC 7,77152.33%D. Ramachandran DMK 6,87446.29%897
16 Ossudu 73.28%N. Marimuthu INC 7,29363.00%S. Balaraman JD 4,16235.95%3,131
17 Villianur 74.99%P. Anandabaskaran INC 8,19054.09%C. Jayakumar JD 6,74044.51%1,450
18 Ozhukarai 71.15%K. Natarajan AIADMK 8,56656.82%M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni DMK 6,27941.65%2,287
19 Thattanchavady 64.70% N. Rangaswamy INC 12,54569.71%V. Pethaperumal JD 5,28529.37%7,260
20 Reddiarpalayam 57.85%R. Viswanathan CPI 13,13464.00%Indira Munusamy AIADMK 6,51731.76%6,617
21 Lawspet 66.15%P. Kanann INC 13,47561.51%P. Sankaran CPI(M) 8,08836.92%5,387
22 Cotchery 76.19%R. Nalamaharajan Independent 5,05137.01%M. Vaithilingam INC 4,59233.64%459
23 Karaikal North 57.35% A. M. H. Nazeem DMK 6,80959.31%M. Gnanadesigan AIADMK 4,38938.23%2,420
24 Karaikal South 65.69% A. V. Subramanian INC 6,18961.10%S. Savarirajan DMK 3,72436.76%2,465
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 75.92%V. M. C. V. Ganapathy AIADMK 6,38449.67% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 6,14547.81%239
26 Thirunallar 72.09%A. Soundararengan DMK 4,40141.37%R. Kamalakkannan Independent 2,99428.14%1,407
27 Nedungadu 75.75%M. Chandirakasu INC 5,95555.25%S. A. Marimuthu DMK 4,82444.75%1,131
28 Mahe 70.09%E. Valsaraj INC 5,09962.62%K. V. Raghavan CPI(M) 2,42129.73%2,678
29 Palloor 70.41%A. V. Sreedharan INC 4,92259.02%K. M. Raju Master JD 2,62031.41%2,302
30 Yanam 83.39%Velaga Rajeshwara Rao INC 6,33156.87%Raksha Harikrishna DMK 4,70442.26%1,627

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References

  1. ↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1991" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vaithilingam sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister". Times of India . PTI. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2022. This is 58-year old Vaithilingam's second term as Chief Minister. He had earlier headed the Congress government between 1991 and 1996.
  3. ↑ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly" . Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine) . 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 8th election: 1991 - The Congress retained its position as the single-largest party, winning 15 seats with a vote share of 30 per cent. The Congress continued its tie-up with the AIADMK, which won six of the 10 seats it contested and had a vote share of 17 per cent.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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