2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	658,647
Turnout	70.10%
Majority party Minority party   Leader P. Shanmugam R. V. Janakiraman Party INC DMK Seats before 9 7 Seats won 11 7 Seat change 2 0
CM before election P. Shanmugam INC Elected CM P. Shanmugam INC

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in 2001, 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, and P. Shanmugam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Seat allotments

AIADMK-PMK Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	20
2.		Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramadoss	10

National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	13
2.		Puducherry Makkal Congress		P. Kannan	9
2.		Bharatiya Janata Party		L. K. Advani	5
3.		Janata Dal (United)		Nitish Kumar	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidates ran under the DMK ticket
4.		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		Thol. Thirumavalavan	2

TMC+INC+CPI

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		P. Shanmugham	21
2.		Tamil Maanila Congress		G. K. Moopanar	7
3.		Communist Party of India		R. Nallakannu	2

List of Candidates

Constituency
		INC+			NDA			AIADMK+
1	Muthialpet		INC	Palaniraja .G.		DMK	Raja Chandrasekaran		AIADMK	Kasilingam .A.
2	Cassicade		TMC(M)	Balaji .V.		PMC	Lakshminarayanan .K.		PMK	Malar Mannan .R.
3	Raj Bhavan		INC	Gandhiraj .A.		DMK	Sivakumar .S.P.		AIADMK	Pandurangan .M.
4	Bussy		CPI	Abdul Rachide .A.		DMK	Annibal Kennedy		AIADMK	Babu Ansardeen .S.
5	Oupalamp		TMC(M)	Naghamuthu .N.		PMC	Pandian .P.		AIADMK	Anbalagan .A.
6	Orleampeth		INC	Pandourangame .C.		DMK	Siva .R.		AIADMK	Chezhian .G.
7	Nellithope		INC	E. Puviarasu		DMK	R.V. Janakiraman		AIADMK	Dr. J. Nannan
8	Modeliarpeth		INC	Sabapathy alias Kothandaraman .V.		DMK	Dr. Subramanian .M.A.S.		AIADMK	Ravindran .A.
9	Ariankuppam		INC	Vinayagamourthy .K.		DMK	Ilangovan .S.		PMK	Anantharaman .K.R.
10	Embalom (SC)		INC	N. Gangadaran		DMK	S. Palanivelu		AIADMK	M. Nagamany
11	Nettapakkam		INC	V. Vaithilingam		PMC	V. Muthunarayanan		PMK	K. Dhanraju
12	Kuruvinatham		INC	T. Thiagarajan		PMC	R. Radhakrishnan		PMK	T. Vikkiraman
13	Bahour (SC)		TMC(M)	M. Kandasamy		PMC	P. Rajavelu		PMK	K. Deivanayagam
14	Thirubuvanai (SC)		INC	P. Angalan		DMK	D. Angalan		AIADMK	S. Arasi
15	Mannadipeth		INC	N. Rajaram		PMC	S. Srinivasan		AIADMK	D. Ramachandran
16	Ossudu (SC)		TMC(M)	P. Sundhararaju		PMC	A. Elumalai		PMK	S. Balaraman
17	Villenour		TMC(M)	C. Djeacoumar		PMC	J. Narayanasamy		AIADMK	Ramane
18	Ozhukarai		TMC(M)	A. Namassivayam		DMK	N. Balane B.Sc.		AIADMK	K. Natarajan
19	Thattanchavady		INC	N. Rangasamy		JD(U)	V. Pethaperumal		AIADMK	N. Ragupathy
20	Reddiarpalayam		CPI	R. Viswanathan		BJP	A.M. Krishnamurthy		PMK	N.G. Pannirselvam
21	Lawspet		INC	Shajahan .M.O.H.F.		DMK	Kesavan .N.		AIADMK	Kalaiselvi .K.
22	Cotchery		INC	R. Nalamagarajan		BJP	S. Elangovan		PMK	M. Ramadass
23	Karaikal North		INC	S. Ramassamy		DMK	A.M.H. Nazeem		AIADMK	A.J. Assana
24	Karaikal South		INC	A.V. Subramanian		PMC	V.K. Ganapathy		AIADMK	SP. Karuppaiya
25	Neravy-Grand Aldee		TMC(M)	V.M.C.V. Ganapathy		DMK	V.M.C. Sivakumar		AIADMK	V.M.C. Raja alias V.M.C. Sivashanmuganathan
26	Tirunallar		INC	R. Kamalakkannan		DMK	Arivoli .N.V.R.		PMK	S. Ambalavanan
27	Neduncadu (SC)		INC	M. Chandirakasu		DMK	A. Marimuthu		AIADMK	P. Packirisamy
28	Mahe		INC	E. Valsaraj		BJP	East Namath Rajeendran		AIADMK	K. Lakshmanan
29	Palloor		INC	A.V. Sreedharan		BJP	C.P. Ganeshan		PMK	N.K. Sachindranath
30	Yanam		INC	Elaprolu Chittibabu		BJP	Gollapalli Gangadhara Pratap		AIADMK	Giddi Sri Hari Rao

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	108,700	22.78	11	2
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	83,679	17.54	7	0
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	59,926	12.56	3	0
	Puducherry Makkal Congress	48,865	10.24	4	New
	Tamil Maanila Congress	35,390	7.42	2	3
	Bharatiya Janata Party	22,164	4.65	1	1
	Others	66,981	14.04	0	0
	Independents	51,402	10.77	2	0
Total		477,107	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		477,107	99.95
Invalid/blank votes		252	0.05
Total votes		477,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		658,647	72.48
Source: ECI [6]

Results by Pre-Poll alliance

INC+		Contested	WON	NDA		Contested	WON	AIADMK+		Contested	WON	Others			WON
INC		21	11	DMK		13	7	AIADMK		20	3	IND			2
TMC		7	2	PMC		9	4	PMK		10	0
CPI		2	0	BJP		5	1
				DPI		2	0
				JDU		1	0
Total			13	Total			12	Total			3	Total			2
Change			3	Change			4	Change			1	Change			0

Results by Post-Poll alliance

INC+		SEATS	NDA		SEATS	Others		SEATS
INC		11	DMK		7	IND		2
TMC		2	PMC		4
AIADMK		3	BJP		1
Total		16	Total		12	Total		2

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	64.67%	A. Kasilingam		AIADMK	6,857	38.02%	Raja Chandrasekaran		DMK	4,947	27.43%	1,910
2	Cassicade	68.44%	K. Lakshminarayanan		PMC	4,875	51.52%	R. Malar Mannan		PMK	3,097	32.73%	1,778
3	Raj Bhavan	65.75%	S. P. Sivakumar		DMK	2,408	57.79%	A. Gandhiraj		INC	1,308	31.39%	1,100
4	Bussy	51.02%	Annibal Kennedy		DMK	3,087	63.77%	S. Babu Ansardeen		AIADMK	904	18.67%	2,183
5	Oupalam	72.89%	A. Anbalagan		AIADMK	8,416	59.24%	P. Pandian		PMC	5,044	35.50%	3,372
6	Orleampeth	70.28%	R. Siva		DMK	7,608	49.41%	G. Chezhian		AIADMK	4,223	27.42%	3,385
7	Nellithope	75.41%	R. V. Janakiraman		DMK	7,780	51.42%	Dr. J. Nannan		AIADMK	5,839	38.59%	1,941
8	Mudaliarpet	73.23%	Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian		DMK	9,119	40.98%	V. Sababady Kothandraman		INC	7,616	34.22%	1,503
9	Ariankuppam	74.12%	T. Jayamoorthy		Independent	9,790	45.23%	K. R. Anantharaman		PMK	5,628	26.00%	4,162
10	Embalam	74.87%	N. Gangadaran		INC	3,723	25.44%	S. Palanivelu		DMK	3,087	21.10%	636
11	Nettapakkam	79.40%	V. Vaithilingam		INC	5,984	39.47%	K. Dhanraju		PMK	4,771	31.47%	1,213
12	Kuruvinatham	83.57%	R. Radhakrishnan		PMC	8,000	50.58%	T. Thiagarajan		INC	5,979	37.81%	2,021
13	Bahour	79.21%	P. Rajavelu		PMC	7,696	48.91%	M. Kandasamy		TMC(M)	5,063	32.18%	2,633
14	Thirubuvanai	76.21%	P. Angalane		INC	4,753	28.60%	Durai Arivudainambi		Independent	3,949	23.76%	804
15	Mannadipet	79.09%	D. Ramachandran		AIADMK	8,939	55.29%	N. Rajaram		INC	4,237	26.21%	4,702
16	Ossudu	81.22%	Abar Elumalai		PMC	5,364	34.65%	S. Balaraman		PMK	5,200	33.59%	164
17	Villianur	80.72%	C. Djeacoumar		TMC(M)	10,335	50.51%	J. Narayanasamy		PMC	6,246	30.52%	4,089
18	Ozhukarai	71.96%	A. Namassivayam		TMC(M)	10,164	45.49%	K. Natarajan		AIADMK	6,021	26.95%	4,143
19	Thattanchavady	67.87%	N. Rangaswamy		INC	14,323	58.90%	V. Pethaperumal		JD(U)	8,769	36.06%	5,554
20	Reddiarpalayam	70.12%	A. M. Krishnamurthy		BJP	11,446	44.85%	R. Viswanathan		CPI	7,985	31.29%	3,461
21	Lawspet	65.51%	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		INC	12,929	38.51%	N. Kesavan		DMK	10,962	32.65%	1,967
22	Cotchery	71.10%	R. Nalamagarajan		INC	7,058	43.50%	M. Ramadass		PMK	5,382	33.17%	1,676
23	Karaikal North	61.17%	A. M. H. Nazeem		DMK	6,273	46.92%	A. J. Assana		AIADMK	3,969	29.69%	2,304
24	Karaikal South	69.85%	A. V. Subramanian		INC	6,138	51.39%	V. K. Ganapathy		PMC	5,229	43.78%	909
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	71.52%	V. M. C. Sivakumar		DMK	6,672	46.96%	V. M. C. V. Ganapathy		TMC(M)	3,741	26.33%	2,931
26	Thirunallar	74.22%	R. Kamalakkannan		INC	5,390	42.00%	N. V. R. Arivoli		DMK	4,615	35.96%	775
27	Nedungadu	76.17%	M. Chandirakasu		INC	5,720	45.35%	A. Marimuthu		DMK	4,660	36.95%	1,060
28	Mahe	72.95%	E. Valsaraj		INC	5,666	59.87%	Manoli Muhammad		Independent	3,131	33.08%	2,535
29	Palloor	71.01%	A. V. Sreedharan		INC	4,855	49.23%	P. Dineshan		CPI(M)	3,392	34.40%	1,463
30	Yanam	83.43%	Malladi Krishna Rao		Independent	8,959	57.34%	Gollapalli Gangadhara Pratap		BJP	5,981	38.28%	2,978

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 2001 elections in India

References

1. "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine) . 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 10th election: 2001 - The Congress was the single-largest party in the 2001 Puducherry election, winning 11 seats, with a vote share of 22.78 per cent. Its pre-poll ally, the Tamil Maanila Congress, won two seats. The Congress and Tamil Maanila Congress formed the government, with outside support of the AIADMK, which had won three seats.
2. "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 2001" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
3. "Former Puducherry chief minister Shanmugam dead". Newstrackindia.com. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
4. "Former Puducherry CM Shanmugam passes away". The Hindu . 3 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013.
5. "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly" . Retrieved 8 September 2022.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 July 2022.

External links

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