2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
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Leader N. Rangaswamy A. M. H. Nazeem A. Anbazhagan
Party INC DMK AIADMK
Leader's seat Thattanchavady Karaikal North Oupalam
Seats before1173
Seats won1073
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Chief Minister before election

N. Rangaswamy
INC

Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
INC

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place in May 2006 to constitute the Twelfth Assembly of Pondicherry. The UPA alliance comprising Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Communist Party of India has won [1] and N. Rangasamy of Congress got elected as chief minister. [2]

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Parties and alliances

Source: [1] [3] [4]

   Secular Progressive Alliance+United Progressive Alliance

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC Hand INC.svg N. Rangasamy 16
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK Indian election symbol rising sun.svg A.M.H. Nazeem 11
Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg 2
Communist Party of India CPI CPI symbol.svg 1

   All India Anna DMK-led Alliance

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK Indian election symbol two leaves.svg A. Anbazhagan16
Puducherry Munnetra Congress PMC P. Kannan 10
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MDMK Indian Election Symbol Top.png 3
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK No flag.svg 1

Results

Source: [5]

India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 2006.svg
PartiesSeats
  Indian National Congress 10
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3
  Pattali Makkal Katchi 2
  Puducherry Munnetra Congress 3
  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1
  Communist Party of India 1
  Independents 3

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Muthialpet 80.97%Nandha T. Saravanan DMK 11,65854.44%A. Kasilingam AIADMK 6,77931.66%4,879
2 Cassicade 77.76%K. Lakshminarayanan PMC 4,94249.05%G. Ravichandiran INC 4,72646.90%216
3 Raj Bhavan 76.71%S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,59065.95%P. K. Devadoss PMC 1,09427.86%1,496
4 Bussy 79.65% Bussy N. Anand PMC 2,42354.06%Annibal Kennedy DMK 1,95243.55%471
5 Oupalam 89.08%A. Anbalagan AIADMK 9,20058.05%U. C. Arumugam DMK 6,13138.68%3,069
6 Orleampeth 85.49% R. Siva DMK 8,50952.61% G. Nehru Kuppusamy Independent 6,54940.49%1,960
7 Nellithope 84.43%Omsakthi Sekar AIADMK 9,93351.69% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 8,49044.18%1,443
8 Mudaliarpet 87.85%Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian DMK 10,78337.22%P. Kannan PMC 9,37932.38%1,404
9 Ariankuppam 89.32%R. K. R. Anantharaman PMK 13,31451.39% T. Jayamoorthy PMC 11,51244.43%1,802
10 Embalam 89.05%R. Rajaraman DMK 7,20840.56%L. Periyasamy Independent 6,68337.61%525
11 Nettapakkam 90.41% V. Vaithilingam INC 9,16652.20%V. Muthunarayanan PMC 7,83044.60%1,336
12 Kuruvinatham 90.10%R. Radhakrishnan INC 13,02074.66%B. Navaneetha Kannan JD(S) 3,55720.40%9,463
13 Bahour 90.87%M. Kandasamy INC 11,16460.06%P. Rajavelu PMC 6,88837.05%4,276
14 Thirubuvanai 88.92%Angalane INC 10,53449.91%S. Komala MDMK 6,37830.22%4,156
15 Mannadipet 90.01%P. Arulmurugan PMK 8,19342.41%N. Rajaram Independent 6,38633.06%1,807
16 Ossudu 92.18% Abar Elumalai Independent 6,41734.58%P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas Independent 3,75520.23%2,662
17 Villianur 89.10%J. Narayanasamy Independent 11,95049.35%C. Djeacoumar INC 10,44143.12%1,509
18 Ozhukarai 88.34% A. Namassivayam INC 14,07248.10%K. Natarajan AIADMK 12,82443.83%1,248
19 Thattanchavady 84.30% N. Rangaswamy INC 27,02490.16%T. Gunasekaran AIADMK 2,0266.76%24,998
20 Reddiarpalayam 77.08%R. Viswanathan CPI 17,31450.43% A. M. Krishnamurthy AIADMK 13,92540.56%3,389
21 Lawspet 80.65% M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC 17,94443.03%G. Anandhamurugesan AIADMK 10,98626.35%6,958
22 Cotchery 87.29%V. Omalingam AIADMK 10,11650.25%P. R. N. Thirumurugan INC 9,09445.17%1,022
23 Karaikal North 80.25% A. M. H. Nazeem DMK 5,74245.20%A. J. Assana DMDK 5,55143.70%191
24 Karaikal South 86.74%V. K. Ganapathy PMC 7,97055.06% A. V. Subramanian INC 6,23143.05%1,739
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 86.57% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 4,94631.41%V. M. C. V. Ganapathy Independent 4,76230.24%184
26 Thirunallar 87.85% P. R. Siva MDMK 7,23749.69%R. Kamalakkannan INC 6,95247.73%285
27 Nedungadu 88.40%A. Marimuthu Independent 6,14343.47%M. Chandirakasu INC 5,30637.54%837
28 Mahe 80.00%E. Valsaraj INC 5,64755.74%T. Ashok Kumar CPI(M) 3,70036.52%1,947
29 Palloor 78.14%A. V. Sreedharan INC 5,98753.35%T. K. Gangadharan CPI(M) 4,51240.20%1,475
30 Yanam 96.74% Malladi Krishna Rao INC 11,76364.89%Raksha Harikrishna Independent 5,45730.10%6,306

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "After 6 years, Pondicherry is back in coalition mode". The Times of India. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "N Rangasamy appointed Pondicherry CM". Rediff. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Cong, PMK ink poll pact in Pondy". oneindia. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ↑ S., Viswanathan (2 June 2006). "Three in a row". Frontline. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. ↑ "Pondicherry Assembly Election Results in 2006". Elections. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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