1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

27 February 1990
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	585,194
Turnout	72.38%
Majority party Minority party   Leader M. O. H. Farook M. D. R. Ramachandran Party INC DMK Seats before 15 5 Seats won 11 9 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 25.04% 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]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	105,207	25.04	11	4
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	101,127	24.07	9	4
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	76,337	18.17	3	3
	Janata Dal	38,145	9.08	4	New
	Communist Party of India	21,323	5.07	2	2
	Others	44,475	10.58	0	0
	Independents	33,557	7.99	1	1
Total		420,171	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		420,171	99.19
Invalid/blank votes		3,416	0.81
Total votes		423,587	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		585,194	72.38
Source: ECI[5]

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	67.23%	G. Palani Raja		DMK	10,571	55.74%	R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal		AIADMK	8,394	44.26%	2,177
2	Cassicade	66.29%	P. Kannan		INC	6,040	52.52%	S. Anandavelu		DMK	5,095	44.30%	945
3	Raj Bhavan	62.08%	S. P. Sivakumar		DMK	2,528	47.58%	L. Joseph Mariadoss		INC	2,377	44.74%	151
4	Bussy	58.96%	C. M. Achraff		INC	2,692	48.30%	S. Babu Ansardeen		DMK	2,463	44.20%	229
5	Oupalam	69.17%	N. Naghamuthu		DMK	7,378	53.96%	P. K. Loganathan		AIADMK	5,956	43.56%	1,422
6	Orleampeth	63.14%	N. Manimaran		DMK	8,076	50.47%	M. Pandurangan		AIADMK	7,569	47.30%	507
7	Nellithope	64.95%	R. V. Janakiraman		DMK	6,601	41.58%	B. Manimaran		AIADMK	6,071	38.24%	530
8	Mudaliarpet	71.69%	M. Manjini		CPI	8,905	45.39%	V. Sababady Kothandraman		INC	8,049	41.02%	856
9	Ariankuppam	72.85%	A. Bakthkavachalam		JD	5,950	33.88%	Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran		AIADMK	5,265	29.98%	685
10	Embalam	78.97%	K. Deivanayagam		JD	4,669	36.96%	K. Sivaloganathan		Independent	3,563	28.20%	1,106
11	Nettapakkam	77.31%	V. Vaithilingam		INC	7,332	55.34%	N. Devadass		DMK	3,193	24.10%	4,139
12	Kuruvinatham	84.54%	R. Ramanathan		DMK	6,072	43.99%	P. Purushothaman		AIADMK	4,307	31.21%	1,765
13	Bahour	78.72%	P. Rajavelu		JD	8,223	57.79%	M. Rajagopalan		INC	5,179	36.40%	3,044
14	Thirubuvanai	74.01%	D. Viswanathan		AIADMK	6,743	46.43%	N. Veerappan		DMK	5,219	35.94%	1,524
15	Mannadipet	79.70%	D. Ramachandran		DMK	7,802	51.00%	R. Somasundaram		AIADMK	6,210	40.59%	1,592
16	Ossudu	78.93%	N. Marimuthu		INC	5,242	40.77%	P. Sundararasu		JD	3,514	27.33%	1,728
17	Villianur	76.74%	P. Anandabaskaran		INC	8,442	54.30%	M. Venugopal		DMK	4,706	30.27%	3,736
18	Ozhukarai	76.53%	M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni		DMK	8,749	54.08%	M. Padmanabhan		AIADMK	6,956	43.00%	1,793
19	Thattanchavady	66.83%	V. Pethaperumal		JD	9,503	51.31%	N. Rangaswamy		INC	8,521	46.00%	982
20	Reddiarpalayam	63.09%	R. Viswanathan		CPI	11,153	50.82%	V. Balaji		INC	8,482	38.65%	2,671
21	Lawspet	72.02%	M. O. H. Farook		INC	12,637	53.00%	P. Sankaran		CPI(M)	9,738	40.84%	2,899
22	Cotchery	79.85%	M. Vaithilingam		INC	5,189	35.99%	G. Panjavarnam		Independent	5,049	35.02%	140
23	Karaikal North	64.00%	S. M. Thavasu		INC	5,394	41.51%	G. Rangayen		JD	3,783	29.11%	1,611
24	Karaikal South	68.72%	S. Ramassamy		AIADMK	6,012	56.32%	S. Savarirajan		DMK	4,228	39.61%	1,784
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	80.93%	V. Ganapathy		AIADMK	7,102	51.72%	V. M. C. Sivakumar		DMK	6,258	45.57%	844
26	Thirunallar	76.92%	R. Kamalakkannan		Independent	4,124	35.70%	A. Soundararengan		DMK	3,698	32.01%	426
27	Nedungadu	77.12%	M. Chandirakasu		INC	6,174	55.68%	R. Kuppusamy		Independent	2,591	23.37%	3,583
28	Mahe	78.91%	E. Valsaraj		INC	5,142	56.05%	Mukkath Jayan		CPI(M)	3,304	36.01%	1,838
29	Palloor	76.72%	A. V. Sreedharan		INC	5,288	58.44%	K. Gangadharan		Independent	2,576	28.47%	2,712
30	Yanam	85.72%	Raksha Harikrishna		DMK	4,632	42.99%	Velaga Rajeshwara Rao		INC	3,027	28.09%	1,605

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1990 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. 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.

External links

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