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
Registered658,647
Turnout70.10%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader P. Shanmugam R. V. Janakiraman
Party INC DMK
Seats before 9 7
Seats won 11 7
Seat change Increase2 0
CM before election

P. Shanmugam
INC

Elected CM

P. Shanmugam
INC

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in 1969, 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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress108,70022.7811Increase2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam83,67917.5470
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam59,92612.5630
Puducherry Makkal Congress48,86510.244New
Tamil Maanila Congress35,3907.422Decrease3
Bharatiya Janata Party22,1644.651Increase1
Others66,98114.0400
Independents51,40210.7720
Total477,107100.00300
Valid votes477,10799.95
Invalid/blank votes2520.05
Total votes477,359100.00
Registered voters/turnout658,64772.48
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 Decrease 3 Change Increase 4 Change Decrease 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

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.