1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Indian union territory election June 2022 June 2022 1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election India legislative Popular no 1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 1985 27 February 1990 1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 1991 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 72.38% 100px Indian National Congress M. O. H. Farook.jpg 120 80 100 30 15 M. O. H. Farook 11 15 25.04% 4 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol rising sun.svg 120 100 100 10 0 M. D. R. Ramachandran 9 5 24.07% 4 CM Indian National Congress M. O. H. Farook Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. D. R. Ramachandran 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.https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/26/explained-puducherry-the-territory-of-coalitions-and-presidents-rule.html Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule The Week (Indian magazine) 26 March 2021 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. 4 September 2022https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1990.PDF Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1990 4 September 2022 13 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220813194818/https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1990.PDF dead 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.https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/pondicherry.HTML Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 8 September 2022 His party had an alliance with the CPI, and the Janata Dal.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19900331-dmk-stuns-congress-aiadmk-in-pondicherry-813798-1990-03-31 DMK stuns Congress-AIADMK in Pondicherry India Today 31 March 1990 Kavitha Shetty 9 September 2022 Seat allotments Congress Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Indian National Congress 50x50px V. Vaithilingam 172. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px J. Jayalalithaa 13 DMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px M. Karunanidhi 182. Janata Dal 50px Sivaji Ganesan 7+1DMK Friendly Contest on Nettapakkam between DMK and JD.3. Communist Party of India 50x50px Indrajit Gupta 34. Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50x50px E. M. S. Namboodiripad2 Others +PartySeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party8Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra SinhaIndian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha)1Janata PartyJanata Party (JP)15Lok DalLok Dal (B)4Bahujan Samaj PartyBahujan Samaj Party9Ambedkar Makkal IyakkamAmbedkar Makkal Iyakkam2Pattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal Katchi24Tharasu Makkal MandramTharasu Makkal Mandram11Independent politicianIndependents77 List of Candidates ConstituencyAIADMK+DMK+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Muthialpet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Kalipaerumal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Palaniraja 2 Cassicade Indian National Congress P. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Anandavelu 3 Raj Bhavan Indian National Congress L. Joseph Mariadoss Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. P. Sivakumar 4 Bussy Indian National Congress C. M. Achraff Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Babu Ansardeen 5 Oupalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. K. Loganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Naghamuthu 6 Orleampeth All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Pandurangan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Manimaran 7 Nellithope All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. Manimaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. V. Jankiraman 8 Modeliarpeth Indian National Congress V. Kothandaraman Communist Party of India M. Manjini 9 Ariankuppam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. D. Chandran Janata Dal A. Bakthkavachalam 10 Embalom (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Anbalagan Janata Dal K. Deivanayagam11Nettapakkam Indian National Congress 2V. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. DevadassDMK Janata Dal R. SubbarayakcounderDMK 12 Kuruvinatham All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Purushothaman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Ramanathan 13 Bahour (SC) Indian National Congress M. Rajagopalan Janata Dal P. Rajavelu 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK D. Viswanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Veerappan 15 Mannadipeth All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK R. Somasundaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Ramachandiran 16 Ossudu (SC) Indian National Congress N. Marimuthu Janata Dal P. Sundararasu 17 Villenour Indian National Congress P. Ananda Baskaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Venugopal 18 Ozhukarai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Padmanabhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Rasan Vazhumuni 19 Thattanchavady Indian National Congress N. Rangasamy Janata Dal V. Pethaperumal 20 Reddiarpalayam Indian National Congress V. Balaji Communist Party of India R. Viswanathan 21 Lawspet Indian National Congress M. O. H. Farook Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM P. Sankaran 22 Cotchery Indian National Congress M. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Nalamagarajan 23 Karaikal Indian National Congress S. M. Thavasu Janata Dal G. Rangayen 24 Karaikal South All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Ramassamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Savarirajan 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Ganapathy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. M. C. Sivakumar 26 Tirunallar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Sathiadasan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Soundararengan 27 Neduncadu (SC) Indian National Congress M. Chandirakassu Communist Party of India P. Thangarasu 28 Mahe Indian National Congress E. Valsaraj Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Mukkath Jayan 29 Palloor Indian National Congress A. V. Sreedharan Janata Dal P. Sreedharan Nambiar 30 Yanam Indian National Congress Velaga Rajeshwara Rao Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Raksha Harikrishna Election Statistics # Constituency ElectorsElectoral Total number of registered voters in the constituency who are eligible to vote. VotersVoters Total number of people who actually cast their vote (includes both valid and invalid votes). Poll %Poll Percentage of registered electors who voted. Poll Percentage equals to (Voters ÷ Electors) × 100 Valid votesValid Valid Votes that were accepted during counting because they were correctly cast. Invalid/rejected votes are excluded. It is calculated using: Valid Votes equals to "Voters − Rejected (Invalid) Votes" 1 Muthialpet 28,508 19,167 67.23% 18,965 2 Cassicade 17,494 11,597 66.29% 11,500 3 Raj Bhavan 8,625 5,354 62.08% 5,313 4 Bussy 9,555 5,634 58.96% 5,573 5 Oupalam 19,918 13,777 69.17% 13,674 6 Orleampeth 25,505 16,103 63.14% 16,003 7 Nellithope 24,612 15,985 64.95% 15,875 8 Modeliarpeth 27,566 19,761 71.69% 19,620 9 Ariankuppam 24,309 17,710 72.85% 17,563 10 Embalom (SC) 16,223 12,812 78.97% 12,634 11 Nettapakkam 17,322 13,391 77.31% 13,250 12 Kuruvinatham 16,477 13,929 84.54% 13,802 13 Bahour (SC) 18,225 14,347 78.72% 14,229 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) 19,795 14,650 74.01% 14,522 15 Mannadipeth 19,331 15,407 79.70% 15,299 16 Ossudu (SC) 16,430 12,969 78.93% 12,857 17 Villenour 20,438 15,685 76.74% 15,546 18 Ozhukarai 21,285 16,290 76.53% 16,178 19 Thattanchavady 27,900 18,645 66.83% 18,522 20 Reddiarpalayam 35,043 22,109 63.09% 21,946 21 Lawspet 33,391 24,049 72.02% 23,842 22 Cotchery 18,212 14,542 79.85% 14,417 23 Karaikal 20,424 13,072 64.00% 12,996 24 Karaikal South 15,662 10,763 68.72% 10,674 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee 17,113 13,849 80.93% 13,732 26 Tirunallar 15,100 11,615 76.92% 11,553 27 Neduncadu (SC) 14,509 11,189 77.12% 11,089 28 Mahe 11,666 9,206 78.91% 9,174 29 Palloor 11,876 9,111 76.72% 9,048 30 Yanam 12,680 10,869 85.72% 10,775 Total 5,85,194 4,23,587 72.38% 4,20,171 Trivia A total of 212 candidates contested the election across all 30 constituencies, with an average of 7 candidates per constituency. The minimum number of candidates in a constituency was 2, in Muthialpet, while the maximum number of candidates was 13, in Raj Bhavan. Out of the 30 constituencies: 2 constituencies had 2–5 candidates. 22 constituencies had 6–10 candidates. 3 constituencies had 11–15 candidates. No constituency had more than 15 candidates. There were 5,85,194 registered electors, comprising 3,02,259 men and 2,82,935 women. A total of 4,23,587 electors voted, including 2,17,954 men and 2,05,633 women. The overall voter turnout was 72.38%. The turnout among men was 72.11%, while the turnout among women was 72.68%. A total of 4,20,171 valid votes were recorded. 3,416 votes were rejected, accounting for 0.81% of the total votes polled. Polling was conducted at 690 polling stations across the territory. The average number of electors per polling station was 848. A total of 212 candidates contested the election, comprising 206 men and 6 women. A total of 30 candidates were elected, all of whom were men. No woman candidate was elected. The security deposits of 144 candidates were forfeited, including 138 men and 6 women. Results File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1990.svg Indian National Congress 105207 11 4 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 101127 9 4 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76337 3 3 Janata Dal 38145 4 New Communist Party of India 21323 2 2 Others 44475 0 0 Independents 33557 1 1 0 3416 585194 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3431-puducherry-1990/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry Election Commission of India 30 July 2022 Elected members + Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin # Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes% 1 Muthialpet 67.23 G. Palani Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 10,571 55.74 R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,394 44.26 2,177 2 Cassicade 66.29 P. Kannan Indian National Congress 6,040 52.52 S. Anandavelu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,095 44.30 945 3 Raj Bhavan 62.08 S. P. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,528 47.58 L. Joseph Mariadoss Indian National Congress 2,377 44.74 151 4 Bussy 58.96 C. M. Achraff Indian National Congress 2,692 48.30 S. Babu Ansardeen Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,463 44.20 229 5 Oupalam 69.17 N. Naghamuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,378 53.96 P. K. Loganathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,956 43.56 1,422 6 Orleampeth 63.14 N. Manimaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,076 50.47 M. Pandurangan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,569 47.30 507 7 Nellithope 64.95 R. V. Janakiraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,601 41.58 B. Manimaran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,071 38.24 530 8 Mudaliarpet 71.69 M. Manjini Communist Party of India 8,905 45.39 V. Sababady Kothandraman Indian National Congress 8,049 41.02 856 9 Ariankuppam 72.85 A. Bakthkavachalam Janata Dal 5,950 33.88 Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,265 29.98 685 10 Embalam 78.97 K. Deivanayagam Janata Dal 4,669 36.96 K. Sivaloganathan Independent politician 3,563 28.20 1,106 11 Nettapakkam 77.31 V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress 7,332 55.34 N. Devadass Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,193 24.10 4,139 12 Kuruvinatham 84.54 R. Ramanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,072 43.99 P. Purushothaman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,307 31.21 1,765 13 Bahour 78.72 P. Rajavelu Janata Dal 8,223 57.79 M. Rajagopalan Indian National Congress 5,179 36.40 3,044 14 Thirubuvanai 74.01 D. Viswanathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,743 46.43 N. Veerappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,219 35.94 1,524 15 Mannadipet 79.70 D. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,802 51.00 R. Somasundaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,210 40.59 1,592 16 Ossudu 78.93 N. Marimuthu Indian National Congress 5,242 40.77 P. Sundararasu Janata Dal 3,514 27.33 1,728 17 Villianur 76.74 P. Anandabaskaran Indian National Congress 8,442 54.30 M. Venugopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,706 30.27 3,736 18 Ozhukarai 76.53 M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,749 54.08 M. Padmanabhan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,956 43.00 1,793 19 Thattanchavady 66.83 V. Pethaperumal Janata Dal 9,503 51.31 N. Rangaswamy Indian National Congress 8,521 46.00 982 20 Reddiarpalayam 63.09 R. Viswanathan Communist Party of India 11,153 50.82 V. Balaji Indian National Congress 8,482 38.65 2,671 21 Lawspet 72.02 M. O. H. Farook Indian National Congress 12,637 53.00 P. Sankaran Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9,738 40.84 2,899 22 Cotchery 79.85 M. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress 5,189 35.99 G. Panjavarnam Independent politician 5,049 35.02 140 23 Karaikal North 64.00 S. M. Thavasu Indian National Congress 5,394 41.51 G. Rangayen Janata Dal 3,783 29.11 1,611 24 Karaikal South 68.72 S. Ramassamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,012 56.32 S. Savarirajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,228 39.61 1,784 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 80.93 V. Ganapathy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,102 51.72 V. M. C. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,258 45.57 844 26 Thirunallar 76.92 R. Kamalakkannan Independent politician 4,124 35.70 A. Soundararengan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,698 32.01 426 27 Nedungadu 77.12 M. Chandirakasu Indian National Congress 6,174 55.68 R. Kuppusamy Independent politician 2,591 23.37 3,583 28 Mahe 78.91 E. Valsaraj Indian National Congress 5,142 56.05 Mukkath Jayan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,304 36.01 1,838 29 Palloor 76.72 A. V. Sreedharan Indian National Congress 5,288 58.44 K. Gangadharan Independent politician 2,576 28.47 2,712 30 Yanam 85.72 Raksha Harikrishna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,632 42.99 Velaga Rajeshwara Rao Indian National Congress 3,027 28.09 1,605 See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1990 elections in India Notes References External links Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-puducherry/ eci.gov.in Election Commission of India 19 May 2022 p Category:State Assembly elections in Puducherry Category:1990s in Pondicherry