1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election Registered 585,194 Turnout 72.38%
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 4Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 101,127 24.07 9 4All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,337 18.17 3 3Janata Dal 38,145 9.08 4 New Communist Party of India 21,323 5.07 2 2Others 44,475 10.58 0 0 Independents 33,557 7.99 1 1Total 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
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