2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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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]
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 658,647 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 70.10% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Indian National Congress | 108,700 | 22.78 | 11 | 2 | |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 83,679 | 17.54 | 7 | 0 | |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 59,926 | 12.56 | 3 | 0 | |
Puducherry Makkal Congress | 48,865 | 10.24 | 4 | New | |
Tamil Maanila Congress | 35,390 | 7.42 | 2 | 3 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 22,164 | 4.65 | 1 | 1 | |
Others | 66,981 | 14.04 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 51,402 | 10.77 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 477,107 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 477,107 | 99.95 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 252 | 0.05 | |||
Total votes | 477,359 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 658,647 | 72.48 | |||
Source: ECI[6] |
Elected members
editAssembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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#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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 2001" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Former Puducherry chief minister Shanmugam dead". Newstrackindia.com. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Former Puducherry CM Shanmugam passes away". The Hindu. 3 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
External links
edit- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.