1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|
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Registered | 593,318 |
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Turnout | 67.73% |
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| Majority party | Minority party | | | | Leader | V. Vaithilingam | | Party | INC | AIADMK | Seats before | 11 | 3 | Seats won | 15 | 6 | Seat change | 4 | 3 | Popular vote | 32.29% | 18.66% | |
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Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and V. Vaithilingam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[2][3] The Indian National Congress was in an alliance with the AIADMK.[4]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Indian National Congress | 117,289 | 30.00 | 15 | 4 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 96,607 | 24.71 | 4 | 5 |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 67,792 | 17.34 | 6 | 3 |
| Janata Dal | 26,321 | 6.73 | 1 | 3 |
| Communist Party of India | 19,503 | 4.99 | 1 | 1 |
| Others | 27,678 | 7.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 35,739 | 9.14 | 3 | 2 |
Total | 390,929 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 390,929 | 97.29 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 10,895 | 2.71 | |
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Total votes | 401,824 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 593,318 | 67.72 | |
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Source: ECI[5] |
- 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 | 63.69% | M. Balasubramaniam | | AIADMK | 9,175 | 52.38% | S. Anandavelu | | DMK | 8,060 | 46.02% | 1,115 |
2 | Cassicade | 57.22% | M. Elango | | JD | 4,927 | 49.97% | P. Shanmugan | | INC | 4,478 | 45.42% | 449 |
3 | Raj Bhavan | 55.95% | A. Gandhiraj | | INC | 2,381 | 48.45% | S. P. Sivakumar | | DMK | 2,332 | 47.46% | 49 |
4 | Bussy | 54.96% | C. M. Achraff | | INC | 3,083 | 58.80% | G. Perularaja | | DMK | 2,042 | 38.95% | 1,041 |
5 | Oupalam | 65.16% | U. C. Arumugan | | AIADMK | 7,352 | 57.27% | N. Nathamuthu | | DMK | 5,283 | 41.15% | 2,069 |
6 | Orleampeth | 58.15% | K. Parasuraman | | AIADMK | 8,697 | 59.44% | N. Manimaran | | DMK | 5,613 | 38.36% | 3,084 |
7 | Nellithope | 59.08% | R. V. Janakiraman | | DMK | 7,067 | 49.05% | N. R. Shanmugam | | AIADMK | 6,988 | 48.50% | 79 |
8 | Mudaliarpet | 67.66% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | | Independent | 8,230 | 45.45% | M. Manjini | | CPI | 4,295 | 23.72% | 3,935 |
9 | Ariankuppam | 69.40% | P. Subbarayan | | DMK | 5,794 | 35.59% | S. Ramsing | | PMK | 4,624 | 28.40% | 1,170 |
10 | Embalam | 73.00% | K. Pakkiri Ammal | | INC | 4,171 | 37.57% | R. Rajaraman | | JD | 2,587 | 23.30% | 1,584 |
11 | Nettapakkam | 70.68% | V. Vaithilingam | | INC | 8,095 | 66.14% | R. Subbaraya Gounder | | DMK | 3,782 | 30.90% | 4,313 |
12 | Kuruvinatham | 80.41% | T. Thiagarajan | | INC | 6,765 | 51.72% | N. Vengadasamy | | DMK | 4,014 | 30.69% | 2,751 |
13 | Bahour | 73.30% | P. Rajavelu | | Independent | 6,377 | 48.63% | E. Rajalingam | | Independent | 4,454 | 33.96% | 1,923 |
14 | Thirubuvanai | 69.35% | D. Viswanathan | | AIADMK | 7,453 | 55.69% | M. Thangavelu | | DMK | 4,939 | 36.90% | 2,514 |
15 | Mannadipet | 77.87% | N. Rajaram | | INC | 7,771 | 52.33% | D. Ramachandran | | DMK | 6,874 | 46.29% | 897 |
16 | Ossudu | 73.28% | N. Marimuthu | | INC | 7,293 | 63.00% | S. Balaraman | | JD | 4,162 | 35.95% | 3,131 |
17 | Villianur | 74.99% | P. Anandabaskaran | | INC | 8,190 | 54.09% | C. Jayakumar | | JD | 6,740 | 44.51% | 1,450 |
18 | Ozhukarai | 71.15% | K. Natarajan | | AIADMK | 8,566 | 56.82% | M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni | | DMK | 6,279 | 41.65% | 2,287 |
19 | Thattanchavady | 64.70% | N. Rangaswamy | | INC | 12,545 | 69.71% | V. Pethaperumal | | JD | 5,285 | 29.37% | 7,260 |
20 | Reddiarpalayam | 57.85% | R. Viswanathan | | CPI | 13,134 | 64.00% | Indira Munusamy | | AIADMK | 6,517 | 31.76% | 6,617 |
21 | Lawspet | 66.15% | P. Kanann | | INC | 13,475 | 61.51% | P. Sankaran | | CPI(M) | 8,088 | 36.92% | 5,387 |
22 | Cotchery | 76.19% | R. Nalamaharajan | | Independent | 5,051 | 37.01% | M. Vaithilingam | | INC | 4,592 | 33.64% | 459 |
23 | Karaikal North | 57.35% | A. M. H. Nazeem | | DMK | 6,809 | 59.31% | M. Gnanadesigan | | AIADMK | 4,389 | 38.23% | 2,420 |
24 | Karaikal South | 65.69% | A. V. Subramanian | | INC | 6,189 | 61.10% | S. Savarirajan | | DMK | 3,724 | 36.76% | 2,465 |
25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 75.92% | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy | | AIADMK | 6,384 | 49.67% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | | DMK | 6,145 | 47.81% | 239 |
26 | Thirunallar | 72.09% | A. Soundararengan | | DMK | 4,401 | 41.37% | R. Kamalakkannan | | Independent | 2,994 | 28.14% | 1,407 |
27 | Nedungadu | 75.75% | M. Chandirakasu | | INC | 5,955 | 55.25% | S. A. Marimuthu | | DMK | 4,824 | 44.75% | 1,131 |
28 | Mahe | 70.09% | E. Valsaraj | | INC | 5,099 | 62.62% | K. V. Raghavan | | CPI(M) | 2,421 | 29.73% | 2,678 |
29 | Palloor | 70.41% | A. V. Sreedharan | | INC | 4,922 | 59.02% | K. M. Raju Master | | JD | 2,620 | 31.41% | 2,302 |
30 | Yanam | 83.39% | Velaga Rajeshwara Rao | | INC | 6,331 | 56.87% | Raksha Harikrishna | | DMK | 4,704 | 42.26% | 1,627 |