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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress117,28930.0015Increase4
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam96,60724.714Decrease5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam67,79217.346Increase3
Janata Dal26,3216.731Decrease3
Communist Party of India19,5034.991Decrease1
Others27,6787.0800
Independents35,7399.143Increase2
Total390,929100.00300
Valid votes390,92997.29
Invalid/blank votes10,8952.71
Total votes401,824100.00
Registered voters/turnout593,31867.72
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 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1991" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Vaithilingam sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister". Times of India. PTI. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2022. This is 58-year old Vaithilingam's second term as Chief Minister. He had earlier headed the Congress government between 1991 and 1996.
  3. ^ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 8th election: 1991 - The Congress retained its position as the single-largest party, winning 15 seats with a vote share of 30 per cent. The Congress continued its tie-up with the AIADMK, which won six of the 10 seats it contested and had a vote share of 17 per cent.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election
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