1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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]

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
15 June 1991
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered593,318
Turnout67.73%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader V. Vaithilingam
Party INC AIADMK
Seats before 11 3
Seats won 15 6
Seat change Increase4 Increase3
Popular vote 32.29% 18.66%
CM before election

President's rule

 Elected CM

V. Vaithilingam
INC

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress117,28930.0015+4
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam96,60724.714–5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam67,79217.346+3
Janata Dal26,3216.731–3
Communist Party of India19,5034.991–1
Others27,6787.0800
Independents35,7399.143+2
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
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 Member Party
MuthialpetNoneM. Balasubramaniam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
CassicadeNoneM. Elango Janata Dal
Raj BhavanNoneA. Gandhiraj Indian National Congress
BussyNoneC. M.k Achraff Indian National Congress
OupalamNoneU. C. Arumugan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
OrleampethNoneK.parasuraman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
NellithopeNoneR. V. Janakiraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
ModeliarpethNoneV. Kothandaraman Alias Sabapathy Independent
AriankuppamNoneP. Subburayan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
EmbalomSCK. Pakkiri Ammal Indian National Congress
NettapakkamNoneV. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress
KuruvinathamNoneT. Thiagarajan Indian National Congress
BahourSCP. Rajavelu Independent
ThirubuvanaiSCD. Viswanathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
MannadipethNoneN. Rajaram Indian National Congress
OssuduSCN. Marimuthu Indian National Congress
VillenourNoneP. Anandabaskaran Indian National Congress
OzhukaraiNoneK. Natarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
ThattanchavadyNoneN. Rangasamy Indian National Congress
ReddiarpalayamNoneR. Viswanathan Communist Party of India
LawspetNoneP. Kanann Indian National Congress
CotcheryNoneR. Nalamaharajan Independent
KaraikalNoneA. M. H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Karaikal SouthNoneA. V. Subramanian Indian National Congress
Neravy-grand AldeeNoneV. M. C. V. Ganapathy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
TirunallarNoneA. Soundararengan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
NeduncaduSCM. Chandirakasu Indian National Congress
MaheNoneE. Valsaraj Indian National Congress
PalloorNoneA. V. Sreedharan Indian National Congress
YanamNoneVelaga Rajeswara Rao Indian National Congress

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.
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