2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| 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 Munnetra 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
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muthialpet | None | Kasilingam A. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Cassicade | None | Lakshminarayanan K. | Puducherry Munnetra Congress | |
| Raj Bhavan | None | Sivakumar S.p. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Bussy | None | Annibal Kennedy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Oupalam | None | Anbalagan A. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Orleampeth | None | Siva R. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Nellithope | None | R.v. Janakiraman | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Modeliarpeth | None | Dr. Subramanian M.a.s. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ariankuppam | None | Jayamoorthy T. | Independent | |
| Embalom | SC | N. Gangadaran | Indian National Congress | |
| Nettapakkam | None | V. Vaithilingam | Indian National Congress | |
| Kuruvinatham | None | R. Radhakrishnan | Puducherry Munnetra Congress | |
| Bahour | SC | P. Rajavelu | Puducherry Munnetra Congress | |
| Thirubuvanai | SC | P. Angalan | Indian National Congress | |
| Mannadipeth | None | D. Ramachandran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ossudu | SC | A. Elumalai | Puducherry Munnetra Congress | |
| Villenour | None | C. Djeacoumar | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Ozhukarai | None | A. Namassivayam | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Thattanchavady | None | N. Rangasamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Reddiarpalayam | None | A. M. Krishnamurthy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Lawspet | None | Shajahan M.o.h.f. | Indian National Congress | |
| Cotchery | None | R. Nalamagarajan | Indian National Congress | |
| Karaikal | None | A.m.h. Nazeem | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Karaikal South | None | A.v. Subramanian | Indian National Congress | |
| Neravy-grand Aldee | None | V.m.c. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tirunallar | None | R. Kamalakkannan | Indian National Congress | |
| Neduncadu | SC | M. Chandirakasu | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahe | None | E. Valsaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| Palloor | None | A.v. Sreedharan | Indian National Congress | |
| Yanam | None | Malladi Krishna Rao | Independent | |
References
- "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
- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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