2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
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All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader N. Rangaswamy A.M.H. Nazeem
Party INC DMK AIADMK
Leader since 12 May 2006
Leader's seat Thattanchavady Karaikal North
Seats before 11 7 3
Seats won 10 7 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Steady
Chief Minister before election

N. Rangaswamy
INC

Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
INC

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place in May 2006 to constitute the Twelfth Assembly of Pondicherry. The UPA alliance comprising Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Communist Party of India has won[1] and N. Rangasamy of Congress got elected as chief minister.[2]

Parties and alliances

Source:[1][3][4]

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC N. Rangasamy 16
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK A.M.H. Nazeem 11
Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 2
Communist Party of India CPI 1

  All India Anna DMK-led Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK A. Anbazhagan 16
Pondicherry Munnetra Congress PMC Bell P. Kannan 10
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MDMK 3
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK 1

Results

Source: [5]

Parties Seats
  Indian National Congress 10
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3
  Pattali Makkal Katchi 2
  Puducherry Munnetra Congress 3
  Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1
  Communist Party of India 1
  Independents 3

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 80.97% Nandha T. Saravanan DMK 11,658 54.44% A. Kasilingam AIADMK 6,779 31.66% 4,879
2 Cassicade 77.76% K. Lakshminarayanan PMC 4,942 49.05% G. Ravichandiran INC 4,726 46.90% 216
3 Raj Bhavan 76.71% S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,590 65.95% P. K. Devadoss PMC 1,094 27.86% 1,496
4 Bussy 79.65% Anand PMC 2,423 54.06% Annibal Kennedy DMK 1,952 43.55% 471
5 Oupalam 89.08% A. Anbalagan AIADMK 9,200 58.05% U. C. Arumugam DMK 6,131 38.68% 3,069
6 Orleampeth 85.49% R. Siva DMK 8,509 52.61% G. Nehru Kuppusamy Independent 6,549 40.49% 1,960
7 Nellithope 84.43% Omsakthi Sekar AIADMK 9,933 51.69% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 8,490 44.18% 1,443
8 Mudaliarpet 87.85% Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian DMK 10,783 37.22% P. Kannan PMC 9,379 32.38% 1,404
9 Ariankuppam 89.32% R. K. R. Anantharaman PMK 13,314 51.39% T. Jayamoorthy PMC 11,512 44.43% 1,802
10 Embalam 89.05% R. Rajaraman DMK 7,208 40.56% L. Periyasamy Independent 6,683 37.61% 525
11 Nettapakkam 90.41% V. Vaithilingam INC 9,166 52.20% V. Muthunarayanan PMC 7,830 44.60% 1,336
12 Kuruvinatham 90.10% R. Radhakrishnan INC 13,020 74.66% B. Navaneetha Kannan JD (S) 3,557 20.40% 9,463
13 Bahour 90.87% M. Kandasamy INC 11,164 60.06% P. Rajavelu PMC 6,888 37.05% 4,276
14 Thirubuvanai 88.92% Angalane INC 10,534 49.91% S. Komala MDMK 6,378 30.22% 4,156
15 Mannadipet 90.01% P. Arulmurugan PMK 8,193 42.41% N. Rajaram Independent 6,386 33.06% 1,807
16 Ossudu 92.18% Abar Elumalai Independent 6,417 34.58% P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas Independent 3,755 20.23% 2,662
17 Villianur 89.10% J. Narayanasamy Independent 11,950 49.35% C. Djeacoumar INC 10,441 43.12% 1,509
18 Ozhukarai 88.34% A. Namassivayam INC 14,072 48.10% K. Natarajan AIADMK 12,824 43.83% 1,248
19 Thattanchavady 84.30% N. Rangaswamy INC 27,024 90.16% T. Gunasekaran AIADMK 2,026 6.76% 24,998
20 Reddiarpalayam 77.08% R. Viswanathan CPI 17,314 50.43% A. M. Krishnamurthy AIADMK 13,925 40.56% 3,389
21 Lawspet 80.65% M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC 17,944 43.03% G. Anandhamurugesan AIADMK 10,986 26.35% 6,958
22 Cotchery 87.29% V. Omalingam AIADMK 10,116 50.25% P. R. N. Thirumurugan INC 9,094 45.17% 1,022
23 Karaikal North 80.25% A. M. H. Nazeem DMK 5,742 45.20% A. J. Assana DMDK 5,551 43.70% 191
24 Karaikal South 86.74% V. K. Ganapathy PMC 7,970 55.06% A. V. Subramanian INC 6,231 43.05% 1,739
25 Neravy T R Pattinam 86.57% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 4,946 31.41% V. M. C. V. Ganapathy Independent 4,762 30.24% 184
26 Thirunallar 87.85% P. R. Siva MDMK 7,237 49.69% R. Kamalakkannan INC 6,952 47.73% 285
27 Nedungadu 88.40% A. Marimuthu Independent 6,143 43.47% M. Chandirakasu INC 5,306 37.54% 837
28 Mahe 80.00% E. Valsaraj INC 5,647 55.74% T. Ashok Kumar CPI(M) 3,700 36.52% 1,947
29 Palloor 78.14% A. V. Sreedharan INC 5,987 53.35% T. K. Gangadharan CPI(M) 4,512 40.20% 1,475
30 Yanam 96.74% Malladi Krishna Rao INC 11,763 64.89% Raksha Harikrishna Independent 5,457 30.10% 6,306

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "After 6 years, Pondicherry is back in coalition mode". The Times of India. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "N Rangasamy appointed Pondicherry CM". Rediff. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Cong, PMK ink poll pact in Pondy". oneindia. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ S., Viswanathan (2 June 2006). "Three in a row". Frontline. Retrieved 30 June 2022. ((cite magazine)): Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. ^ "Pondicherry Assembly Election Results in 2006". Elections. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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