Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote, and the most seats, but M. D. R. Ramachandran of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry. His party had an alliance with the CPI, and the Janata Dal.
1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election Registered 585,194 Turnout 72.38% Majority party Minority party Leader M. O. H. Farook M. D. R. Ramachandran Party INC DMK Seats before 15 5 Seats won 11 9 Seat change Popular vote 25.04% 24.07%
CM before election M. O. H. Farook
Elected CM M. D. R. Ramachandran
Seat allotments
Congress Alliance
DMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats 1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 18 2. Janata Dal Sivaji Ganesan 7+1 3. Communist Party of India Indrajit Gupta 3 4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) E. M. S. Namboodiripad 2
Results Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 105,207 25.04 11 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 101,127 24.07 9 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 76,337 18.17 3 Janata Dal 38,145 9.08 4 New Communist Party of India 21,323 5.07 2 Others 44,475 10.58 0 0 Independents 33,557 7.99 1 Total 420,171 100.00 30 0 Valid votes 420,171 99.19 Invalid/blank votes 3,416 0.81 Total votes 423,587 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 585,194 72.38 Source: ECI
Elected members Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin # Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Muthialpet 67.23% G. Palani Raja DMK 10,571 55.74% R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal AIADMK 8,394 44.26% 2,177 2 Cassicade 66.29% P. Kannan INC 6,040 52.52% S. Anandavelu DMK 5,095 44.30% 945 3 Raj Bhavan 62.08% S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,528 47.58% L. Joseph Mariadoss INC 2,377 44.74% 151 4 Bussy 58.96% C. M. Achraff INC 2,692 48.30% S. Babu Ansardeen DMK 2,463 44.20% 229 5 Oupalam 69.17% N. Naghamuthu DMK 7,378 53.96% P. K. Loganathan AIADMK 5,956 43.56% 1,422 6 Orleampeth 63.14% N. Manimaran DMK 8,076 50.47% M. Pandurangan AIADMK 7,569 47.30% 507 7 Nellithope 64.95% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 6,601 41.58% B. Manimaran AIADMK 6,071 38.24% 530 8 Mudaliarpet 71.69% M. Manjini CPI 8,905 45.39% V. Sababady Kothandraman INC 8,049 41.02% 856 9 Ariankuppam 72.85% A. Bakthkavachalam JD 5,950 33.88% Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran AIADMK 5,265 29.98% 685 10 Embalam 78.97% K. Deivanayagam JD 4,669 36.96% K. Sivaloganathan Independent 3,563 28.20% 1,106 11 Nettapakkam 77.31% V. Vaithilingam INC 7,332 55.34% N. Devadass DMK 3,193 24.10% 4,139 12 Kuruvinatham 84.54% R. Ramanathan DMK 6,072 43.99% P. Purushothaman AIADMK 4,307 31.21% 1,765 13 Bahour 78.72% P. Rajavelu JD 8,223 57.79% M. Rajagopalan INC 5,179 36.40% 3,044 14 Thirubuvanai 74.01% D. Viswanathan AIADMK 6,743 46.43% N. Veerappan DMK 5,219 35.94% 1,524 15 Mannadipet 79.70% D. Ramachandran DMK 7,802 51.00% R. Somasundaram AIADMK 6,210 40.59% 1,592 16 Ossudu 78.93% N. Marimuthu INC 5,242 40.77% P. Sundararasu JD 3,514 27.33% 1,728 17 Villianur 76.74% P. Anandabaskaran INC 8,442 54.30% M. Venugopal DMK 4,706 30.27% 3,736 18 Ozhukarai 76.53% M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni DMK 8,749 54.08% M. Padmanabhan AIADMK 6,956 43.00% 1,793 19 Thattanchavady 66.83% V. Pethaperumal JD 9,503 51.31% N. Rangaswamy INC 8,521 46.00% 982 20 Reddiarpalayam 63.09% R. Viswanathan CPI 11,153 50.82% V. Balaji INC 8,482 38.65% 2,671 21 Lawspet 72.02% M. O. H. Farook INC 12,637 53.00% P. Sankaran CPI(M) 9,738 40.84% 2,899 22 Cotchery 79.85% M. Vaithilingam INC 5,189 35.99% G. Panjavarnam Independent 5,049 35.02% 140 23 Karaikal North 64.00% S. M. Thavasu INC 5,394 41.51% G. Rangayen JD 3,783 29.11% 1,611 24 Karaikal South 68.72% S. Ramassamy AIADMK 6,012 56.32% S. Savarirajan DMK 4,228 39.61% 1,784 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 80.93% V. Ganapathy AIADMK 7,102 51.72% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 6,258 45.57% 844 26 Thirunallar 76.92% R. Kamalakkannan Independent 4,124 35.70% A. Soundararengan DMK 3,698 32.01% 426 27 Nedungadu 77.12% M. Chandirakasu INC 6,174 55.68% R. Kuppusamy Independent 2,591 23.37% 3,583 28 Mahe 78.91% E. Valsaraj INC 5,142 56.05% Mukkath Jayan CPI(M) 3,304 36.01% 1,838 29 Palloor 76.72% A. V. Sreedharan INC 5,288 58.44% K. Gangadharan Independent 2,576 28.47% 2,712 30 Yanam 85.72% Raksha Harikrishna DMK 4,632 42.99% Velaga Rajeshwara Rao INC 3,027 28.09% 1,605
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