2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

8 May 2006

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 %
1Muthialpet80.97%Nandha T. Saravanan DMK11,65854.44%A. Kasilingam AIADMK6,77931.66%4,879
2Cassicade77.76%K. Lakshminarayanan PMC4,94249.05%G. Ravichandiran INC4,72646.90%216
3Raj Bhavan76.71%S. P. Sivakumar DMK2,59065.95%P. K. Devadoss PMC1,09427.86%1,496
4Bussy79.65%Anand PMC2,42354.06%Annibal Kennedy DMK1,95243.55%471
5Oupalam89.08%A. Anbalagan AIADMK9,20058.05%U. C. Arumugam DMK6,13138.68%3,069
6Orleampeth85.49%R. Siva DMK8,50952.61%G. Nehru Kuppusamy Independent6,54940.49%1,960
7Nellithope84.43%Omsakthi Sekar AIADMK9,93351.69%R. V. Janakiraman DMK8,49044.18%1,443
8Mudaliarpet87.85%Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian DMK10,78337.22%P. Kannan PMC9,37932.38%1,404
9Ariankuppam89.32%R. K. R. Anantharaman PMK13,31451.39%T. Jayamoorthy PMC11,51244.43%1,802
10Embalam89.05%R. Rajaraman DMK7,20840.56%L. Periyasamy Independent6,68337.61%525
11Nettapakkam90.41%V. Vaithilingam INC9,16652.20%V. Muthunarayanan PMC7,83044.60%1,336
12Kuruvinatham90.10%R. Radhakrishnan INC13,02074.66%B. Navaneetha Kannan Janata Dal (Secular)3,55720.40%9,463
13Bahour90.87%M. Kandasamy INC11,16460.06%P. Rajavelu PMC6,88837.05%4,276
14Thirubuvanai88.92%Angalane INC10,53449.91%S. Komala MDMK6,37830.22%4,156
15Mannadipet90.01%P. Arulmurugan PMK8,19342.41%N. Rajaram Independent6,38633.06%1,807
16Ossudu92.18%Abar Elumalai Independent6,41734.58%P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas Independent3,75520.23%2,662
17Villianur89.10%J. Narayanasamy Independent11,95049.35%C. Djeacoumar INC10,44143.12%1,509
18Ozhukarai88.34%A. Namassivayam INC14,07248.10%K. Natarajan AIADMK12,82443.83%1,248
19Thattanchavady84.30%N. Rangaswamy INC27,02490.16%T. Gunasekaran AIADMK2,0266.76%24,998
20Reddiarpalayam77.08%R. Viswanathan CPI17,31450.43%A. M. Krishnamurthy AIADMK13,92540.56%3,389
21Lawspet80.65%M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC17,94443.03%G. Anandhamurugesan AIADMK10,98626.35%6,958
22Cotchery87.29%V. Omalingam AIADMK10,11650.25%P. R. N. Thirumurugan INC9,09445.17%1,022
23Karaikal North80.25%A. M. H. Nazeem DMK5,74245.20%A. J. Assana DMDK5,55143.70%191
24Karaikal South86.74%V. K. Ganapathy PMC7,97055.06%A. V. Subramanian INC6,23143.05%1,739
25Neravy T R Pattinam86.57%V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK4,94631.41%V. M. C. V. Ganapathy Independent4,76230.24%184
26Thirunallar87.85%P. R. Siva MDMK7,23749.69%R. Kamalakkannan INC6,95247.73%285
27Nedungadu88.40%A. Marimuthu Independent6,14343.47%M. Chandirakasu INC5,30637.54%837
28Mahe80.00%E. Valsaraj INC5,64755.74%T. Ashok Kumar CPI(M)3,70036.52%1,947
29Palloor78.14%A. V. Sreedharan INC5,98753.35%T. K. Gangadharan CPI(M)4,51240.20%1,475
30Yanam96.74%Malladi Krishna Rao INC11,76364.89%Raksha Harikrishna Independent5,45730.10%6,306

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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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