2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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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 A. Anbazhagan
Party INC DMK AIADMK
Leader's seat Thattanchavady Karaikal North Oupalam
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]

  Secular Progressive Alliance+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 18
Puducherry Munnetra Congress PMC P. Kannan 9
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MDMK 2 + 1

List of Candidates

Constituency
INC+ AIADMK+
1 Muthialpet DMK Nandha T. Saravanan AIADMK A. Kasilingam
2 Cassicade INC G. Ravichandiran PMC K. Lakshminarayanan
3 Raj Bhavan DMK S.P. Sivakumar PMC P.K. Devadoss
4 Bussy DMK Annibal Kennedy PMC Anand
5 Oupalam DMK U.C. Arumugam AIADMK A. Anbalagan
6 Orleampeth DMK R. Siva AIADMK S. Anandharaj
7 Nellithope DMK R.V. Janakiraman AIADMK Om Sakthi Sekar
8 Modeliarpeth DMK Dr. M.A.S. Subramanian PMC P. Kannan
9 Ariankuppam PMK R.K.R. Anantharaman PMC T. Djeamourthy
10 Embalom (SC) DMK R. Rajaraman AIADMK Su. Pavanan
11 Nettapakkam INC V. Vaithilingam PMC V. Muthunarayanan
12 Kuruvinatham INC R. Radhakrishnan JD(S) B. Navaneetha Kannan
13 Bahour (SC) INC M. Kandasamy PMC P. Rajavelu
14 Thirubuvanai (SC) INC Angalane MDMK Komala S.
15 Mannadipet PMK P. Arulmurugan AIADMK Venkateswaran @ Baskaran
16 Ossudu (SC) DMK T. Mathivanan AIADMK S. Arasi
17 Villenour INC C. Djeacoumar PMC C. Ramadassou
18 Ozhukarai INC A. Namassivayam AIADMK K. Natarajan
19 Thattanchavady INC N. Rangasamy AIADMK T. Gunasekaran
20 Reddiarpalayam CPI R. Viswanathan AIADMK A.M. Krishnamurthy
21 Lawspet INC M.O.H.F. Shahjahan AIADMK G. Anandhamurugesan
22 Cotchery INC P.R.N. Thirumurugan AIADMK Omalingam V.
23 Karaikal DMK A.M.H. Nazeem AIADMK S. Selvaganapathi
24 Karaikal South INC A.V. Subramanian PMC V.K. Ganapathy
25 Neravy-Grand Aldee DMK V.M.C. Sivakkumar AIADMK V. Jayabal
26 Tirunallar INC Kamalakkannan R. MDMK P.R. Siva
27 Neduncadu (SC) INC M. Chandirakasu AIADMK R. Vaithinathan
MDMK K.M. Kaliyaperumal
28 Mahe INC E. Valsaraj AIADMK Vijayan
29 Palloor INC A.V. Sreedharan AIADMK Sadgamayil K. Lakshmanan
30 Yanam INC Malladi Krishna Rao AIADMK Manchala Satya Sai Kumar

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

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Muthialpet Nandha T. Saravanan DMK 11,658 58.54 A. Kasilingam AIADMK 6,779 34.04 4,879 24.50
2 Cassicade K. Lakshminarayanan PMC 4,942 49.05 G. Ravichandiran INC 4,726 46.90 216 2.14
3 Raj Bhavan S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,590 66.07 P. K. Devadoss PMC 1,094 27.91 1,496 38.16
4 Bussy Anand PMC 2,423 54.12 Annibal Kennedy DMK 1,952 43.60 471 10.52
5 Oupalam Anbalagan, A. AIADMK 9,200 58.07 U. C. Arumugam DMK 6,131 38.70 3,069 19.37
6 Orleampeth R. Siva DMK 8,509 52.67 G. Nehru @ Kuppusamy IND 6,549 40.54 1,960 12.13
7 Nellithope Om Sakthi Sekar @ S. Sekar AIADMK 9,933 51.69 R. V. Janakiraman DMK 8,490 44.18 1,443 7.51
8 Modeliarpeth Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian DMK 10,783 37.26 P. Kannan PMC 9,379 32.41 1,404 4.85
9 Ariankuppam R. K. R. Anantharaman PMK 13,314 51.47 T. Djeamourthy PMC 11,512 44.50 1,802 6.97
10 Embalom (SC) R. Rajaraman DMK 7,208 40.57 L. Periyasamy IND 6,683 37.62 525 2.96
11 Nettapakkam V. Vaithilingam INC 9,166 52.24 V. Muthunarayanan PMC 7,830 44.63 1,336 7.61
12 Kuruvinatham R. Radhakrishnan INC 13,020 74.71 B. Navaneetha Kannan JD(S) 3,557 20.41 9,463 54.30
13 Bahour (SC) M. Kandasamy INC 11,164 60.11 P. Rajavelu PMC 6,888 37.09 4,276 23.02
14 Thirubuvana (SC) Angalane INC 10,534 49.91 Komala S. MDMK 6,378 30.22 4,156 19.69
15 Mannadipeth P. Arulmurugan PMK 8,193 42.43 N. Rajaram IND 6,386 33.07 1,807 9.36
16 Ossudu (SC) A. Elumalai IND 6,417 34.58 P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas IND 3,755 20.24 2,662 14.35
17 Villenour J. Narayanasamy IND 11,950 49.38 C. Djeacoumar INC 10,441 43.14 1,509 6.24
18 Ozhukarai A. Namassivayam INC 14,072 48.14 K. Natarajan AIADMK 12,824 43.87 1,248 4.27
19 Thattanchavady N. Rangasamy INC 27,024 90.23 T. Gunasekaran AIADMK 2,026 6.76 24,998 83.47
20 Reddiarpalayam R. Viswanathan CPI 17,314 50.43 A. M. Krishnamurthy AIADMK 13,925 40.56 3,389 9.87
21 Lawspet M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC 17,944 43.06 G. Anandhamurugesan AIADMK 10,986 26.37 6,958 16.70
22 Cotchery Omalingam V. AIADMK 10,116 50.25 P. R. N. Thirumurugan INC 9,094 45.17 1,022 5.08
23 Karaikal A. M. H. Nazeem DMK 5,742 45.20 A. J. Assana DMDK 5,551 43.70 191 1.50
24 Karaikal South V. K. Ganapathy PMC 7,970 55.06 A. V. Subramanian INC 6,231 43.05 1,739 12.01
25 Neravy-Grand Aldee V. M. C. Sivakkumar DMK 4,946 31.41 V. M. C. V. Ganapathy IND 4,762 30.24 184 1.17
26 Tirunallar P. R. Siva MDMK 7,237 49.69 Kamalakkannan R. INC 6,952 47.73 285 1.96
27 Neduncadu (SC) A. Marimuthu IND 6,143 43.47 Chandirakasu M. INC 5,306 37.54 837 5.92
28 Mahe E. Valsaraj INC 5,647 55.76 Adv. T. Ashok Kumar CPI(M) 3,700 36.54 1,947 19.23
29 Palloor A. V. Sreedharan INC 5,987 53.37 T. K. Gangadharan CPI(M) 4,512 40.22 1,475 13.15
30 Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao INC 11,763 64.93 Rakshaharikrishna IND 5,457 30.12 6,306 34.81

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.