1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1974, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.^[1] The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and its leader, S. Ramassamy was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry (French: Ministre en chef de Pondichéry).^[2][3]

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

← 1969 24 February 1974 1977 →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	264,103
Turnout	85.32%
Majority party Minority party   Leader S. Ramassamy Party AIADMK INC(R) Seats before New 10 Seats won 12 7 Seat change NA 3
CM before election President's Rule Elected CM S. Ramassamy AIADMK

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60,812	27.83	12	New
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47,823	21.89	2	13
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	41,348	18.92	5	New
	Indian National Congress	34,840	15.95	7	3
	Communist Party of India	18,468	8.45	2	1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,737	1.25	1	1
	Independents	12,470	5.71	1	1
Total		218,498	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		218,498	96.97
Invalid/blank votes		6,830	3.03
Total votes		225,328	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		264,103	85.32
Source: ECI[4]

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	82.21%	G. Pajaniraja		AIADMK	4,315	43.87%	M. Thangapragasam		INC(O)	3,842	39.06%	473
2	Cassicade	78.61%	Ansari P. Duraisamy		INC(O)	2,996	38.91%	Durai Munisami		AIADMK	2,591	33.65%	405
3	Raj Bhavan	74.16%	Dhana Kantharaj		INC	2,399	56.00%	K. Jothi		AIADMK	1,104	25.77%	1,295
4	Bussy	75.48%	S. Pakkiam		AIADMK	1,680	38.59%	A. Jayaraj		INC(O)	1,441	33.10%	239
5	Oupalam	82.49%	C. N. Parthasarathy		AIADMK	3,198	46.84%	P. Raghava Chettiar		INC(O)	2,112	30.93%	1,086
6	Orleampeth	80.22%	N. Manimaran		AIADMK	3,833	48.45%	R. Vaidyanathan		INC	2,356	29.78%	1,477
7	Nellithope	80.84%	R. Kannan		INC(O)	2,495	37.77%	N. Ranganathan		CPI	2,369	35.86%	126
8	Mudaliarpet	87.12%	Sabapathy Alias V. Kothandaraman		INC(O)	3,889	43.06%	R. Alwar		CPI	3,328	36.85%	561
9	Ariankuppam	86.16%	P. C. Purushothaman		INC	3,364	37.06%	P. Subbarayan		DMK	3,017	33.24%	347
10	Embalam	87.38%	G. Murugesan		INC	3,140	47.13%	Sivaloganathan		DMK	1,994	29.93%	1,146
11	Nettapakkam	92.00%	V. Vengatasubba Reddi		INC	4,072	55.65%	S. Vengatachalapathi		AIADMK	2,598	35.51%	1,474
12	Kuruvinatham	89.05%	N. Vengadasamy		AIADMK	3,445	44.50%	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi		INC(O)	2,642	34.13%	803
13	Bahour	88.37%	Thangavel Clamanso		CPI	2,727	38.77%	P. Utharavelu		Independent	2,211	31.43%	516
14	Thirubuvanai	87.20%	A. Gopal		INC	2,672	34.96%	Thangavelu		AIADMK	2,637	34.50%	35
15	Mannadipet	91.88%	D. Ramachandira Reddiar		AIADMK	3,467	46.00%	Kannappan		INC(O)	2,132	28.29%	1,335
16	Ossudu	86.58%	T. Ezhumalai		AIADMK	3,426	47.83%	V. Nagarathinam		INC	2,461	34.36%	965
17	Villianur	87.65%	M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar		INC(O)	2,812	37.00%	K. Thirukamu		AIADMK	2,606	34.28%	206
18	Ozhukarai	87.15%	Venugopal Alias G. Mannathan		AIADMK	2,982	39.44%	S. Muthu		DMK	2,278	30.13%	704
19	Thattanchavady	83.73%	V. Pethaperumal		INC(O)	3,468	46.85%	N. Gurusamy		CPI	2,710	36.61%	758
20	Reddiarpalayam	82.42%	V. Subbiah		CPI	3,345	44.09%	V. Balaji		INC(O)	2,876	37.91%	469
21	Lawspet	88.12%	M. O. H. Farook		DMK	3,461	39.21%	N. Varazhau		AIADMK	3,275	37.10%	186
22	Cotchery	90.19%	T. Subbaiya		AIADMK	3,660	46.04%	S. M. Jambulingam		INC(O)	2,446	30.77%	1,214
23	Karaikal North	80.49%	K. Kandhi		AIADMK	3,964	41.24%	P. Shanmugam		INC	3,666	38.14%	298
24	Karaikal South	84.85%	S. Ramassamy		AIADMK	3,296	46.80%	S. Savarirajan		INC(O)	1,857	26.37%	1,439
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	86.71%	V. M. C. Varada Pillai		AIADMK	5,313	59.89%	V. M. C. Siva Shanmuganathan		DMK	2,992	33.73%	2,321
26	Thirunallar	89.29%	A. Soundararengan		DMK	3,742	49.31%	S. Arangasamy		INC(O)	2,711	35.72%	1,031
27	Nedungadu	87.59%	R. Coupousamy		INC	2,934	41.18%	P. Selvaraj		AIADMK	2,225	31.23%	709
28	Mahe	85.02%	Kunnummal Raghavan		CPI(M)	1,816	33.03%	Iraye Kunnathitathil Kumaran		Independent	1,528	27.79%	288
29	Palloor	86.10%	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman		INC	1,980	41.41%	Mottamal Pocku		Independent	1,081	22.61%	899
30	Yanam	90.28%	Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu		Independent	2,284	52.74%	Naidou Maddimsetty Satyamurty		INC	1,986	45.86%	298

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1974 elections in India