1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.^[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and V. Vaithilingam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.^[2][3] The Indian National Congress was in an alliance with the AIADMK.^[4]

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

← 1990 15 June 1991 1996 →
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	593,318
Turnout	67.73%
Majority party Minority party   Leader V. Vaithilingam Party INC DMK Seats before 11 9 Seats won 15 4 Seat change 4 5 Popular vote 32.29% 24.71%
CM before election President's rule Elected CM V. Vaithilingam INC

Seat allotments

Congress Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Indian National Congress		V. Vaithilingam	19
2.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	10
3.		Independent		P. Rajavelu (In Bagoor constituency)	1

DMK-led Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	19
2.		Janata Dal		Sivaji Ganesan	6
3.		Communist Party of India		Indrajit Gupta	3
4.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		Harkishan Singh Surjeet	2

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	117,289	30.00	15	4
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	96,607	24.71	4	5
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	67,792	17.34	6	3
	Janata Dal	26,321	6.73	1	3
	Communist Party of India	19,503	4.99	1	1
	Others	27,678	7.08	0	0
	Independents	35,739	9.14	3	2
Total		390,929	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		390,929	97.29
Invalid/blank votes		10,895	2.71
Total votes		401,824	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		593,318	67.72
Source: ECI[5]

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	63.69%	M. Balasubramaniam		AIADMK	9,175	52.38%	S. Anandavelu		DMK	8,060	46.02%	1,115
2	Cassicade	57.22%	M. Elango		JD	4,927	49.97%	P. Shanmugan		INC	4,478	45.42%	449
3	Raj Bhavan	55.95%	A. Gandhiraj		INC	2,381	48.45%	S. P. Sivakumar		DMK	2,332	47.46%	49
4	Bussy	54.96%	C. M. Achraff		INC	3,083	58.80%	G. Perularaja		DMK	2,042	38.95%	1,041
5	Oupalam	65.16%	U. C. Arumugan		AIADMK	7,352	57.27%	N. Nathamuthu		DMK	5,283	41.15%	2,069
6	Orleampeth	58.15%	K. Parasuraman		AIADMK	8,697	59.44%	N. Manimaran		DMK	5,613	38.36%	3,084
7	Nellithope	59.08%	R. V. Janakiraman		DMK	7,067	49.05%	N. R. Shanmugam		AIADMK	6,988	48.50%	79
8	Mudaliarpet	67.66%	V. Sababady Kothandraman		Independent	8,230	45.45%	M. Manjini		CPI	4,295	23.72%	3,935
9	Ariankuppam	69.40%	P. Subbarayan		DMK	5,794	35.59%	S. Ramsing		PMK	4,624	28.40%	1,170
10	Embalam	73.00%	K. Pakkiri Ammal		INC	4,171	37.57%	R. Rajaraman		JD	2,587	23.30%	1,584
11	Nettapakkam	70.68%	V. Vaithilingam		INC	8,095	66.14%	R. Subbaraya Gounder		DMK	3,782	30.90%	4,313
12	Kuruvinatham	80.41%	T. Thiagarajan		INC	6,765	51.72%	N. Vengadasamy		DMK	4,014	30.69%	2,751
13	Bahour	73.30%	P. Rajavelu		Independent	6,377	48.63%	E. Rajalingam		Independent	4,454	33.96%	1,923
14	Thirubuvanai	69.35%	D. Viswanathan		AIADMK	7,453	55.69%	M. Thangavelu		DMK	4,939	36.90%	2,514
15	Mannadipet	77.87%	N. Rajaram		INC	7,771	52.33%	D. Ramachandran		DMK	6,874	46.29%	897
16	Ossudu	73.28%	N. Marimuthu		INC	7,293	63.00%	S. Balaraman		JD	4,162	35.95%	3,131
17	Villianur	74.99%	P. Anandabaskaran		INC	8,190	54.09%	C. Jayakumar		JD	6,740	44.51%	1,450
18	Ozhukarai	71.15%	K. Natarajan		AIADMK	8,566	56.82%	M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni		DMK	6,279	41.65%	2,287
19	Thattanchavady	64.70%	N. Rangaswamy		INC	12,545	69.71%	V. Pethaperumal		JD	5,285	29.37%	7,260
20	Reddiarpalayam	57.85%	R. Viswanathan		CPI	13,134	64.00%	Indira Munusamy		AIADMK	6,517	31.76%	6,617
21	Lawspet	66.15%	P. Kanann		INC	13,475	61.51%	P. Sankaran		CPI(M)	8,088	36.92%	5,387
22	Cotchery	76.19%	R. Nalamaharajan		Independent	5,051	37.01%	M. Vaithilingam		INC	4,592	33.64%	459
23	Karaikal North	57.35%	A. M. H. Nazeem		DMK	6,809	59.31%	M. Gnanadesigan		AIADMK	4,389	38.23%	2,420
24	Karaikal South	65.69%	A. V. Subramanian		INC	6,189	61.10%	S. Savarirajan		DMK	3,724	36.76%	2,465
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	75.92%	V. M. C. V. Ganapathy		AIADMK	6,384	49.67%	V. M. C. Sivakumar		DMK	6,145	47.81%	239
26	Thirunallar	72.09%	A. Soundararengan		DMK	4,401	41.37%	R. Kamalakkannan		Independent	2,994	28.14%	1,407
27	Nedungadu	75.75%	M. Chandirakasu		INC	5,955	55.25%	S. A. Marimuthu		DMK	4,824	44.75%	1,131
28	Mahe	70.09%	E. Valsaraj		INC	5,099	62.62%	K. V. Raghavan		CPI(M)	2,421	29.73%	2,678
29	Palloor	70.41%	A. V. Sreedharan		INC	4,922	59.02%	K. M. Raju Master		JD	2,620	31.41%	2,302
30	Yanam	83.39%	Velaga Rajeshwara Rao		INC	6,331	56.87%	Raksha Harikrishna		DMK	4,704	42.26%	1,627

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1991 elections in India