Cassicade Assembly constituency

Cassicade was a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Puducherry. It was in existence from the 1964 to the 2006 state elections.

Cassicade
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Puducherry
Established	1964
Abolished	2006

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964	A. S. Kankeyan		Indian National Congress
1969	Ansari P. Duraisamy		Indian National Congress
1974	Ansari P. Duraisamy		Indian National Congress
1977	Ansari P. Duraisamy		Janata Party
1980	V. Kathirvelu		Indian National Congress
1985	P. Kannan		Indian National Congress
1990	P. Kannan		Indian National Congress
1991	M. Elango		Janata Dal
1996	P. Kannan		Independent politician
2001	K. Lakshminarayanan		Puducherry Munnetra Congress
2006	K. Lakshminarayanan		Puducherry Munnetra Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2006			49.05%
2001			51.52%
1996			63.21%
1991			49.97%
1990			52.52%
1985			62.76%
1980			51.63%
1977			47.01%
1974			38.91%
1969			60.33%
1964			39.98%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMC	K. Lakshminarayanan	4,942	49.05%
	INC	G. Ravichandiran	4,726	46.90%
	BJP	D. Deenadhayalan	210	2.08%
	DMDK	V. Govindan	169	1.68%
Margin of victory			216	2.14%	−16.65%
Turnout			10,076	77.76%	9.33%
Registered electors			12,957		−6.35%
	PMC hold		Swing	-2.47%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMC	K. Lakshminarayanan	4,875	51.52%
	PMK	R. Malar Mannan	3,097	32.73%
	TMC(M)	V. Balaji	1,360	14.37%
	Independent	Murali . D.	130	1.37%
Margin of victory			1,778	18.79%	−13.35%
Turnout			9,462	68.44%	11.21%
Registered electors			13,835		−13.35%
	PMC gain from Independent		Swing	1.55%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Kannan	6,501	63.21%
	INC	S. Narayanasamy	3,195	31.06%	−14.36%
	BJP	S. Thiagarajan	304	2.96%	0.49%
	AIIC(T)	Panneerselvam	125	1.22%
	JP	Devatha Oupendran	49	0.48%
Margin of victory			3,306	32.14%	27.59%
Turnout			10,285	66.08%	8.86%
Registered electors			15,966		−10.11%
	Independent gain from JD		Swing	13.23%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	M. Elango	4,927	49.97%
	INC	P. Shanmugan	4,478	45.42%	−7.10%
	BJP	Balavengatraman	243	2.46%	0.62%
	Independent	Mahavir Jain	85	0.86%
Margin of victory			449	4.55%	−3.66%
Turnout			9,859	57.22%	−9.07%
Registered electors			17,761		1.53%
	JD gain from INC		Swing	-2.55%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Kannan	6,040	52.52%	−10.24%
	DMK	S. Anandavelu	5,095	44.30%
	BJP	L. Balavengatraman	212	1.84%
	PMK	G. Alamelu	127	1.10%
Margin of victory			945	8.22%	−36.44%
Turnout			11,500	66.29%	−2.55%
Registered electors			17,494		42.09%
	INC hold		Swing	-10.24%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Kannan	5,273	62.76%
	CPI	Saraswati Subbiah	1,521	18.10%
	JP	G. Sambath	1,090	12.97%
	IC(S)	S. Sukumaran	518	6.17%
Margin of victory			3,752	44.66%	15.47%
Turnout			8,402	68.84%	−4.07%
Registered electors			12,312		12.41%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	11.13%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	V. Kathirvelu	3,948	51.63%
	JP	Ansari P. Duraisamy	1,716	22.44%
	INC(U)	S. Sugumaran	849	11.10%
	Independent	S. Krishnaraj	531	6.94%
	Independent	Munisamy (Durai)	273	3.57%
	Independent	L. Ramalingam	112	1.46%
	Independent	U. Mahabal Kumar	107	1.40%
	Independent	D. Expo Ramanathan	47	0.61%
Margin of victory			2,232	29.19%	17.40%
Turnout			7,647	72.91%	7.14%
Registered electors			10,953		−5.60%
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	4.61%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ansari P. Duraisamy	3,551	47.01%
	AIADMK	N. Arumughom	2,661	35.23%	1.58%
	INC	Ponnurangam S.	1,341	17.75%
Margin of victory			890	11.78%	6.52%
Turnout			7,553	65.77%	−12.84%
Registered electors			11,603		15.66%
	JP gain from INC(O)		Swing	8.10%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	Ansari P. Duraisamy	2,996	38.91%
	AIADMK	Durai Munisami	2,591	33.65%
	DMK	Anandavelu	1,936	25.15%
	Independent	Sivaprakam. N.	78	1.01%
	Independent	Varadarajulu Alias Varadhan. P.	51	0.66%
	Independent	Subramanian. N. Alias Ramu	47	0.61%
Margin of victory			405	5.26%	−23.83%
Turnout			7,699	78.61%	9.13%
Registered electors			10,032		51.11%
	INC(O) gain from INC		Swing	-21.42%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ansari P. Duraisamy	2,721	60.33%	20.35%
	CPI	R. Azhwar	1,409	31.24%
	Independent	Thillai Kanagaraj	380	8.43%
Margin of victory			1,312	29.09%	15.38%
Turnout			4,510	69.48%	−1.57%
Registered electors			6,639		3.15%
	INC hold		Swing	20.35%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Cassicade

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. S. Kankeyan	1,799	39.98%
	Independent	Kuppusamy Mudaliar	1,182	26.27%
	IPF	Saraswati	880	19.56%
	Independent	Sivaprakasam	572	12.71%
	Independent	Siyali Venku Chetty	67	1.49%
Margin of victory			617	13.71%
Turnout			4,500	71.05%
Registered electors			6,436
	INC win (new seat)