Orleampeth Assembly constituency

Orleampeth is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^{[1] [2]} Orleampeth Assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

Orleampeth
Constituency No. 16 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1974
Total electors	24,723
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	N. Manimaram Marimuthu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	Na. Manimaran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	M.A.S. Subramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	N. Manimaran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Parasuraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Siva		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. Siva		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Siva		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	G. Nehru Kuppusamy		All India N.R. Congress
2016	R. Siva		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	G. Nehru Kuppusamy		Independent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			47.29%
2016			53.81%
2011			55.26%
2006			52.61%
2001			49.41%
1996			49.16%
1991			59.44%
1990			50.47%
1985			55.70%
1980			59.70%
1977			44.54%
1974			48.45%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Nehru Kuppusamy	9,580	47.29%
	DMK	S. Gopal	7,487	36.96%	−16.85%
	AIADMK	Omsakthisekar	1,787	8.82%	6.76%
	NTK	Karunanithi	507	2.50%
	MNM	S. Saktivel	364	1.80%
	NOTA	Nota	181	0.89%	−1.02%
	Independent	V. Hariharane	113	0.56%
Margin of victory			2,093	10.33%	−4.10%
Turnout			20,257	81.95%	−3.07%
Registered electors			24,718		1.79%
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	-6.52%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Siva	11,110	53.81%	11.72%
	AINRC	G. Nehru Kuppusamy	8,130	39.38%
	AIADMK	A. Ravindran	425	2.06%
	NOTA	None of the Above	395	1.91%
	BJP	R. Rajendran	164	0.79%
	NTK	S. Jesiliya	98	0.47%
Margin of victory			2,980	14.43%	1.26%
Turnout			20,647	85.02%	0.90%
Registered electors			24,284		2.76%
	DMK gain from AINRC		Swing	-1.45%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	G. Nehru Kuppusamy	10,986	55.26%
	DMK	R. Siva	8,368	42.09%	−10.52%
	Independent	S. Nehru	247	1.24%
Margin of victory			2,618	13.17%	1.05%
Turnout			19,880	84.13%	−1.36%
Registered electors			23,631		24.91%
	AINRC gain from DMK		Swing	2.65%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Siva	8,509	52.61%	3.20%
	Independent	G. Nehru Kuppusamy	6,549	40.49%
	AIADMK	S. Anandharaj	710	4.39%	−23.03%
	DMDK	R. Vijayalakshmi	149	0.92%
	BJP	K. Sundari	83	0.51%
	Independent	S. Nehru	83	0.51%
Margin of victory			1,960	12.12%	−9.86%
Turnout			16,174	85.49%	15.21%
Registered electors			18,919		−13.70%
	DMK hold		Swing	3.20%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Siva	7,608	49.41%	0.25%
	AIADMK	G. Chezhian	4,223	27.42%	−3.55%
	INC	C. Pandourangame	3,313	21.51%
	Independent	B. Dayalarajan	154	1.00%
	MDMK	M. Abdul Majeed	101	0.66%
Margin of victory			3,385	21.98%	3.80%
Turnout			15,399	70.28%	12.13%
Registered electors			21,923		−12.23%
	DMK hold		Swing	-10.04%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Siva	8,105	49.16%	10.79%
	AIADMK	K. Parasuraman	5,107	30.97%	−28.47%
	MDMK	C. Pandourangame	2,925	17.74%
	Independent	V. Mohanraj	135	0.82%
Margin of victory			2,998	18.18%	−2.90%
Turnout			16,488	68.14%	9.99%
Registered electors			24,977		−2.96%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.29%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Parasuraman	8,697	59.44%	12.14%
	DMK	N. Manimaran	5,613	38.36%	−12.10%
	JP	T. Harikrishnan	215	1.47%
Margin of victory			3,084	21.08%	17.91%
Turnout			14,631	58.15%	−4.99%
Registered electors			25,738		0.91%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.98%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Manimaran	8,076	50.47%	7.83%
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan	7,569	47.30%	−8.40%
	Independent	Serge Venance	169	1.06%
	PMK	G. K. Bascaran @ Gothandapani Dascara	116	0.72%
Margin of victory			507	3.17%	−9.89%
Turnout			16,003	63.14%	−30.75%
Registered electors			25,505		98.93%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.23%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. A. S. Subramanian	6,635	55.70%	26.27%
	DMK	Na. Marimuthu	5,079	42.64%	−17.06%
	Independent	N. Thirukkamu	87	0.73%
	Independent	Serge Venance	82	0.69%
Margin of victory			1,556	13.06%	−17.21%
Turnout			11,912	93.89%	18.27%
Registered electors			12,821		−4.03%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.00%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Na. Marimuthu	5,721	59.70%	45.48%
	AIADMK	P. K. Loganathan	2,820	29.43%	−15.12%
	Independent	Bhavani Maduragavi	573	5.98%
	Independent	S. Kandavel	154	1.61%
	Independent	S. Sinnaveerappan	141	1.47%
	INC(U)	V. Dhalapathipandian Alias Kalidas	117	1.22%
Margin of victory			2,901	30.27%	6.95%
Turnout			9,583	75.61%	9.30%
Registered electors			13,359		3.17%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.16%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Manimaran	3,779	44.54%	−3.90%
	JP	S. Ramalingam	1,800	21.22%
	DMK	D. Bavani	1,206	14.21%	−6.20%
	CPI	N. Ranganathan	1,176	13.86%
	Independent	K. Muthu	523	6.16%
Margin of victory			1,979	23.33%	4.66%
Turnout			8,484	66.31%	−13.90%
Registered electors			12,949		28.65%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.90%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Orleampeth^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Manimaran	3,833	48.45%
	INC	R. Vaidyanathan	2,356	29.78%
	DMK	N. Ganesan	1,615	20.41%
	Independent	V. G. Muniswamy	57	0.72%
	Independent	Marius Bala	51	0.64%
Margin of victory			1,477	18.67%
Turnout			7,912	80.22%
Registered electors			10,065
	AIADMK win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district