Oupalam Assembly constituency

Oupalam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1][2][3] Oupalam Assembly constituency was part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

Oupalam
Constituency No. 15 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	27,913
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Annibal Kennedy
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964	G. Perumal Raja		Independent politician
1969	S. Govindarajalu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	C. N. Parthasarathy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	C. N. Parthasarathy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	Sitha Vedanayagam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	P. K. Loganathan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	N. Naghamuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	U. C. Arumugan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Rathinam @ Manohar		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	A. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Annibal Kennedy[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			56.64%
2016			39.95%
2011			42.59%
2006			58.05%
2001			59.24%
1996			50.79%
1991			57.27%
1990			53.96%
1985			38.99%
1980			70.06%
1977			36.69%
1974			46.84%
1969			46.59%
1964			55.47%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Annibal Kennedy	13,433	56.64%	20.54%
	AIADMK	A. Anbalagan	8,653	36.48%	−3.47%
	MNM	Santhosh Kumar	629	2.65%
	NTK	V. Devipriya	564	2.38%
	NOTA	Nota	219	0.92%	−0.77%
Margin of victory			4,780	20.15%	16.30%
Turnout			23,717	85.06%	−2.53%
Registered electors			27,882		3.67%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.69%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anbalagan	9,411	39.95%	−2.64%
	DMK	Annibal Kennedy	8,503	36.10%	8.75%
	AINRC	Bussy N. Anand	4,725	20.06%
	NOTA	None of the Above	398	1.69%
	BJP	Sivaraj	113	0.48%
Margin of victory			908	3.85%	−10.46%
Turnout			23,557	87.59%	0.27%
Registered electors			26,895		4.90%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.64%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anbalagan	9,536	42.59%	−15.45%
	Independent	Bussy N. Anand	6,332	28.28%
	DMK	Annibal Kennedy	6,122	27.35%	−11.34%
	Independent	Moulana Abdul Khadir	159	0.71%
	Independent	R. Anand	112	0.50%
Margin of victory			3,204	14.31%	−5.05%
Turnout			22,388	87.32%	−1.76%
Registered electors			25,639		44.11%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.45%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anbalagan	9,200	58.05%	−1.19%
	DMK	U. C. Arumugam	6,131	38.68%
	DMDK	S. Elangovan	234	1.48%
	Independent	C. Arumugam	124	0.78%
Margin of victory			3,069	19.36%	−4.37%
Turnout			15,849	89.08%	16.20%
Registered electors			17,791		−8.76%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.19%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anbalagan	8,416	59.24%	15.85%
	Pondicherry Makkal Congress	P. Pandian	5,044	35.50%
	TMC(M)	N. Naghamuthu	655	4.61%
	LJP	C. Angappin Alias Rousseau Angappin	92	0.65%
Margin of victory			3,372	23.73%	16.34%
Turnout			14,207	72.89%	7.73%
Registered electors			19,499		1.08%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	1.97%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Rathinam @ Manohar	6,866	50.79%
	AIADMK	U. C. Arumugam	5,866	43.39%	−13.88%
	MGRK	P. K. Loganathan	226	1.67%
	Independent	V. M. Murugan	158	1.17%
	MDMK	A. Gabrial	141	1.04%
	BSP	T. Kalaimaran	102	0.75%
Margin of victory			1,000	7.40%	−8.72%
Turnout			13,519	72.39%	7.23%
Registered electors			19,290		−3.98%
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.48%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	U. C. Arumugan	7,352	57.27%	13.71%
	DMK	N. Nathamuthu	5,283	41.15%	−12.81%
	PMK	Gopi Alias Gopalakrishnan	73	0.57%	−0.56%
Margin of victory			2,069	16.12%	5.72%
Turnout			12,838	65.16%	−4.01%
Registered electors			20,090		0.86%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.31%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Naghamuthu	7,378	53.96%	23.55%
	AIADMK	P. K. Loganathan	5,956	43.56%	4.57%
	PMK	S. James	154	1.13%
Margin of victory			1,422	10.40%	1.82%
Turnout			13,674	69.17%	−6.34%
Registered electors			19,918		48.61%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	14.96%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. K. Loganathan	3,898	38.99%	10.85%
	DMK	Sitha Vedanayagam	3,040	30.41%	−39.65%
	Independent	N. Nagamuthu	2,035	20.36%
	JP	R. Krishnasamy	1,008	10.08%
Margin of victory			858	8.58%	−33.33%
Turnout			9,997	75.51%	−1.88%
Registered electors			13,403		29.94%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-31.07%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sitha Vedanayagam	5,419	70.06%	52.87%
	AIADMK	C. N. Parthasarathy	2,177	28.14%	−8.54%
	Independent	Gadjendirin Baskara	52	0.67%
	Independent	S. Rajaram	48	0.62%
	Independent	R. Krishnan	39	0.50%
Margin of victory			3,242	41.91%	38.36%
Turnout			7,735	77.39%	6.81%
Registered electors			10,315		3.46%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	33.37%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. N. Parthasarathy	2,551	36.69%	−10.15%
	JP	D. Munisamy	2,304	33.14%
	DMK	Sitha Vedanayagam	1,195	17.19%	−1.59%
	CPI	M. Manjini	864	12.43%
	Independent	G. Kothanlapani Baskara Alias G. K. Baskaran	39	0.56%
Margin of victory			247	3.55%	−12.35%
Turnout			6,953	70.58%	−11.90%
Registered electors			9,970		16.80%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.15%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. N. Parthasarathy	3,198	46.84%
	INC(O)	P. Raghava Chettiar	2,112	30.93%
	DMK	S. Govindarajulu	1,282	18.78%	−27.81%
	INC	T. Bakhtavachalam	236	3.46%	−19.84%
Margin of victory			1,086	15.91%	−0.56%
Turnout			6,828	82.49%	7.49%
Registered electors			8,536		9.67%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.25%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Govindarajalu	2,676	46.59%
	Independent	K. Karunakaran	1,730	30.12%
	INC	N. Rangarajah	1,338	23.29%	−21.24%
Margin of victory			946	16.47%	5.53%
Turnout			5,744	75.00%	4.22%
Registered electors			7,783		−3.47%
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-8.88%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Oupalam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Perumal Raja	3,098	55.47%
	INC	D. Munisamy	2,487	44.53%
Margin of victory			611	10.94%
Turnout			5,585	70.78%
Registered electors			8,063
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

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