Reddiarpalayam Assembly constituency

Reddiarpalayam was a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Puducherry. It existed from the 1974 state election until the 2006 state election.

Reddiarpalayam
Former constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
Established	1974
Abolished	2006
Total electors	44,540
Reservation	None

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1974	V. Subbiah		Communist Party of India
1977	V. Subbiah		Communist Party of India
1980	Renuka Appadurai		Indian National Congress
1985	V. Balaji		Indian National Congress
1990	R. Viswanathan		Communist Party of India
1991	R. Viswanathan		Communist Party of India
1996	R. Viswanathan		Communist Party of India
2001	A. M. Krishnamurthy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2006	R. Viswanathan		Communist Party of India

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2001			44.85%
1996			65.58%
1991			64.00%
1990			50.82%
1985			56.58%
1980			52.49%
1977			35.35%
1974			44.09%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. Viswanathan	17,314	50.43%	19.15%
	AIADMK	A. M. Krishnamurthy	13,925	40.56%
	DMDK	R. B. Ashokbabu	1,748	5.09%
	BJP	M. Elangovan	750	2.18%	−42.66%
	Independent	Governor Shanmugam	191	0.56%
	Independent	B. Renuga	170	0.50%
Margin of victory			3,389	9.87%	−3.69%
Turnout			34,330	77.08%	6.96%
Registered electors			44,540		22.27%
	CPI gain from BJP		Swing	5.59%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	A. M. Krishnamurthy	11,446	44.85%	39.92%
	CPI	R. Viswanathan	7,985	31.29%	−34.30%
	PMK	N. G. Pannirselvam	5,573	21.84%
	Independent	M. Rapheal	210	0.82%
	LJP	V. Sundaramoorthy	125	0.49%
Margin of victory			3,461	13.56%	−29.28%
Turnout			25,522	70.12%	12.26%
Registered electors			36,429		−15.78%
	BJP gain from CPI		Swing	-19.15%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. Viswanathan	17,206	65.58%	1.58%
	AIADMK	Na, Manimaran	5,966	22.74%	−9.02%
	BJP	A. M. Krishnamurthy	1,294	4.93%	2.64%
	MGRK	N. T. Sampathkumar	1,028	3.92%
	AIIC(T)	K. Venkatachalam	326	1.24%
	JP	D. Umasudan	231	0.88%
Margin of victory			11,240	42.84%	10.60%
Turnout			26,235	62.82%	4.97%
Registered electors			43,254		17.87%
	CPI hold		Swing	1.58%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. Viswanathan	13,134	64.00%	13.18%
	AIADMK	Indira Munusamy	6,517	31.76%
	BJP	M. Krishnamurthy	470	2.29%	0.80%
	PMK	G. Ramamurthy	316	1.54%	−4.02%
Margin of victory			6,617	32.24%	20.07%
Turnout			20,522	57.85%	−5.24%
Registered electors			36,695		4.71%
	CPI hold		Swing	13.18%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. Viswanathan	11,153	50.82%	17.34%
	INC	V. Balaji	8,482	38.65%	−17.93%
	PMK	G. Ramamurthy	1,221	5.56%
	BJP	M. Krishnamurthy	326	1.49%
	Independent	N. Madurai	276	1.26%
	Independent	D. Purushothaman	241	1.10%
Margin of victory			2,671	12.17%	−10.92%
Turnout			21,946	63.09%	−6.95%
Registered electors			35,043		75.36%
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	-5.76%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Balaji	7,852	56.58%
	CPI	N. Ranganathan	4,647	33.48%	9.07%
	JP	P. Kannayan	1,379	9.94%
Margin of victory			3,205	23.09%	−4.98%
Turnout			13,878	70.04%	−6.50%
Registered electors			19,983		43.00%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	4.09%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Renuka Appadurai	5,409	52.49%
	CPI	N. Gurusamy	2,516	24.42%	−10.93%
	JP	R. Vengatachala Gounder	2,142	20.79%
	JP(S)	P. Durai	238	2.31%
Margin of victory			2,893	28.07%	26.97%
Turnout			10,305	76.53%	9.31%
Registered electors			13,974		18.47%
	INC(I) gain from CPI		Swing	17.14%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. Subbiah	2,775	35.35%	−8.75%
	JP	R. Vengatachala Gounder	2,688	34.24%
	AIADMK	P. K. Lognathan Velu	1,977	25.18%
	DMK	C. S. Jayalatchumi	343	4.37%	−13.62%
	Independent	G. Manivannan	68	0.87%
Margin of victory			87	1.11%	−5.07%
Turnout			7,851	67.22%	−15.19%
Registered electors			11,795		22.93%
	CPI hold		Swing	-8.75%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Reddiarpalayam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. Subbiah	3,345	44.09%
	INC(O)	V. Balaji	2,876	37.91%
	DMK	G. Perumal Raja	1,365	17.99%
Margin of victory			469	6.18%
Turnout			7,586	82.42%
Registered electors			9,595
	CPI win (new seat)