Reddiarpalayam Assembly constituency

Reddiarpalayam
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

Reddiarpalayam was a state assembly constituency in the India state of Puducherry. It was in existence from the 1974 to the 2006 state elections.

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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%

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%

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%

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%

Members of Legislative Assembly

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%

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%

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%

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%