2006_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly; 16 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; N. Rangaswamy; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; N. Rangaswamy; INC

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place in May 2006 to constitute the Twelfth Assembly of Pondicherry. The UPA alliance comprising Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Communist Party of India has won^[1] and N. Rangasamy of Congress got elected as chief minister.^[2]

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		Leader	Contesting Seats
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	A. Anbazhagan	16
Puducherry Munnetra Congress	PMC	P. Kannan	10
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	MDMK		3
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	VCK		1


	Parties	Seats
	Indian National Congress	10
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	7
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	2
	Puducherry Munnetra Congress	3
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1
	Communist Party of India	1
	Independents	3

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Muthialpet	80.97%	Nandha T. Saravanan		DMK	11,658	54.44%	A. Kasilingam		AIADMK	6,779	31.66%	4,879
2	Cassicade	77.76%	K. Lakshminarayanan		PMC	4,942	49.05%	G. Ravichandiran		INC	4,726	46.90%	216
3	Raj Bhavan	76.71%	S. P. Sivakumar		DMK	2,590	65.95%	P. K. Devadoss		PMC	1,094	27.86%	1,496
4	Bussy	79.65%	Bussy N. Anand		PMC	2,423	54.06%	Annibal Kennedy		DMK	1,952	43.55%	471
5	Oupalam	89.08%	A. Anbalagan		AIADMK	9,200	58.05%	U. C. Arumugam		DMK	6,131	38.68%	3,069
6	Orleampeth	85.49%	R. Siva		DMK	8,509	52.61%	G. Nehru Kuppusamy		Independent	6,549	40.49%	1,960
7	Nellithope	84.43%	Omsakthi Sekar		AIADMK	9,933	51.69%	R. V. Janakiraman		DMK	8,490	44.18%	1,443
8	Mudaliarpet	87.85%	Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian		DMK	10,783	37.22%	P. Kannan		PMC	9,379	32.38%	1,404
9	Ariankuppam	89.32%	R. K. R. Anantharaman		PMK	13,314	51.39%	T. Jayamoorthy		PMC	11,512	44.43%	1,802
10	Embalam	89.05%	R. Rajaraman		DMK	7,208	40.56%	L. Periyasamy		Independent	6,683	37.61%	525
11	Nettapakkam	90.41%	V. Vaithilingam		INC	9,166	52.20%	V. Muthunarayanan		PMC	7,830	44.60%	1,336
12	Kuruvinatham	90.10%	R. Radhakrishnan		INC	13,020	74.66%	B. Navaneetha Kannan		JD(S)	3,557	20.40%	9,463
13	Bahour	90.87%	M. Kandasamy		INC	11,164	60.06%	P. Rajavelu		PMC	6,888	37.05%	4,276
14	Thirubuvanai	88.92%	Angalane		INC	10,534	49.91%	S. Komala		MDMK	6,378	30.22%	4,156
15	Mannadipet	90.01%	P. Arulmurugan		PMK	8,193	42.41%	N. Rajaram		Independent	6,386	33.06%	1,807
16	Ossudu	92.18%	Abar Elumalai		Independent	6,417	34.58%	P. Soundiraradjou Ponnas		Independent	3,755	20.23%	2,662
17	Villianur	89.10%	J. Narayanasamy		Independent	11,950	49.35%	C. Djeacoumar		INC	10,441	43.12%	1,509
18	Ozhukarai	88.34%	A. Namassivayam		INC	14,072	48.10%	K. Natarajan		AIADMK	12,824	43.83%	1,248
19	Thattanchavady	84.30%	N. Rangaswamy		INC	27,024	90.16%	T. Gunasekaran		AIADMK	2,026	6.76%	24,998
20	Reddiarpalayam	77.08%	R. Viswanathan		CPI	17,314	50.43%	A. M. Krishnamurthy		AIADMK	13,925	40.56%	3,389
21	Lawspet	80.65%	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		INC	17,944	43.03%	G. Anandhamurugesan		AIADMK	10,986	26.35%	6,958
22	Cotchery	87.29%	V. Omalingam		AIADMK	10,116	50.25%	P. R. N. Thirumurugan		INC	9,094	45.17%	1,022
23	Karaikal North	80.25%	A. M. H. Nazeem		DMK	5,742	45.20%	A. J. Assana		DMDK	5,551	43.70%	191
24	Karaikal South	86.74%	V. K. Ganapathy		PMC	7,970	55.06%	A. V. Subramanian		INC	6,231	43.05%	1,739
25	Neravy T R Pattinam	86.57%	V. M. C. Sivakumar		DMK	4,946	31.41%	V. M. C. V. Ganapathy		Independent	4,762	30.24%	184
26	Thirunallar	87.85%	P. R. Siva		MDMK	7,237	49.69%	R. Kamalakkannan		INC	6,952	47.73%	285
27	Nedungadu	88.40%	A. Marimuthu		Independent	6,143	43.47%	M. Chandirakasu		INC	5,306	37.54%	837
28	Mahe	80.00%	E. Valsaraj		INC	5,647	55.74%	T. Ashok Kumar		CPI(M)	3,700	36.52%	1,947
29	Palloor	78.14%	A. V. Sreedharan		INC	5,987	53.35%	T. K. Gangadharan		CPI(M)	4,512	40.20%	1,475
30	Yanam	96.74%	Malladi Krishna Rao		INC	11,763	64.89%	Raksha Harikrishna		Independent	5,457	30.10%	6,306

2006_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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		Leader	Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress	INC	N. Rangasamy	16
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	A.M.H. Nazeem	11
Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK		2
Communist Party of India	CPI		1