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9 March 1969
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 228,754 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 81.59% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly (French: Assemblée législative de Pondichéry) were held in March 1969, to elect members of the 3rd Puducherry Assembly. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[1]
The territory of Pondicherry was delimited by the Delimitation Commission of India into 30 single-member constituencies.[2]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress (R) | 78,052 | 42.62 | 10 |  12 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 61,717 | 33.70 | 15 | New | |
| Communist Party of India | 23,115 | 12.62 | 3 | New | |
| Independents | 20,250 | 11.06 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 183,134 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 183,134 | 98.13 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,497 | 1.87 | |||
| Total votes | 186,631 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 228,754 | 81.59 | |||
| Source: ECI[3] | |||||
Elected members
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Muthialpet | 83.78% | K. Murugaiyan | DMK | 3,290 | 55.52% | M. Thangapragasam | INC | 2,636 | 44.48% | 654 | ||
| 2 | Kurusukuppam | 76.26% | G. Perumal Raja | DMK | 4,068 | 59.89% | N. Govindaraj | INC | 1,550 | 22.82% | 2,518 | ||
| 3 | Cassicade | 69.48% | P. Ansari Dorasamy | INC | 2,721 | 60.33% | R. Azhwar | CPI | 1,409 | 31.24% | 1,312 | ||
| 4 | Raj Bhavan | 67.81% | D. Kantharaj | INC | 1,766 | 51.62% | S. Sadagopan | DMK | 1,655 | 48.38% | 111 | ||
| 5 | Bussy | 63.87% | C. M. Achraff | DMK | 2,336 | 75.94% | M. J. Vincent | INC | 740 | 24.06% | 1,596 | ||
| 6 | Oupalam | 75.00% | S. Govindarajalu | DMK | 2,676 | 46.59% | K. Karunakaran | Independent | 1,730 | 30.12% | 946 | ||
| 7 | Nellithope | 72.63% | N. Ranganathan | CPI | 4,372 | 57.11% | B. Chandrasekaran | INC | 2,759 | 36.04% | 1,613 | ||
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 85.10% | Y. Kailasa Surbian | CPI | 4,748 | 62.01% | A. S. Janakipaman | INC | 2,909 | 37.99% | 1,839 | ||
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 84.70% | S. Perumal | DMK | 3,774 | 50.11% | P. C. Purushothaman | INC | 3,758 | 49.89% | 16 | ||
| 10 | Kuruvinatham | 86.08% | K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi | INC | 4,050 | 56.13% | M. Rajagopal | CPI | 2,903 | 40.24% | 1,147 | ||
| 11 | Bahour | 85.99% | K. Krishnasamy | INC | 3,211 | 52.22% | R. Thangavelu Clemanso | CPI | 2,938 | 47.78% | 273 | ||
| 12 | Nettapakkam | 92.09% | D. Ramachandran | DMK | 3,545 | 51.10% | V. Venkatasubba Reddiar | INC | 3,393 | 48.90% | 152 | ||
| 13 | Thirubuvanai | 77.89% | M. Thangavelu | DMK | 3,277 | 51.52% | R. Mannathan | INC | 2,338 | 36.76% | 939 | ||
| 14 | Mannadipet | 88.02% | S. M. Subbarayan | DMK | 3,499 | 50.99% | D. Kannappan | INC | 2,315 | 33.74% | 1,184 | ||
| 15 | Ossudu | 76.28% | V. Nagarathinam | INC | 3,386 | 50.60% | P. S. Perumal | CPI | 3,306 | 49.40% | 80 | ||
| 16 | Villianur | 84.73% | S. Arumugam | DMK | 4,132 | 59.95% | S. V. Murugesa Nadar | INC | 2,760 | 40.05% | 1,372 | ||
| 17 | Embalam | 83.41% | M. Veerammal | INC | 3,682 | 55.69% | M. Veerappan | DMK | 2,930 | 44.31% | 752 | ||
| 18 | Uzhavarkarai | 83.20% | S. Muthu | DMK | 3,452 | 50.15% | G. Rajamanickam | INC | 1,823 | 26.49% | 1,629 | ||
| 19 | Kalapet | 87.21% | M. O. H. Farook | DMK | 4,261 | 59.84% | M. Murugesa Mudaliar | INC | 2,860 | 40.16% | 1,401 | ||
| 20 | Poudousaram | 78.41% | N. Gurusamy | CPI | 3,439 | 53.34% | M. Krishnasamy | INC | 2,866 | 44.45% | 573 | ||
| 21 | Cotchery | 83.34% | M. Balaya | INC | 3,097 | 47.41% | T. Jayaraman | DMK | 2,546 | 38.97% | 551 | ||
| 22 | Karaikal North | 78.59% | M. Jambulingam | INC | 4,208 | 52.07% | A. M. Hameed Maricar | Independent | 3,873 | 47.93% | 335 | ||
| 23 | Karaikal South | 71.71% | Marie Lourdes Silvaradjou | DMK | 2,439 | 50.91% | N. M. Mohamed Yussouf | INC | 2,041 | 42.60% | 398 | ||
| 24 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 89.67% | S. Ramasamy | DMK | 3,447 | 53.88% | M. Kaliappa Naicker | INC | 2,951 | 46.12% | 496 | ||
| 25 | Grand’ Aldee | 85.47% | Y. Pandari Nathan | DMK | 3,852 | 70.82% | G. Muthukrishnan | Independent | 1,026 | 18.86% | 2,826 | ||
| 26 | Thirunallar | 87.91% | R. Supprayalu Naicker | DMK | 3,455 | 54.12% | V. Arunasalam | INC | 2,814 | 44.08% | 641 | ||
| 27 | Nedungadu | 89.87% | P. Shanmugam | INC | 3,103 | 50.16% | A. Savundararangan | DMK | 3,083 | 49.84% | 20 | ||
| 28 | Mahe | 83.50% | I. K. Kumaran | Independent | 2,885 | 59.33% | Valavil Kesavan | INC | 1,978 | 40.67% | 907 | ||
| 29 | Palloor | 82.69% | Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman | INC | 2,609 | 67.64% | Pondeatte Anandin | Independent | 1,248 | 32.36% | 1,361 | ||
| 30 | Yanam | 89.65% | Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu | Independent | 2,287 | 55.56% | Yarra Zagannadharao | INC | 1,829 | 44.44% | 458 | ||
See also
References
- ^ "H. E. Shri M. O. H. Faarooq". Archived from the original on 5 January 2010.
- ^ G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 965. ISBN 9788120004009.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
External links
- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
