1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
24 February 1974
30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered264,103
Turnout85.32%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader S. Ramassamy
Party AIADMK INC(R)
Seats before New 10
Seats won 12 7
Seat change NA Decrease3
CM before election

President's Rule

 Elected CM

S. Ramassamy
AIADMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1974, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1] The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and its leader, S. Ramassamy was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry (French: Ministre en chef de Pondichéry).[2][3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam60,81227.8312New
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam47,82321.892Decrease13
Indian National Congress (Organisation)41,34818.925New
Indian National Congress34,84015.957Decrease3
Communist Party of India18,4688.452Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)2,7371.251Increase1
Independents12,4705.711Increase1
Total218,498100.00300
Valid votes218,49896.97
Invalid/blank votes6,8303.03
Total votes225,328100.00
Registered voters/turnout264,10385.32
Source: ECI[4]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Muthialpet82.21%G. PajanirajaAIADMK4,31543.87%M. ThangapragasamINC(O)3,84239.06%473
2Cassicade78.61%Ansari P. DuraisamyINC(O)2,99638.91%Durai MunisamiAIADMK2,59133.65%405
3Raj Bhavan74.16%Dhana KantharajINC2,39956.00%K. JothiAIADMK1,10425.77%1,295
4Bussy75.48%S. PakkiamAIADMK1,68038.59%A. JayarajINC(O)1,44133.10%239
5Oupalam82.49%C. N. ParthasarathyAIADMK3,19846.84%P. Raghava ChettiarINC(O)2,11230.93%1,086
6Orleampeth80.22%N. ManimaranAIADMK3,83348.45%R. VaidyanathanINC2,35629.78%1,477
7Nellithope80.84%R. KannanINC(O)2,49537.77%N. RanganathanCPI2,36935.86%126
8Mudaliarpet87.12%Sabapathy Alias V. KothandaramanINC(O)3,88943.06%R. AlwarCPI3,32836.85%561
9Ariankuppam86.16%P. C. PurushothamanINC3,36437.06%P. SubbarayanDMK3,01733.24%347
10Embalam87.38%G. MurugesanINC3,14047.13%SivaloganathanDMK1,99429.93%1,146
11Nettapakkam92.00%V. Vengatasubba ReddiINC4,07255.65%S. VengatachalapathiAIADMK2,59835.51%1,474
12Kuruvinatham89.05%N. VengadasamyAIADMK3,44544.50%K. R. Subramaniya PadayachiINC(O)2,64234.13%803
13Bahour88.37%Thangavel ClamansoCPI2,72738.77%P. UtharaveluIndependent2,21131.43%516
14Thirubuvanai87.20%A. GopalINC2,67234.96%ThangaveluAIADMK2,63734.50%35
15Mannadipet91.88%D. Ramachandira ReddiarAIADMK3,46746.00%KannappanINC(O)2,13228.29%1,335
16Ossudu86.58%T. EzhumalaiAIADMK3,42647.83%V. NagarathinamINC2,46134.36%965
17Villianur87.65%M. K. Jeevarathina OdayarINC(O)2,81237.00%K. ThirukamuAIADMK2,60634.28%206
18Ozhukarai87.15%Venugopal Alias G. MannathanAIADMK2,98239.44%S. MuthuDMK2,27830.13%704
19Thattanchavady83.73%V. PethaperumalINC(O)3,46846.85%N. GurusamyCPI2,71036.61%758
20Reddiarpalayam82.42%V. SubbiahCPI3,34544.09%V. BalajiINC(O)2,87637.91%469
21Lawspet88.12%M. O. H. FarookDMK3,46139.21%N. VarazhauAIADMK3,27537.10%186
22Cotchery90.19%T. SubbaiyaAIADMK3,66046.04%S. M. JambulingamINC(O)2,44630.77%1,214
23Karaikal North80.49%K. KandhiAIADMK3,96441.24%P. ShanmugamINC3,66638.14%298
24Karaikal South84.85%S. RamassamyAIADMK3,29646.80%S. SavarirajanINC(O)1,85726.37%1,439
25Neravy T R Pattinam86.71%V. M. C. Varada PillaiAIADMK5,31359.89%V. M. C. Siva ShanmuganathanDMK2,99233.73%2,321
26Thirunallar89.29%A. SoundararenganDMK3,74249.31%S. ArangasamyINC(O)2,71135.72%1,031
27Nedungadu87.59%R. CoupousamyINC2,93441.18%P. SelvarajAIADMK2,22531.23%709
28Mahe85.02%Kunnummal RaghavanCPI(M)1,81633.03%Iraye Kunnathitathil KumaranIndependent1,52827.79%288
29Palloor86.10%Vanmeri Nadeyi PurushothamanINC1,98041.41%Mottamal PockuIndependent1,08122.61%899
30Yanam90.28%Kamisetty Parasuram NaiduIndependent2,28452.74%Naidou Maddimsetty SatyamurtyINC1,98645.86%298

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Former Puducherry Chief Minister Ramassamy passes away". Times of India. PTI. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022. He became Chief Minister in 1974 heading the AIADMK-CPI coalition ministry for a brief period.
  3. ↑ "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022. 3rd election: 1974 ... Subramanyan Ramaswamy of AIADMK became chief minister with support of the CPI
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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