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{{Short description|Indian union territory election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1985
| election_date = 27 February 1990
| next_election = 1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1991
| seats_for_election = 30 seats in the [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 16
| registered = {{formatnum:585194}}
| turnout = 72.38%
| image_size = 100px

| party1 = Indian National Congress
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=M. O. H. Farook.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=17|oTop=03}}
| leader1 = [[M. O. H. Farook]]
| leaders_seat1 =
| leader_since1 =
| seats1 = 11
| seats_before1 = 15
| popular_vote1 = 25.04%
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4

| party2 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = [[M. D. R. Ramachandran]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| leader_since2 =
| seats2 = 9
| seats_before2 = 5
| popular_vote2 = 24.07%
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}4


| title = [[Chief Minister of Puducherry|CM]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| before_election = [[M. O. H. Farook]]
| after_party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| after_election = [[M. D. R. Ramachandran]]
}}
Elections to the '''[[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]''' were held in February 1990, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] (then known as Pondicherry), in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/26/explained-puducherry-the-territory-of-coalitions-and-presidents-rule.html |title=Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule |magazine=[[The Week (Indian magazine)]] |date=26 March 2021 |quote=7th election: 1990 - The Puducherry election of 1990 was among the most fractious in terms of numbers. The Congress, which had a tie-up with the AIADMK, was the single-largest party, winning 11 seats, with a vote share of 25 per cent. The DMK secured nine seats and had a vote share of 24 per cent. The AIADMK secured three seats. |access-date= 4 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1990.PDF |title=Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1990 |access-date= 4 September 2022}}</ref> The [[Indian National Congress]] won the popular vote, and the most seats, but [[M. D. R. Ramachandran]] of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], was appointed as the [[Chief Minister of Puducherry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/pondicherry.HTML |title=Pondicherry Legislative Assembly |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> His party had an alliance with the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], and the [[Janata Dal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19900331-dmk-stuns-congress-aiadmk-in-pondicherry-813798-1990-03-31 |title=DMK stuns Congress-AIADMK in Pondicherry |magazine=[[India Today]] |date=31 March 1990 |author=Kavitha Shetty |access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref>

==Seat allotments==
===[[Indian National Congress|Congress Alliance]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No.<br />
! scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || style="text-align:center;"|
[[File:Hand INC.svg|50x50px]]
|| [[V. Vaithilingam]] || style="text-align:center;"|17
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|50x50px]] || [[J. Jayalalithaa]] || style="text-align:center;"|13
|}

===[[DMK-led Alliance]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="height: 50px;"
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"| No.<br />
! scope="col" style="width:300px;" colspan="2"| Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Leader
! scope="col" style="width:60px;"| Seats
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|1. || {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg|50x50px]] || [[M. Karunanidhi]] || style="text-align:center;"|18
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|2. || {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg|50px]] || [[Sivaji Ganesan]] || style="text-align:center;"|7+1{{efn|Friendly Contest on [[Nettapakkam Assembly constituency|Nettapakkam]] between [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] and [[Janata Dal|JD]].}}
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|3. || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}|| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:CPI symbol.svg|50x50px]] || [[Indrajit Gupta]] || style="text-align:center;"|3
|- style="height: 55px;"
| style="text-align:right;"|4. || {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}} || style="text-align:center;"| [[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|50x50px]] || [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]|| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

==Results==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1990.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=105207|seats1=11|sc1={{decrease}}4
|party2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes2=101127|seats2=9|sc2={{increase}}4
|party3=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes3=76337|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}}3
|party4=[[Janata Dal]]|votes4=38145|seats4=4|sc4=New
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=21323|seats5=2|sc5={{increase}}2
|party20=Others|votes20=44475|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=33557|seats21=1|sc21={{decrease}}1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=3416
|electorate=585194
|source=ECI<ref name=election1990>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3431-puducherry-1990/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
}}

==Elected members==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-

| 1 || [[Muthialpet Assembly constituency|Muthialpet]] || 67.23 || G. Palani Raja || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 10,571 || 55.74 || R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 8,394 || 44.26 || 2,177
|-
| 2 || [[Cassicade Assembly constituency|Cassicade]] || 66.29 || P. Kannan || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 6,040 || 52.52 || S. Anandavelu || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 5,095 || 44.30 || 945
|-
| 3 || [[Raj Bhavan Assembly constituency|Raj Bhavan]] || 62.08 || S. P. Sivakumar || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 2,528 || 47.58 || L. Joseph Mariadoss || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 2,377 || 44.74 || 151
|-
| 4 || [[Bussy Assembly constituency|Bussy]] || 58.96 || C. M. Achraff || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 2,692 || 48.30 || S. Babu Ansardeen || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 2,463 || 44.20 || 229
|-
| 5 || [[Oupalam Assembly constituency|Oupalam]] || 69.17 || N. Naghamuthu || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 7,378 || 53.96 || P. K. Loganathan || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 5,956 || 43.56 || 1,422
|-
| 6 || [[Orleampeth Assembly constituency|Orleampeth]] || 63.14 || N. Manimaran || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 8,076 || 50.47 || M. Pandurangan || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 7,569 || 47.30 || 507
|-
| 7 || [[Nellithope Assembly constituency|Nellithope]] || 64.95 || [[R. V. Janakiraman]] || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,601 || 41.58 || B. Manimaran || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,071 || 38.24 || 530
|-
| 8 || [[Mudaliarpet Assembly constituency|Mudaliarpet]] || 71.69 || M. Manjini || {{party name with color|Communist Party of India}} || 8,905 || 45.39 || V. Sababady Kothandraman || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 8,049 || 41.02 || 856
|-
| 9 || [[Ariankuppam Assembly constituency|Ariankuppam]] || 72.85 || A. Bakthkavachalam || {{party name with color|Janata Dal}} || 5,950 || 33.88 || Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 5,265 || 29.98 || 685
|-
| 10 || [[Embalam Assembly constituency|Embalam]] || 78.97 || K. Deivanayagam || {{party name with color|Janata Dal}} || 4,669 || 36.96 || K. Sivaloganathan || {{party name with color|Independent politician}} || 3,563 || 28.20 || 1,106
|-
| 11 || [[Nettapakkam Assembly constituency|Nettapakkam]] || 77.31 || [[V. Vaithilingam]] || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 7,332 || 55.34 || N. Devadass || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 3,193 || 24.10 || 4,139
|-
| 12 || [[Kuruvinatham Assembly constituency|Kuruvinatham]] || 84.54 || R. Ramanathan || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,072 || 43.99 || P. Purushothaman || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 4,307 || 31.21 || 1,765
|-
| 13 || [[Bahour Assembly constituency|Bahour]] || 78.72 || P. Rajavelu || {{party name with color|Janata Dal}} || 8,223 || 57.79 || M. Rajagopalan || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5,179 || 36.40 || 3,044
|-
| 14 || [[Thirubuvanai Assembly constituency|Thirubuvanai]] || 74.01 || D. Viswanathan || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,743 || 46.43 || N. Veerappan || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 5,219 || 35.94 || 1,524
|-
| 15 || [[Mannadipet Assembly constituency|Mannadipet]] || 79.70 || D. Ramachandran || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 7,802 || 51.00 || R. Somasundaram || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,210 || 40.59 || 1,592
|-
| 16 || [[Ossudu Assembly constituency|Ossudu]] || 78.93 || N. Marimuthu || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5,242 || 40.77 || P. Sundararasu || {{party name with color|Janata Dal}} || 3,514 || 27.33 || 1,728
|-
| 17 || [[Villianur Assembly constituency|Villianur]] || 76.74 || P. Anandabaskaran || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 8,442 || 54.30 || M. Venugopal || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 4,706 || 30.27 || 3,736
|-
| 18 || [[Ozhukarai Assembly constituency|Ozhukarai]] || 76.53 || M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 8,749 || 54.08 || M. Padmanabhan || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,956 || 43.00 || 1,793
|-
| 19 || [[Thattanchavady Assembly constituency|Thattanchavady]] || 66.83 || V. Pethaperumal || {{party name with color|Janata Dal}} || 9,503 || 51.31 || [[N. Rangaswamy]] || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 8,521 || 46.00 || 982
|-
| 20 || [[Reddiarpalayam Assembly constituency|Reddiarpalayam]] || 63.09 || R. Viswanathan || {{party name with color|Communist Party of India}} || 11,153 || 50.82 || V. Balaji || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 8,482 || 38.65 || 2,671
|-
| 21 || [[Lawspet Assembly constituency|Lawspet]] || 72.02 || [[M. O. H. Farook]] || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 12,637 || 53.00 || P. Sankaran || {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} || 9,738 || 40.84 || 2,899
|-
| 22 || [[Cotchery Assembly constituency|Cotchery]] || 79.85 || M. Vaithilingam || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5,189 || 35.99 || G. Panjavarnam || {{party name with color|Independent politician}} || 5,049 || 35.02 || 140
|-
| 23 || [[Karaikal North Assembly constituency|Karaikal North]] || 64.00 || S. M. Thavasu || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5,394 || 41.51 || G. Rangayen || {{party name with color|Janata Dal}} || 3,783 || 29.11 || 1,611
|-
| 24 || [[Karaikal South Assembly constituency|Karaikal South]] || 68.72 || [[S. Ramassamy]] || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,012 || 56.32 || S. Savarirajan || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 4,228 || 39.61 || 1,784
|-
| 25 || [[Neravy T R Pattinam Assembly constituency|Neravy T R Pattinam]] || 80.93 || V. Ganapathy || {{party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 7,102 || 51.72 || [[V. M. C. Sivakumar]] || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 6,258 || 45.57 || 844
|-
| 26 || [[Thirunallar Assembly constituency|Thirunallar]] || 76.92 || R. Kamalakkannan || {{party name with color|Independent politician}} || 4,124 || 35.70 || A. Soundararengan || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 3,698 || 32.01 || 426
|-
| 27 || [[Nedungadu Assembly constituency|Nedungadu]] || 77.12 || M. Chandirakasu || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 6,174 || 55.68 || R. Kuppusamy || {{party name with color|Independent politician}} || 2,591 || 23.37 || 3,583
|-
| 28 || [[Mahe Assembly constituency|Mahe]] || 78.91 || E. Valsaraj || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5,142 || 56.05 || Mukkath Jayan || {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} || 3,304 || 36.01 || 1,838
|-
| 29 || [[Palloor Assembly constituency|Palloor]] || 76.72 || A. V. Sreedharan || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 5,288 || 58.44 || K. Gangadharan || {{party name with color|Independent politician}} || 2,576 || 28.47 || 2,712
|-
| 30 || [[Yanam Assembly constituency|Yanam]] || 85.72 || Raksha Harikrishna || {{party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} || 4,632 || 42.99 || Velaga Rajeshwara Rao || {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 3,027 || 28.09 || 1,605
|}

==See also==
*[[List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
*[[1990 elections in India]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-puducherry/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=19 May 2022}}

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