1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Template:Infobox election Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. 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. His party had an alliance with the CPI, and the Janata Dal.

Seat allotments

Congress Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Hand INC.svg	V. Vaithilingam	17
2.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	J. Jayalalithaa	13

DMK-led Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg	M. Karunanidhi	18
2.	Template:Full party name with color	File:Janata Dal symbol.svg	Sivaji Ganesan	7+1Template:Efn
3.	Template:Full party name with color	File:CPI symbol.svg	Indrajit Gupta	3
4.	Template:Full party name with color	File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	2

Elected members

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

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

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• 1990 elections in India

External links

• Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections. eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.