2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | N. Rangaswamy | A. M. H. Nazeem | A. Anbazhagan
Party  | INC | DMK | AIADMK
Leader's seat  | Thattanchavady | Karaikal North | Oupalam
Seats before  | 11  | 7  | 3
Seats won  | 10  | 7  | 3
Seat change  |  1  |  |

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| Chief Minister before election

N. Rangaswamy
INC

| Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
INC

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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]

## Parties and alliances

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###   Secular Progressive Alliance+United Progressive Alliance

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Party  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| 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

###   All India Anna DMK-led Alliance

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Party  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| 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

## Results

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| 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

## Elected members

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

Assembly Constituency  | Turnout  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#k  | Names  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %
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

## See also

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* Government of Puducherry
* Puducherry Legislative Assembly
* Pondicherry Representative Assembly
* List of chief ministers of Puducherry
* List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
* List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry
* 2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

## References

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1. ^ a b "After 6 years, Pondicherry is back in coalition mode". The Times of India. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. ^ "N Rangasamy appointed Pondicherry CM". Rediff. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
3. ^ "Cong, PMK ink poll pact in Pondy". oneindia. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. ^ S., Viswanathan (2 June 2006). "Three in a row". Frontline. Retrieved 30 June 2022. `{{cite magazine}}`: Cite magazine requires `|magazine=` (help)
5. ^ "Pondicherry Assembly Election Results in 2006". Elections. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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