# 1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991, 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, and V. Vaithilingam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry. The Indian National Congress was in an alliance with the AIADMK.

## Results

| | Indian National Congress | 117,289 | 30.00 | 15 | 4 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 96,607 | 24.71 | 4 | 5 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 67,792 | 17.34 | 6 | 3 |
| | Janata Dal | 26,321 | 6.73 | 1 | 3 |
| | Communist Party of India | 19,503 | 4.99 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | 27,678 | 7.08 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 35,739 | 9.14 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 390,929 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 390,929 | 97.29 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,895 | 2.71 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 401,824 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 593,318 | 67.72 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

## Elected members

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Muthialpet | 63.69% | M. Balasubramaniam | | AIADMK | 9,175 | 52.38% | S. Anandavelu | | DMK | 8,060 | 46.02% | 1,115 |
| 2 | Cassicade | 57.22% | M. Elango | | JD | 4,927 | 49.97% | P. Shanmugan | | INC | 4,478 | 45.42% | 449 |
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 55.95% | A. Gandhiraj | | INC | 2,381 | 48.45% | S. P. Sivakumar | | DMK | 2,332 | 47.46% | 49 |
| 4 | Bussy | 54.96% | C. M. Achraff | | INC | 3,083 | 58.80% | G. Perularaja | | DMK | 2,042 | 38.95% | 1,041 |
| 5 | Oupalam | 65.16% | U. C. Arumugan | | AIADMK | 7,352 | 57.27% | N. Nathamuthu | | DMK | 5,283 | 41.15% | 2,069 |
| 6 | Orleampeth | 58.15% | K. Parasuraman | | AIADMK | 8,697 | 59.44% | N. Manimaran | | DMK | 5,613 | 38.36% | 3,084 |
| 7 | Nellithope | 59.08% | R. V. Janakiraman | | DMK | 7,067 | 49.05% | N. R. Shanmugam | | AIADMK | 6,988 | 48.50% | 79 |
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 67.66% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | | Independent | 8,230 | 45.45% | M. Manjini | | CPI | 4,295 | 23.72% | 3,935 |
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 69.40% | P. Subbarayan | | DMK | 5,794 | 35.59% | S. Ramsing | | PMK | 4,624 | 28.40% | 1,170 |
| 10 | Embalam | 73.00% | K. Pakkiri Ammal | | INC | 4,171 | 37.57% | R. Rajaraman | | JD | 2,587 | 23.30% | 1,584 |
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 70.68% | V. Vaithilingam | | INC | 8,095 | 66.14% | R. Subbaraya Gounder | | DMK | 3,782 | 30.90% | 4,313 |
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 80.41% | T. Thiagarajan | | INC | 6,765 | 51.72% | N. Vengadasamy | | DMK | 4,014 | 30.69% | 2,751 |
| 13 | Bahour | 73.30% | P. Rajavelu | | Independent | 6,377 | 48.63% | E. Rajalingam | | Independent | 4,454 | 33.96% | 1,923 |
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 69.35% | D. Viswanathan | | AIADMK | 7,453 | 55.69% | M. Thangavelu | | DMK | 4,939 | 36.90% | 2,514 |
| 15 | Mannadipet | 77.87% | N. Rajaram | | INC | 7,771 | 52.33% | D. Ramachandran | | DMK | 6,874 | 46.29% | 897 |
| 16 | Ossudu | 73.28% | N. Marimuthu | | INC | 7,293 | 63.00% | S. Balaraman | | JD | 4,162 | 35.95% | 3,131 |
| 17 | Villianur | 74.99% | P. Anandabaskaran | | INC | 8,190 | 54.09% | C. Jayakumar | | JD | 6,740 | 44.51% | 1,450 |
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 71.15% | K. Natarajan | | AIADMK | 8,566 | 56.82% | M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni | | DMK | 6,279 | 41.65% | 2,287 |
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 64.70% | N. Rangaswamy | | INC | 12,545 | 69.71% | V. Pethaperumal | | JD | 5,285 | 29.37% | 7,260 |
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 57.85% | R. Viswanathan | | CPI | 13,134 | 64.00% | Indira Munusamy | | AIADMK | 6,517 | 31.76% | 6,617 |
| 21 | Lawspet | 66.15% | P. Kanann | | INC | 13,475 | 61.51% | P. Sankaran | | CPI(M) | 8,088 | 36.92% | 5,387 |
| 22 | Cotchery | 76.19% | R. Nalamaharajan | | Independent | 5,051 | 37.01% | M. Vaithilingam | | INC | 4,592 | 33.64% | 459 |
| 23 | Karaikal North | 57.35% | A. M. H. Nazeem | | DMK | 6,809 | 59.31% | M. Gnanadesigan | | AIADMK | 4,389 | 38.23% | 2,420 |
| 24 | Karaikal South | 65.69% | A. V. Subramanian | | INC | 6,189 | 61.10% | S. Savarirajan | | DMK | 3,724 | 36.76% | 2,465 |
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 75.92% | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy | | AIADMK | 6,384 | 49.67% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | | DMK | 6,145 | 47.81% | 239 |
| 26 | Thirunallar | 72.09% | A. Soundararengan | | DMK | 4,401 | 41.37% | R. Kamalakkannan | | Independent | 2,994 | 28.14% | 1,407 |
| 27 | Nedungadu | 75.75% | M. Chandirakasu | | INC | 5,955 | 55.25% | S. A. Marimuthu | | DMK | 4,824 | 44.75% | 1,131 |
| 28 | Mahe | 70.09% | E. Valsaraj | | INC | 5,099 | 62.62% | K. V. Raghavan | | CPI(M) | 2,421 | 29.73% | 2,678 |
| 29 | Palloor | 70.41% | A. V. Sreedharan | | INC | 4,922 | 59.02% | K. M. Raju Master | | JD | 2,620 | 31.41% | 2,302 |
| 30 | Yanam | 83.39% | Velaga Rajeshwara Rao | | INC | 6,331 | 56.87% | Raksha Harikrishna | | DMK | 4,704 | 42.26% | 1,627 |