# 1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 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.

## Results

| | Indian National Congress | 105,207 | 25.04 | 11 | 4 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 101,127 | 24.07 | 9 | 4 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 76,337 | 18.17 | 3 | 3 |
| | Janata Dal | 38,145 | 9.08 | 4 | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 21,323 | 5.07 | 2 | 2 |
| | Others | 44,475 | 10.58 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 33,557 | 7.99 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 420,171 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 420,171 | 99.19 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 3,416 | 0.81 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 423,587 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 585,194 | 72.38 | | |
| 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 | 67.23% | G. Palani Raja | | DMK | 10,571 | 55.74% | R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal | | AIADMK | 8,394 | 44.26% | 2,177 |
| 2 | Cassicade | 66.29% | P. Kannan | | INC | 6,040 | 52.52% | S. Anandavelu | | DMK | 5,095 | 44.30% | 945 |
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 62.08% | S. P. Sivakumar | | DMK | 2,528 | 47.58% | L. Joseph Mariadoss | | INC | 2,377 | 44.74% | 151 |
| 4 | Bussy | 58.96% | C. M. Achraff | | INC | 2,692 | 48.30% | S. Babu Ansardeen | | DMK | 2,463 | 44.20% | 229 |
| 5 | Oupalam | 69.17% | N. Naghamuthu | | DMK | 7,378 | 53.96% | P. K. Loganathan | | AIADMK | 5,956 | 43.56% | 1,422 |
| 6 | Orleampeth | 63.14% | N. Manimaran | | DMK | 8,076 | 50.47% | M. Pandurangan | | AIADMK | 7,569 | 47.30% | 507 |
| 7 | Nellithope | 64.95% | R. V. Janakiraman | | DMK | 6,601 | 41.58% | B. Manimaran | | AIADMK | 6,071 | 38.24% | 530 |
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 71.69% | M. Manjini | | CPI | 8,905 | 45.39% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | | INC | 8,049 | 41.02% | 856 |
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 72.85% | A. Bakthkavachalam | | JD | 5,950 | 33.88% | Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran | | AIADMK | 5,265 | 29.98% | 685 |
| 10 | Embalam | 78.97% | K. Deivanayagam | | JD | 4,669 | 36.96% | K. Sivaloganathan | | Independent | 3,563 | 28.20% | 1,106 |
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 77.31% | V. Vaithilingam | | INC | 7,332 | 55.34% | N. Devadass | | DMK | 3,193 | 24.10% | 4,139 |
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 84.54% | R. Ramanathan | | DMK | 6,072 | 43.99% | P. Purushothaman | | AIADMK | 4,307 | 31.21% | 1,765 |
| 13 | Bahour | 78.72% | P. Rajavelu | | JD | 8,223 | 57.79% | M. Rajagopalan | | INC | 5,179 | 36.40% | 3,044 |
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 74.01% | D. Viswanathan | | AIADMK | 6,743 | 46.43% | N. Veerappan | | DMK | 5,219 | 35.94% | 1,524 |
| 15 | Mannadipet | 79.70% | D. Ramachandran | | DMK | 7,802 | 51.00% | R. Somasundaram | | AIADMK | 6,210 | 40.59% | 1,592 |
| 16 | Ossudu | 78.93% | N. Marimuthu | | INC | 5,242 | 40.77% | P. Sundararasu | | JD | 3,514 | 27.33% | 1,728 |
| 17 | Villianur | 76.74% | P. Anandabaskaran | | INC | 8,442 | 54.30% | M. Venugopal | | DMK | 4,706 | 30.27% | 3,736 |
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 76.53% | M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni | | DMK | 8,749 | 54.08% | M. Padmanabhan | | AIADMK | 6,956 | 43.00% | 1,793 |
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 66.83% | V. Pethaperumal | | JD | 9,503 | 51.31% | N. Rangaswamy | | INC | 8,521 | 46.00% | 982 |
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 63.09% | R. Viswanathan | | CPI | 11,153 | 50.82% | V. Balaji | | INC | 8,482 | 38.65% | 2,671 |
| 21 | Lawspet | 72.02% | M. O. H. Farook | | INC | 12,637 | 53.00% | P. Sankaran | | CPI(M) | 9,738 | 40.84% | 2,899 |
| 22 | Cotchery | 79.85% | M. Vaithilingam | | INC | 5,189 | 35.99% | G. Panjavarnam | | Independent | 5,049 | 35.02% | 140 |
| 23 | Karaikal North | 64.00% | S. M. Thavasu | | INC | 5,394 | 41.51% | G. Rangayen | | JD | 3,783 | 29.11% | 1,611 |
| 24 | Karaikal South | 68.72% | S. Ramassamy | | AIADMK | 6,012 | 56.32% | S. Savarirajan | | DMK | 4,228 | 39.61% | 1,784 |
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 80.93% | V. Ganapathy | | AIADMK | 7,102 | 51.72% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | | DMK | 6,258 | 45.57% | 844 |
| 26 | Thirunallar | 76.92% | R. Kamalakkannan | | Independent | 4,124 | 35.70% | A. Soundararengan | | DMK | 3,698 | 32.01% | 426 |
| 27 | Nedungadu | 77.12% | M. Chandirakasu | | INC | 6,174 | 55.68% | R. Kuppusamy | | Independent | 2,591 | 23.37% | 3,583 |
| 28 | Mahe | 78.91% | E. Valsaraj | | INC | 5,142 | 56.05% | Mukkath Jayan | | CPI(M) | 3,304 | 36.01% | 1,838 |
| 29 | Palloor | 76.72% | A. V. Sreedharan | | INC | 5,288 | 58.44% | K. Gangadharan | | Independent | 2,576 | 28.47% | 2,712 |
| 30 | Yanam | 85.72% | Raksha Harikrishna | | DMK | 4,632 | 42.99% | Velaga Rajeshwara Rao | | INC | 3,027 | 28.09% | 1,605 |