# 2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in 1969, 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 P. Shanmugam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.

## Results

| | Indian National Congress | 108,700 | 22.78 | 11 | 2 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 83,679 | 17.54 | 7 | 0 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 59,926 | 12.56 | 3 | 0 |
| | Puducherry Makkal Congress | 48,865 | 10.24 | 4 | New |
| | Tamil Maanila Congress | 35,390 | 7.42 | 2 | 3 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 22,164 | 4.65 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | 66,981 | 14.04 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 51,402 | 10.77 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 477,107 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 477,107 | 99.95 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 252 | 0.05 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 477,359 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 658,647 | 72.48 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Results by Pre-Poll alliance

| INC+ | INC+ | Contested | WON | NDA | NDA | Contested | WON | AIADMK+ | AIADMK+ | Contested | WON | Others | Others | Others | WON |
| INC | | 21 | 11 | DMK | | 13 | 7 | AIADMK | | 20 | 3 | IND | IND | | 2 |
| TMC | | 7 | 2 | PMC | | 9 | 4 | PMK | | 10 | 0 | | | | |
| CPI | | 2 | 0 | BJP | | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | DPI | | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | JDU | | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 13 | Total | Total | Total | 12 | Total | Total | Total | 3 | Total | Total | Total | 2 |
| Change | Change | Change | 3 | Change | Change | Change | 4 | Change | Change | Change | 1 | Change | Change | Change | 0 |

### Results by Post-Poll alliance

| INC+ | INC+ | SEATS | NDA | NDA | SEATS | Others | Others | SEATS |
| INC | | 11 | DMK | | 7 | IND | | 2 |
| TMC | | 2 | PMC | | 4 |
| AIADMK | | 3 | BJP | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 16 | Total | Total | 12 | Total | Total | 2 |

## 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 | 64.67% | A. Kasilingam | | AIADMK | 6,857 | 38.02% | Raja Chandrasekaran | | DMK | 4,947 | 27.43% | 1,910 |
| 2 | Cassicade | 68.44% | K. Lakshminarayanan | | PMC | 4,875 | 51.52% | R. Malar Mannan | | PMK | 3,097 | 32.73% | 1,778 |
| 3 | Raj Bhavan | 65.75% | S. P. Sivakumar | | DMK | 2,408 | 57.79% | A. Gandhiraj | | INC | 1,308 | 31.39% | 1,100 |
| 4 | Bussy | 51.02% | Annibal Kennedy | | DMK | 3,087 | 63.77% | S. Babu Ansardeen | | AIADMK | 904 | 18.67% | 2,183 |
| 5 | Oupalam | 72.89% | A. Anbalagan | | AIADMK | 8,416 | 59.24% | P. Pandian | | PMC | 5,044 | 35.50% | 3,372 |
| 6 | Orleampeth | 70.28% | R. Siva | | DMK | 7,608 | 49.41% | G. Chezhian | | AIADMK | 4,223 | 27.42% | 3,385 |
| 7 | Nellithope | 75.41% | R. V. Janakiraman | | DMK | 7,780 | 51.42% | Dr. J. Nannan | | AIADMK | 5,839 | 38.59% | 1,941 |
| 8 | Mudaliarpet | 73.23% | Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian | | DMK | 9,119 | 40.98% | V. Sababady Kothandraman | | INC | 7,616 | 34.22% | 1,503 |
| 9 | Ariankuppam | 74.12% | T. Jayamoorthy | | Independent | 9,790 | 45.23% | K. R. Anantharaman | | PMK | 5,628 | 26.00% | 4,162 |
| 10 | Embalam | 74.87% | N. Gangadaran | | INC | 3,723 | 25.44% | S. Palanivelu | | DMK | 3,087 | 21.10% | 636 |
| 11 | Nettapakkam | 79.40% | V. Vaithilingam | | INC | 5,984 | 39.47% | K. Dhanraju | | PMK | 4,771 | 31.47% | 1,213 |
| 12 | Kuruvinatham | 83.57% | R. Radhakrishnan | | PMC | 8,000 | 50.58% | T. Thiagarajan | | INC | 5,979 | 37.81% | 2,021 |
| 13 | Bahour | 79.21% | P. Rajavelu | | PMC | 7,696 | 48.91% | M. Kandasamy | | TMC(M) | 5,063 | 32.18% | 2,633 |
| 14 | Thirubuvanai | 76.21% | P. Angalane | | INC | 4,753 | 28.60% | Durai Arivudainambi | | Independent | 3,949 | 23.76% | 804 |
| 15 | Mannadipet | 79.09% | D. Ramachandran | | AIADMK | 8,939 | 55.29% | N. Rajaram | | INC | 4,237 | 26.21% | 4,702 |
| 16 | Ossudu | 81.22% | Abar Elumalai | | PMC | 5,364 | 34.65% | S. Balaraman | | PMK | 5,200 | 33.59% | 164 |
| 17 | Villianur | 80.72% | C. Djeacoumar | | TMC(M) | 10,335 | 50.51% | J. Narayanasamy | | PMC | 6,246 | 30.52% | 4,089 |
| 18 | Ozhukarai | 71.96% | A. Namassivayam | | TMC(M) | 10,164 | 45.49% | K. Natarajan | | AIADMK | 6,021 | 26.95% | 4,143 |
| 19 | Thattanchavady | 67.87% | N. Rangaswamy | | INC | 14,323 | 58.90% | V. Pethaperumal | | JD(U) | 8,769 | 36.06% | 5,554 |
| 20 | Reddiarpalayam | 70.12% | A. M. Krishnamurthy | | BJP | 11,446 | 44.85% | R. Viswanathan | | CPI | 7,985 | 31.29% | 3,461 |
| 21 | Lawspet | 65.51% | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan | | INC | 12,929 | 38.51% | N. Kesavan | | DMK | 10,962 | 32.65% | 1,967 |
| 22 | Cotchery | 71.10% | R. Nalamagarajan | | INC | 7,058 | 43.50% | M. Ramadass | | PMK | 5,382 | 33.17% | 1,676 |
| 23 | Karaikal North | 61.17% | A. M. H. Nazeem | | DMK | 6,273 | 46.92% | A. J. Assana | | AIADMK | 3,969 | 29.69% | 2,304 |
| 24 | Karaikal South | 69.85% | A. V. Subramanian | | INC | 6,138 | 51.39% | V. K. Ganapathy | | PMC | 5,229 | 43.78% | 909 |
| 25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 71.52% | V. M. C. Sivakumar | | DMK | 6,672 | 46.96% | V. M. C. V. Ganapathy | | TMC(M) | 3,741 | 26.33% | 2,931 |
| 26 | Thirunallar | 74.22% | R. Kamalakkannan | | INC | 5,390 | 42.00% | N. V. R. Arivoli | | DMK | 4,615 | 35.96% | 775 |
| 27 | Nedungadu | 76.17% | M. Chandirakasu | | INC | 5,720 | 45.35% | A. Marimuthu | | DMK | 4,660 | 36.95% | 1,060 |
| 28 | Mahe | 72.95% | E. Valsaraj | | INC | 5,666 | 59.87% | Manoli Muhammad | | Independent | 3,131 | 33.08% | 2,535 |
| 29 | Palloor | 71.01% | A. V. Sreedharan | | INC | 4,855 | 49.23% | P. Dineshan | | CPI(M) | 3,392 | 34.40% | 1,463 |
| 30 | Yanam | 83.43% | Malladi Krishna Rao | | Independent | 8,959 | 57.34% | Gollapalli Gangadhara Pratap | | BJP | 5,981 | 38.28% | 2,978 |