1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Registered

228,754

Turnout

81.59%

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	M. O. H. Farook
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Indian National Congress
Seats won	15	10
Seat change	-	12

CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

M. O. H. Farook
DMK

Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly (French: Assemblée législative de Pondichéry) were held in March 1969, to elect members of the 3rd Puducherry Assembly. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.^[1]

The territory of Pondicherry was delimited by the Delimitation Commission of India into 30 single-member constituencies.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	78,052	42.62	10	12
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	61,717	33.70	15	New
	Communist Party of India	23,115	12.62	3	New
	Independents	20,250	11.06	2	2
Total		183,134	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		183,134	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		3,497	1.87
Total votes		186,631	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		228,754	81.59
Source: ECI^[3]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/None)	Member
Mouttalpeth	None	K. Murugaiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Couroussoucoupom	None	G. Perumal Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Cassicade	None	P. Ansari Dorasamy	Indian National Congress
Raj Nivas	None	D. Kantharaj	Indian National Congress
Bussy	None	C.M. Acharaff	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Oupalom	None	S. Govindarajalu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Nellitope	None	N. Ranganathan	Communist Party of India
Modeliarpeth	None	V. Kailasa Subbiah	Communist Party of India
Ariancoupom	None	S. Perumal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Courouvinattam	None	K.R. Subramanya Padayachi	Indian National Congress
Bahour	SC	K. Krishnasamy	Indian National Congress
Nettapacom	None	D. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tiroubouvane	SC	M. Thangavelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Mannadipeth	None	S.M. Subbarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Oussoudou	SC	V. Nagarathinam	Indian National Congress
Villenour	None	S. Arumugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Embalom	SC	M. Veerammal	Indian National Congress
Oulgaret	None	S. Muthu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Calapeth	None	M.O.H. Farook	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Poudousaram	None	N. Gurusamy	Communist Party of India
Cotchery	SC	M. Balaya	Indian National Congress
Karikal North	None	M. Jambulingam	Indian National Congress
Karikal South	None	Marie Lourdes Silvaradjou	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Neravy	None	S. Ramasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Grandi Aldee	None	Y. Pandarinathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tirnoular	None	R. Supprayalu Naicker	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Nedouncadou	None	P. Shanmugam	Indian National Congress
Mahe	None	I.K. Kumaran	Independent
Pallour	None	V.N. Purushothaman	Indian National Congress
Yanaon	None	K.S.P.V. Rao Naidu	Independent

References

^ "H. E. Shri M. O. H. Faarooq". Archived from the original on 5 January 2010.
^ G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 965. ISBN 9788120004009.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.