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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1990

30 seats · 13 changed party since 1985

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Party standings

Puducherry Assembly Election, 1990 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 11 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 9 seatsJanata Dal — 4 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 3 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seatsIndependent — 1 seat1630of 30 seats
  • INC11
  • DMK9
  • JD4
  • AIADMK3
  • CPI2
  • IND1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress1137%1,05,20725.0%17
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam930%1,01,12724.1%18
JDJanata Dal413%38,1459.1%8
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam310%76,33718.2%13
CPICommunist Party of India27%21,3235.1%3
INDIndependent13%33,5578.0%77
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi00%26,8206.4%24
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%13,0423.1%2

+ 7 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Puducherry Assembly Election, 1990 · winner by seat

30 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 16

1990 · selected
Majority 16
INC11DMK9JD4AIADMK3CPI2IND1
1985 · previous
Majority 16

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1985 → 1990

1985 1990· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
32.7
25.0
29.1
24.1
0.0
9.1
15.7
18.2
4.7
5.1
6.4
8.0
0.0
6.4
INCDMKJDAIADMKCPIINDPMK

Seat change

1990 seats minus 1985 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
15 → 11
−4
DMK
5 → 9
+4
JD
0 → 4
+4
AIADMK
6 → 3
−3
CPI
0 → 2
+2
IND
2 → 1
−1
JNP
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1985 → 1990

share lostshare gained
JD
0.0% → 9.1%
+9.1%
PMK
0.0% → 6.4%
+6.4%
AIADMK
15.7% → 18.2%
+2.4%
IND
6.4% → 8.0%
+1.6%
CPM
1.8% → 3.1%
+1.3%
BJP
0.1% → 0.5%
+0.5%
CPI
4.7% → 5.1%
+0.3%
TDP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
DMK
29.1% → 24.1%
−5.0%
INC
32.7% → 25.0%
−7.6%

Biggest INC–DMK swings

Seats where the INC-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 1985 → 1990. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − DMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward DMK.

toward DMKtoward INC
Cassicade
−54.5%
Yanam
−51.6%
Embalom
+49.0%
Karaikal South
−45.4%
Thattanchavady
+45.0%
Ariankuppam
+40.5%
Mannadipeth
−38.0%
Ossudu
−28.5%
Lawspet
+28.0%
Thirubuvanai
−26.5%
Oupalam
−23.5%
Raj Bhavan
−21.9%

Closest races · 1990

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1990

30 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1985