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
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
won the popular vote, and the most seats, but
M. D. R. Ramachandran
M. D. R. Ramachandran is an Indian politician. He served as Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1980 to 1983 and from 1990 to 1991, and as Speaker of the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly
The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral ...
of the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
, was appointed as the
Chief Minister of Puducherry
The chief minister of Puducherry is the chief executive of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is a union territory's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive autho ...
. His party had an alliance with the
CPI
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Overview
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, and the
Janata Dal
Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...
.
Results
Elected members
See also
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List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
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1990 elections in India
Legislative Assembly elections
Arunachal Pradesh
Bihar
Source:
Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Source:
Maharashtra
Manipur
Odisha
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. ...
References
External links
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{{Puducherry elections
1990 State Assembly elections in India
State Assembly elections in Puducherry
1990s in Pondicherry