Elections to the

Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly (French language, French: ''Assemblée législative de Pondichéry'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian States and union territories of India, union territory (UT) of Puducherry (union territory), P ...

were held in 2001, 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, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

won the popular vote and the most seats, and P. Shanmugam 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 auth ...

Seat allotments

AIADMK-PMK Alliance

National Democratic Alliance The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

TMC+INC+CPI

Results

Results by Pre-Poll alliance

Results by Post-Poll alliance

Elected members

References

External links

* {{Puducherry elections 2001 State Assembly elections in India State Assembly elections in Puducherry 2000s in Puducherry