Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in February 1974, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the most seats, and its leader, S. Ramassamy was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry (French: Ministre en chef de Pondichéry).
Results
Elected members Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes% 1 Muthialpet 82.21% G. Pajaniraja 4,315 43.87% M. Thangapragasam 3,842 39.06% 473 2 Cassicade 78.61% Ansari P. Duraisamy 2,996 38.91% Durai Munisami 2,591 33.65% 405 3 Raj Bhavan 74.16% Dhana Kantharaj 2,399 56.00% K. Jothi 1,104 25.77% 1,295 4 Bussy 75.48% S. Pakkiam 1,680 38.59% A. Jayaraj 1,441 33.10% 239 5 Oupalam 82.49% C. N. Parthasarathy 3,198 46.84% P. Raghava Chettiar 2,112 30.93% 1,086 6 Orleampeth 80.22% N. Manimaran 3,833 48.45% R. Vaidyanathan 2,356 29.78% 1,477 7 Nellithope 80.84% R. Kannan 2,495 37.77% N. Ranganathan 2,369 35.86% 126 8 Mudaliarpet 87.12% Sabapathy Alias V. Kothandaraman 3,889 43.06% R. Alwar 3,328 36.85% 561 9 Ariankuppam 86.16% P. C. Purushothaman 3,364 37.06% P. Subbarayan 3,017 33.24% 347 10 Embalam 87.38% G. Murugesan 3,140 47.13% Sivaloganathan 1,994 29.93% 1,146 11 Nettapakkam 92.00% V. Vengatasubba Reddi 4,072 55.65% S. Vengatachalapathi 2,598 35.51% 1,474 12 Kuruvinatham 89.05% N. Vengadasamy 3,445 44.50% K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi 2,642 34.13% 803 13 Bahour 88.37% Thangavel Clamanso 2,727 38.77% P. Utharavelu 2,211 31.43% 516 14 Thirubuvanai 87.20% A. Gopal 2,672 34.96% Thangavelu 2,637 34.50% 35 15 Mannadipet 91.88% D. Ramachandira Reddiar 3,467 46.00% Kannappan 2,132 28.29% 1,335 16 Ossudu 86.58% T. Ezhumalai 3,426 47.83% V. Nagarathinam 2,461 34.36% 965 17 Villianur 87.65% M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar 2,812 37.00% K. Thirukamu 2,606 34.28% 206 18 Ozhukarai 87.15% Venugopal Alias G. Mannathan 2,982 39.44% S. Muthu 2,278 30.13% 704 19 Thattanchavady 83.73% V. Pethaperumal 3,468 46.85% N. Gurusamy 2,710 36.61% 758 20 Reddiarpalayam 82.42% V. Subbiah 3,345 44.09% V. Balaji 2,876 37.91% 469 21 Lawspet 88.12% M. O. H. Farook 3,461 39.21% N. Varazhau 3,275 37.10% 186 22 Cotchery 90.19% T. Subbaiya 3,660 46.04% S. M. Jambulingam 2,446 30.77% 1,214 23 Karaikal North 80.49% K. Kandhi 3,964 41.24% P. Shanmugam 3,666 38.14% 298 24 Karaikal South 84.85% S. Ramassamy 3,296 46.80% S. Savarirajan 1,857 26.37% 1,439 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 86.71% V. M. C. Varada Pillai 5,313 59.89% V. M. C. Siva Shanmuganathan 2,992 33.73% 2,321 26 Thirunallar 89.29% A. Soundararengan 3,742 49.31% S. Arangasamy 2,711 35.72% 1,031 27 Nedungadu 87.59% R. Coupousamy 2,934 41.18% P. Selvaraj 2,225 31.23% 709 28 Mahe 85.02% Kunnummal Raghavan 1,816 33.03% Iraye Kunnathitathil Kumaran 1,528 27.79% 288 29 Palloor 86.10% Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman 1,980 41.41% Mottamal Pocku 1,081 22.61% 899 30 Yanam 90.28% Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu 2,284 52.74% Naidou Maddimsetty Satyamurty 1,986 45.86% 298
See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1974 elections in India
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