Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in 2001, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and the most seats, and P. Shanmugam was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.

Schedule EventDate Date for Nominations 16 April 2001 Last Date for filing Nominations 23 April 2001 Date for scrutiny of nominations 24 April 2001 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 26 April 2001 Date of poll 10 May 2001 Date of counting 13 May 2001

Seat allotments Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedrowspan=3 INC+Indian National CongressP. Shanmugam21Tamil Maanila CongressG. K. Moopanar7Communist Party of IndiaR. Nallakannu2rowspan=4 NDADravida Munnetra KazhagamM. Karunanidhi15*Puducherry Makkal CongressP. Kannan9Bharatiya Janata PartyL. K. Advani5Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar1rowspan=2 AIADMK+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJ. Jayalalithaa20Pattali Makkal KatchiDr. Ramadoss10 NOTE: Including 2 Constituencies where Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi contesting on Rising Sun symbol.

List of Candidates ConstituencyINC+NDAAIADMK+PMK # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Muthialpet G. Palaniraja Raja Chandrasekaran A. Kasilingam 2 Cassicade V. Balaji K. Lakshminarayanan R. Malar Mannan 3 Raj Bhavan A. Gandhiraj S. P. Sivakumar M. Pandurangan 4 Bussy A. Abdul Rachide Annibal Kennedy S. Babu Ansardeen 5 Oupalamp N. Naghamuthu P. Pandian A. Anbalagan 6 Orleampeth C. Pandourangame R. Siva G. Chezhian 7 Nellithope E. Puviarasu R. V. Janakiraman Dr. J. Nannan 8 Modeliarpeth V. Sabapathy Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian A. Ravindran 9 Ariankuppam K. Vinayagamourthy S. Ilangovan R. K. R. Anantharaman 10 Embalom (SC) N. Gangadaran S. Palanivelu M. Nagamany 11 Nettapakkam V. Vaithilingam V. Muthunarayanan K. Dhanraju 12 Kuruvinatham T. Thiagarajan R. Radhakrishnan T. Vikkiraman 13 Bahour (SC) M. Kandasamy P. Rajavelu K. Deivanayagam 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) P. Angalan D. Angalan S. Arasi 15 Mannadipeth N. Rajaram S. Srinivasan D. Ramachandran 16 Ossudu (SC) P. Sundhararaju A. Elumalai S. Balaraman 17 Villenour C. Djeacoumar J. Narayanasamy Ramane 18 Ozhukarai A. Namassivayam N. Balane B.Sc. K. Natarajan 19 Thattanchavady N. Rangaswamy V. Pethaperumal N. Ragupathy 20 Reddiarpalayam R. Viswanathan A. M. Krishnamurthy N. G. Pannirselvam 21 Lawspet M. O. H. F. Shahjahan N. Kesavan K. Kalaiselvi 22 Cotchery R. Nalamagarajan S. Elangovan M. Ramadass 23 Karaikal North S. Ramassamy A. M. H. Nazeem A. J. Assana 24 Karaikal South A. V. Subramanian V. K. Ganapathy S. P. Karuppaiya 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee V. M. C. V. Ganapathy V. M. C. Sivakumar V. M. C. Raja 26 Tirunallar R. Kamalakannan N. V. R. Arivoli S. Ambalavanan 27 Neduncadu (SC) M. Chandirakasu A. Marimuthu P. Packirisamy 28 Mahe E. Valsaraj East Namath Rajeendran K. Lakshmanan 29 Palloor A. V. Sreedharan C. P. Ganeshan N. K. Sachindranath 30 Yanam Elaprolu Chittibabu Gollapalli G. Pratap Giddi Sri Hari Rao

Results

Results by Pre-Poll alliance INC+ContestedWONContestedWONContestedWONOthersWONINC2111DMK137AIADMK203IND 2TMC72PMC94PMK100CPI20BJP51DPI20JDU10Total13Total12Total3Total2Change 3Change 4Change 1Change0

Results by Post-Poll alliance INC+SEATSNDASEATSOthersSEATSINC11DMK7IND 2TMC2PMC4AIADMK3BJP1Total16Total12Total2

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 64.67% A. Kasilingam 6,857 38.02% Raja Chandrasekaran 4,947 27.43% 1,910 2 Cassicade 68.44% K. Lakshminarayanan 4,875 51.52% R. Malar Mannan 3,097 32.73% 1,778 3 Raj Bhavan 65.75% S. P. Sivakumar 2,408 57.79% A. Gandhiraj 1,308 31.39% 1,100 4 Bussy 51.02% Annibal Kennedy 3,087 63.77% S. Babu Ansardeen 904 18.67% 2,183 5 Oupalam 72.89% A. Anbalagan 8,416 59.24% P. Pandian 5,044 35.50% 3,372 6 Orleampeth 70.28% R. Siva 7,608 49.41% G. Chezhian 4,223 27.42% 3,385 7 Nellithope 75.41% R. V. Janakiraman 7,780 51.42% Dr. J. Nannan 5,839 38.59% 1,941 8 Mudaliarpet 73.23% Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian 9,119 40.98% V. Sababady Kothandraman 7,616 34.22% 1,503 9 Ariankuppam 74.12% T. Jayamoorthy 9,790 45.23% K. R. Anantharaman 5,628 26.00% 4,162 10 Embalam 74.87% N. Gangadaran 3,723 25.44% S. Palanivelu 3,087 21.10% 636 11 Nettapakkam 79.40% V. Vaithilingam 5,984 39.47% K. Dhanraju 4,771 31.47% 1,213 12 Kuruvinatham 83.57% R. Radhakrishnan 8,000 50.58% T. Thiagarajan 5,979 37.81% 2,021 13 Bahour 79.21% P. Rajavelu 7,696 48.91% M. Kandasamy 5,063 32.18% 2,633 14 Thirubuvanai 76.21% P. Angalane 4,753 28.60% Durai Arivudainambi 3,949 23.76% 804 15 Mannadipet 79.09% D. Ramachandran 8,939 55.29% N. Rajaram 4,237 26.21% 4,702 16 Ossudu 81.22% Abar Elumalai 5,364 34.65% S. Balaraman 5,200 33.59% 164 17 Villianur 80.72% C. Djeacoumar 10,335 50.51% J. Narayanasamy 6,246 30.52% 4,089 18 Ozhukarai 71.96% A. Namassivayam 10,164 45.49% K. Natarajan 6,021 26.95% 4,143 19 Thattanchavady 67.87% N. Rangaswamy 14,323 58.90% V. Pethaperumal 8,769 36.06% 5,554 20 Reddiarpalayam 70.12% A. M. Krishnamurthy 11,446 44.85% R. Viswanathan 7,985 31.29% 3,461 21 Lawspet 65.51% M. O. H. F. Shahjahan 12,929 38.51% N. Kesavan 10,962 32.65% 1,967 22 Cotchery 71.10% R. Nalamagarajan 7,058 43.50% M. Ramadass 5,382 33.17% 1,676 23 Karaikal North 61.17% A. M. H. Nazeem 6,273 46.92% A. J. Assana 3,969 29.69% 2,304 24 Karaikal South 69.85% A. V. Subramanian 6,138 51.39% V. K. Ganapathy 5,229 43.78% 909 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 71.52% V. M. C. Sivakumar 6,672 46.96% V. M. C. V. Ganapathy 3,741 26.33% 2,931 26 Thirunallar 74.22% R. Kamalakkannan 5,390 42.00% N. V. R. Arivoli 4,615 35.96% 775 27 Nedungadu 76.17% M. Chandirakasu 5,720 45.35% A. Marimuthu 4,660 36.95% 1,060 28 Mahe 72.95% E. Valsaraj 5,666 59.87% Manoli Muhammad 3,131 33.08% 2,535 29 Palloor 71.01% A. V. Sreedharan 4,855 49.23% P. Dineshan 3,392 34.40% 1,463 30 Yanam 83.43% Malladi Krishna Rao 8,959 57.34% Gollapalli Gangadhara Pratap 5,981 38.28% 2,978

See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 2001 elections in India

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