UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2006 TO THE PONDICHERRY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY S. KUMARASWAMY, I.A.S., Chief Electoral Officer Pondicherry CONTENTS Page No. Foreword 1 PART-A : General Information 1. Schedule of Election Programme 5 2. General Note on Important Aspects 6 3. Important Election Officials a. Chief Electoral Officer & District Election Officers 9 b. Returning Officers & Assistant Returning Officers 10 c. Election Observers 12 4. List of participating Political Parties 14 5. Free Symbols 15 6. Highlights 16 7. Region and Assembly Constituency-wise Electorate details 18 8. Population and Electorate Comparison 19 9. Details of Polling Stations 20 10. Electorate Strength in Polling Stations 21 11. Details of Nominations 22 12. Details of Voter Turnout 23 13. Voter Turnout vis-à-vis the Electorate 24 14. Voter Identification - EPIC & other Documents 25 15. Details of Counting Centres 26 16. Winners and Runners-up at a Glance 27 17. Performance of Political Parties - Summary 29 18. Constituencies won by Political Parties 30 19. Poll Data at a Glance 31 PART B : Assembly Constituency-wise Information 33 PART C: Polling Station-wise votes polled 95 PART D: Assembly Elections over the years 165 Elections Department, No.31, Candappa Mudali Street S. KUMARASWAMY Pondicherry-605 001. Chief Electoral Officer Tel: 2334143, 2233307 Fax: 2337500 Email:
[email protected] FOREWORD As the tenure of Legislative Assembly was due to expire on 08.06.2006, the notification calling upon the Electorate of the Union Territory of Pondicherry to elect the members of Pondicherry Legislative Assembly was issued by the Lt.Governor of Pondicherry on 5.04.2006 in respect of Mahe and Yanam regions and on 13.04.2006 in respect of Pondicherry and Karaikal regions and the Election Commission of India had also issued the notifications on the respective dates.