Palloor Assembly constituency

Palloor
Palloor
Former constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
Established	1964
Abolished	2011

Palloor was a state assembly constituency in the India state of Puducherry. It was in existence from 1964 to 2006 state elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year	Member
1964	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman	Indian National Congress
1969
1974
1977	T. K. Chandrashekaran	Independent politician
1980	N. K. Sachindranath	Indian National Congress
1985	A. V. Sreedharan	Indian National Congress
1990
1991
1996
2001
2006

Vote share of Winning candidates

2006			53.35%
2001			49.23%
1996			45.40%
1991			59.02%
1990			58.44%
1985			54.05%
1980			45.89%
1977			54.21%
1974			41.41%
1969			67.64%
1964			64.62%

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Sreedharan	5,987	53.35%	4.11%
	CPI(M)	T. K. Gangadharan	4,512	40.20%	5.81%
	BJP	K. Sathyan	625	5.57%	-3.85%
	AIADMK	Sadgamayil K. Lakshmanan	93	0.83%
Margin of victory			1,475	13.14%	-1.69%
Turnout			11,223	78.14%	7.13%
Registered electors			14,363		3.39%
	INC hold		Swing	4.11%

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Sreedharan	4,855	49.23%	3.83%
	CPI(M)	P. Dineshan	3,392	34.40%
	BJP	C. P. Ganeshan	929	9.42%	-1.56%
	PMK	N. K. Sachindranath	512	5.19%
	Independent	P. M. Shamsudheen	92	0.93%
Margin of victory			1,463	14.84%	0.70%
Turnout			9,861	71.01%	0.60%
Registered electors			13,892		7.99%
	INC hold		Swing	-9.78%

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Sreedharan	4,253	45.40%	-13.61%
	JD	Panangatil Khader	2,929	31.27%
	Independent	P. K. Sathyanandan	1,131	12.07%
	BJP	C. P. Ganeshan	1,029	10.99%	1.42%
Margin of victory			1,324	14.13%	-13.47%
Turnout			9,367	74.44%	4.03%
Registered electors			12,864		7.43%
	INC hold		Swing	-13.61%

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Sreedharan	4,922	59.02%	0.57%
	JD	K. M. Raju Master	2,620	31.41%
	BJP	C. P. Ganeshan	798	9.57%	1.85%
Margin of victory			2,302	27.60%	-2.37%
Turnout			8,340	70.41%	-6.31%
Registered electors			11,974		0.83%
	INC hold		Swing	0.57%

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Sreedharan	5,288	58.44%	4.40%
	Independent	K. Gangadharan	2,576	28.47%
	BJP	K. P. Chandran	698	7.71%
	JD	P. Sreedharan Nambiar	476	5.26%
Margin of victory			2,712	29.97%	3.81%
Turnout			9,048	76.72%	-4.85%
Registered electors			11,876		38.29%
	INC hold		Swing	4.40%

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Sreedharan	3,766	54.05%
	JP	T. K. Chandrashekaran	1,943	27.88%
	Independent	C. P. Pokku Haje	802	11.51%
	Independent	Kunnummal Sreedharan	309	4.43%
	Independent	P. N. K. Satheeshan	87	1.25%
Margin of victory			1,823	26.16%	24.37%
Turnout			6,968	81.57%	1.50%
Registered electors			8,588		19.46%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	8.16%

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	N. K. Sachindranath	2,567	45.89%
	INC(U)	A. V. Sreedharan	2,467	44.10%
	Independent	T. K. Chandrashekaran	540	9.65%
Margin of victory			100	1.79%	-8.78%
Turnout			5,594	80.07%	-0.67%
Registered electors			7,189		9.16%
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing	-8.32%

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. K. Chandrashekaran	2,853	54.21%
	INC	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman	2,297	43.64%	2.23%
	Independent	K. K. Govindan Nambiar	109	2.07%
Margin of victory			556	10.56%	-8.24%
Turnout			5,263	80.73%	-5.37%
Registered electors			6,586		16.20%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	12.79%

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman	1,980	41.41%	-26.23%
	Independent	Mottamal Pocku	1,081	22.61%
	Independent	Threpraveetil Natayi Karayi Sachindranath	1,076	22.51%
	Independent	Valappkath Cheryath P. Ummercutty Haji	644	13.47%
Margin of victory			899	18.80%	-16.48%
Turnout			4,781	86.10%	3.40%
Registered electors			5,668		20.06%
	INC hold		Swing	-26.23%

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman	2,609	67.64%	3.03%
	Independent	Pondeatte Anandin	1,248	32.36%
Margin of victory			1,361	35.29%	6.06%
Turnout			3,857	82.69%	-9.49%
Registered electors			4,721		14.25%
	INC hold		Swing	3.03%

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Palloor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman	2,436	64.62%
	Independent	Poothara Narayanan	1,334	35.38%
Margin of victory			1,102	29.23%
Turnout			3,770	92.18%
Registered electors			4,132
	INC win (new seat)

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