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06CHENNAI926
2006-05-11 11:58:00
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Consulate Chennai
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 CHENNAI 000926
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - PRECEDENCE UPGRADED
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR IN
SUBJECT: SOUTH INDIA VOTES FOR CHANGE
REF: (A) CHENNAI 0873 AND PREVIOUS, (B) CHENNAI 0848
AND PREVIOUS
CHENNAI 00000926 001.2 OF 002
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 CHENNAI 000926
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - PRECEDENCE UPGRADED
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR IN
SUBJECT: SOUTH INDIA VOTES FOR CHANGE
REF: (A) CHENNAI 0873 AND PREVIOUS, (B) CHENNAI 0848
AND PREVIOUS
CHENNAI 00000926 001.2 OF 002
1. SUMMARY: (U) In state assembly election results
announced on May 11, incumbent governments in Tamil
Nadu and Kerala lost to their traditional rivals. In
the Union Territory of Pondicherry, the current
Congress government won another term. END SUMMARY.
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TAMIL NADU RESULTS
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2. (SBU) Exit polls correctly predicted a win for the
DMK party and its large coalition. In the vote
counting for the 234-seat legislative assembly which
was still incomplete at close of business, the number
of seats won or leading by the two opposing coalitions
are as follows:
DMK COALITION
DMK - 101
Congress - 34
PMK - 18
CPI(M) - 9
CPI - 6
TOTAL - 168
AIADMK COALITION
AIADMK - 57
MDMK - 6
Others - 1
TOTAL - 64
With 118 seats required for a majority, Tamil Nadu
will have a coalition or minority government for the
first time in the history of Draviadian politics.
The BJP party contested alone and again failed to
engender enthusiasm for its candidates. BJP appears
to have won not a single seat. Newcomer Vijaykant,
the latest in south India's series of film stars
turned politicians, and his DMDK party generated
surprisingly strong voter support. Exit polls
suggested he might win up to 10% of the total vote but
because his votes were evenly spread across
constituencies, his DMDK party has won just one seat.
The remaining seat was won by an independent
candidate.
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KERALA RESULTS
--------------
3. (U) In Kerala, the Communist Party-led Left
Democratic Front (LDF) won a comfortable majority over
the Congress-Indian Union Muslim League alliance
(UDF),as expected. In a legislative assembly of 140
seats, the number of seats won by the two opposing
coalitions are as follows:
LDF (Communists and JDS)
CPI(M) - 61
CPI - 17
JDS - 5
Others - 15
TOTAL - 98
UDF (Congress and IUML)
Congress - 24
IUML - 7
KCM - 7
Others - 4
TOTAL - 42
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PONDICHERRY RESULTS
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4. (U) In the small Union Territory of Pondicherry the
incumbent Congress government won another term. Seats
won by the respective parties are as follows:
Congress and partners - 21
CHENNAI 00000926 002.2 OF 002
AIADMK and partners - 9
5. (U) Complete results and further analysis of the
results will follow septel.
HOPPER
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - PRECEDENCE UPGRADED
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR IN
SUBJECT: SOUTH INDIA VOTES FOR CHANGE
REF: (A) CHENNAI 0873 AND PREVIOUS, (B) CHENNAI 0848
AND PREVIOUS
CHENNAI 00000926 001.2 OF 002
1. SUMMARY: (U) In state assembly election results
announced on May 11, incumbent governments in Tamil
Nadu and Kerala lost to their traditional rivals. In
the Union Territory of Pondicherry, the current
Congress government won another term. END SUMMARY.
--------------
TAMIL NADU RESULTS
--------------
2. (SBU) Exit polls correctly predicted a win for the
DMK party and its large coalition. In the vote
counting for the 234-seat legislative assembly which
was still incomplete at close of business, the number
of seats won or leading by the two opposing coalitions
are as follows:
DMK COALITION
DMK - 101
Congress - 34
PMK - 18
CPI(M) - 9
CPI - 6
TOTAL - 168
AIADMK COALITION
AIADMK - 57
MDMK - 6
Others - 1
TOTAL - 64
With 118 seats required for a majority, Tamil Nadu
will have a coalition or minority government for the
first time in the history of Draviadian politics.
The BJP party contested alone and again failed to
engender enthusiasm for its candidates. BJP appears
to have won not a single seat. Newcomer Vijaykant,
the latest in south India's series of film stars
turned politicians, and his DMDK party generated
surprisingly strong voter support. Exit polls
suggested he might win up to 10% of the total vote but
because his votes were evenly spread across
constituencies, his DMDK party has won just one seat.
The remaining seat was won by an independent
candidate.
--------------
KERALA RESULTS
--------------
3. (U) In Kerala, the Communist Party-led Left
Democratic Front (LDF) won a comfortable majority over
the Congress-Indian Union Muslim League alliance
(UDF),as expected. In a legislative assembly of 140
seats, the number of seats won by the two opposing
coalitions are as follows:
LDF (Communists and JDS)
CPI(M) - 61
CPI - 17
JDS - 5
Others - 15
TOTAL - 98
UDF (Congress and IUML)
Congress - 24
IUML - 7
KCM - 7
Others - 4
TOTAL - 42
--------------
PONDICHERRY RESULTS
--------------
4. (U) In the small Union Territory of Pondicherry the
incumbent Congress government won another term. Seats
won by the respective parties are as follows:
Congress and partners - 21
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AIADMK and partners - 9
5. (U) Complete results and further analysis of the
results will follow septel.
HOPPER