2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
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  2011 16 May 2016 (2016-5-16) 2021  

All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.08%(Decrease2.svg 1.11%)
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Leader A. Namassivayam N. Rangaswamy
Party INC AINRC
Alliance UPA+DPA Independent
Leader's seat Villianur [1] Indira Nagar [1]
Last election7 seats, 25.06%15 seats, 31.75%
Seats wonINC: 15
(Alliance: 17)
8
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote244,886225,082
Percentage30.6%28.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.54%Decrease2.svg 3.65%

Chief Minister before election

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

Elected Chief Minister

V. Narayanasamy
INC

The legislative assembly election in the Indian union territory of Puducherry was held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory to constitute Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly. [2]

Contents

Background

By the requirement, the election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the President. The previous election was conducted on 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 2 June 2016. The election was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian National Congress were in an alliance and contested 9 and 21 seats respectively. Ruling AINRC, BJP & ADMK will contest separately.

The polling booths in three Assembly constituencies in Puducherry (out of total 30 segments) were equipped with Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines along with EVMs. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Assembly constituencies of Puducherry having VVPAT facility with EVMs [8]
Oupalam
Orleampeth
Karaikal South

Voting

The election was held on 16 May 2016 in a single phase and 84.11% voting was recorded. [9] The votes were counted on 19 May and results were declared on same day. [2]

Result

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Parties and CoalitionsVotesVote %Vote swingContestedWonChange
Indian National Congress 2,44,88630.60Increase2.svg 5.542115Increase2.svg8
All India N.R. Congress 2,25,08228.1Decrease2.svg 3.65308Decrease2.svg7
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 134,59716.8Increase2.svg 3.05304Decrease2.svg1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,8368.9Decrease2.svg 1.7892Steady2.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party 19,3032.4Increase2.svg 1.08300Steady2.svg
Independents 62,8847.91Steady2.svg
None of the above 13,2401.7
Total8,00,34330
Valid votes8,00,34399.86
Invalid votes1,0990.14
Votes cast / turnout8,01,44285.08
Abstentions1,43,49014.92
Registered voters9,41,935
Source: International Business Times

Results by constituency

Results
Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet T. P. R. Selvame AINRC 7679A. Krishnan DMK 7260419
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) B. Kobiga AINRC 12143P. Angalane INC 107111432
3 Ossudu (SC) E. Theeppainthan INC 8675 A. K. Saravanan Kumar BJP 63452330
4 Mangalam S. V. Sugumaran AINRC 13955S. Kumaravel DMK 83925563
5 Villianur A. Namassivayam INC 18009Jayakumar AINRC 97288281
6 Ozhukarai M. N. R. Balan INC 14703N.G. Pannirselvam AINRC 75967107
7 Kadirkamam N. S. J. Jayabal AINRC 11690S. Ramesh IND 78883802
8 Indira Nagar N. Rangaswamy AINRC 15463V. Aroumougam A.K.D. INC 120593404
9 Thattanchavady Ashok Anand AINRC 12754K. Sethu CPI 52967458
10 Kamaraj Nagar V. Vaithilingam INC 11618P. Ganesan ADMK 65125106
11 Lawspet V.P. Sivakolundhu INC 12144M. Vaithianathan IND 56956449
12 Kalapet M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC 9839P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram IND 9205634
13 Muthialpet Vaiyapuri Manikandan ADMK 9257J. Pregash Kumar AINRC 70932164
14 Raj Bhavan K. Lakshminarayan INC 9445P. Kannan ADMK 72202225
15 Oupalam A. Anbalagan ADMK 9411Annibal Kennedy DMK 8503908
16 Orleampeth R. Siva DMK 11110G.Nehru AINRC 81302980
17 Nellithope A. Johnkumar INC 18506Omsakthi Sekar ADMK 636512141
18 Mudaliarpet A. Baskar ADMK 14321V. Balan AINRC 89345387
19 Ariankuppam T. Djeamourthy INC 14029M.A.S.Subramanian ADMK 74586571
20 Manavely R. K. R. Anantharaman INC 9326G. Suresh AINRC 66112715
21 Embalam (SC) M. Kandaswamy INC 18945U. Lakshmikandhan AINRC 774511200
22 Nettapakkam (SC) V. Vizeaveny INC 10577P. Rajavelu AINRC 91091468
23 Bahour N. Danavelou INC 11278T. Thiagarajan AINRC 84712807
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) Chandirapriyanga AINRC 8789A. Marimottou INC 76951094
25 Thirunallar R. Kamalakannan INC 13138P. R. Siva AINRC 102632875
26 Karaikal North P. R. N. Thirumurugan AINRC 13139M.V.Omalingam ADMK 98413298
27 Karaikal South K. A. U. Asana ADMK 11104A.M.H. Nazeem DMK 1108420
28 Neravy T R Pattinam Anandan Geetha DMK 14993 V.M.C. Sivakumar ADMK 80576936
Mahe District
29 Mahe V. Ramachandran IND 10797E. Valsaraj INC 86582139
Yanam District
30 Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao INC 20801Tirikoty Bairava Swamy AINRC 120478754

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Prakash Upadhyaya & S V Krishnamachari (19 May 2016). "Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party". International Business Times . Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16". The Hindu. 4 March 2016.
  3. "VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry" (PDF).
  4. Staff Reporter (6 March 2016). "EC holds first phase of training programme" via www.thehindu.com.
  5. "Around 20,000 VVPAT machines to be used in assly polls: CEC". Press Trust of India. 10 February 2016 via Business Standard.
  6. Sivaraman, R. (11 February 2016). "CEC asks poll officials to remain neutral" via www.thehindu.com.
  7. "Parties seek single phase polls". Deccan Chronicle. 11 February 2016.
  8. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". 12 February 2016 via www.thehindu.com.
  9. Prasad, S. (17 May 2016). "Brisk voting in Union Territory" via www.thehindu.com.