2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.08%( 1.11%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader V. Narayanasamy N. Rangaswamy Party INC AINRC Alliance UPA+DPA Independent Leader's seat Nellithope [1] (by-poll) Indira Nagar [1] Last election 7 seats, 25.06% 15 seats, 31.75% Seats won 15 8 Seat change 8 7 Popular vote 244,886 225,082 Percentage 30.6% 28.1% Swing 5.54% 3.65%   Third party Fourth party   AIADMK DMK Leader A. Anbazhagan R. Siva Party AIADMK DMK Alliance - DPA+UPA Leader's seat Oupalam Orleampeth Last election 5 seats, 13.65% 2 seats, 10.68% Seats won 4 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 134,597 70,836 Percentage 16.8% 8.9% Swing 3.05% 1.78%
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 the Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly. ^[2]

Background

It is a legal requirement that the election must be held at an interval of five years, or earlier if the assembly 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

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress	INC		A. Namassivayam	21
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK		R. Siva	9

   All India N. R. Congress

Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	All India N.R. Congress	AINRC		N. Rangasamy	30

   All India Anna DMK

Party			Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK		A. Anbalagan	30

List of Candidates

Constituency
		UPA			AINRC			AIADMK
Puducherry District
1	Mannadipet		DMK	A. Krishnan		AINRC	T. P. R. Selvame		AIADMK	Mahadevi
2	Thirubhuvanai (SC)		INC	P. Angalane		AINRC	B. Kobiga		AIADMK	M. Sankar @ Vadivelan
3	Oussudu (SC)		INC	E. Theeppainthan		AINRC	M. Vaithiyanathan		AIADMK	M. Selvarassou
4	Mangalam		DMK	S. Kumaravel		AINRC	S. V. Sugumaran		AIADMK	K. Natarajan
5	Villianur		INC	A. Namassivayam		AINRC	Jayakumar		AIADMK	V. Subramanian
6	Ozhukarai		INC	Mnr. Balan		AINRC	N. G. Pannirselvam		AIADMK	M. Sivasankar
7	Kadirgamam		INC	A. Sivashanmugam		AINRC	N. S. J. Jayabal @ Ayyanar		AIADMK	M. R. Govindan
8	Indira Nagar		INC	V. Aroumougam A. K. D.		AINRC	N. Rangasamy		AIADMK	T. Gunasegaran
9	Thattanchavady		DMK	N. Kaliaperumal		AINRC	Ashok Anand		AIADMK	S. Cassinadin
10	Kamaraj Nagar		INC	Ve. Vaithilingam		AINRC	B. Thayalan		AIADMK	P. Ganesan
11	Lawspet		INC	V. P. Sivakolundhu		AINRC	Nandha T. Saravanan		AIADMK	Anbanandam G.
12	Kalapet		INC	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		AINRC	N. Viswanathan		AIADMK	V. C. Ezhumalai @ Kasilingam
13	Muthialpet		DMK	S. P. Sivakumar		AINRC	J. Pregash Kumar		AIADMK	Vaiyapuri Manikandan
14	Raj Bhavan		INC	K. Lakshminarayanan		AINRC	A. Annibal Nehru		AIADMK	P. Kannan
15	Oupalam		DMK	Annibal Kennedy		AINRC	N. Anand		AIADMK	A. Anbalagan
16	Orleampeth		DMK	R. Siva		AINRC	G. Nehru @ Kuppusamy		AIADMK	A. Ravindran
17	Nellithope		INC	A. Johnkumar		AINRC	Balaji D.		AIADMK	Omsakthi Sekar
18	Mudaliarpet		DMK	Suresh		AINRC	V. Balan		AIADMK	A. Baskar
19	Ariankuppam		INC	T. Djeamourthy		AINRC	V. Sabapathy @ Kothandaraman		AIADMK	Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian
20	Manavely		INC	R. K. R. Anantharaman		AINRC	G. Suresh		AIADMK	P. Purushothaman
21	Embalam (SC)		INC	M. Candassamy		AINRC	U. Lakshmikandhan		AIADMK	K. Govindharasu
22	Nettapakkam (SC)		INC	V. Vizeaveny		AINRC	P. Rajavelu		AIADMK	L. Periasamy
23	Bahour		INC	N. Danavelou		AINRC	T. Thiagarajan		AIADMK	P. Velmurugan
Karaikal District
24	Nedungadu (SC)		INC	A. Marimottou		AINRC	Chandirapriyanga		AIADMK	G. Panneer Selvam
25	Thirunallar		INC	R. Kamalakkannan		AINRC	P. R. Siva @ Sivasakthi		AIADMK	G. Murugaiyan
26	Karaikal North		INC	R. P. Chandramohan		AINRC	P. R. N. Thirumurugan		AIADMK	M. V. Omalingam
27	Karaikal South		DMK	A. M. H. Nazeem		AINRC	A. Suresh		AIADMK	K. A. U. Asana
28	Neravy T.R. Pattinam		DMK	A. Geetha		AINRC	K. R. Udayakumar		AIADMK	V. M. C. Sivakumar
Mahe District
29	Mahe		INC	E. Valsaraj		AINRC	Abdul Rahman V. P.		AIADMK	Bhaskaran C. K.
Yanam District
30	Yanam		INC	Malladi Krishna Rao		AINRC	Tirikoty Bairava Swamy		AIADMK	Manchala Satya Sai Kumar

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

Parties and Coalitions		Votes	Vote %	Vote swing	Contested	Won	Change
	Indian National Congress	2,44,886	30.60	5.54	21	15	8
	All India N.R. Congress	2,25,082	28.1	3.65	30	8	7
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	134,597	16.8	3.05	30	4	1
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	70,836	8.9	1.78	9	2
	Bharatiya Janata Party	19,303	2.4	1.08	30	0
	Independents	62,884	7.9	–		1
	None of the above	13,240	1.7	–	–	–	–
Total		8,00,343				30
Valid votes		8,00,343	99.86
Invalid votes		1,099	0.14
Votes cast / turnout		8,01,442	85.08
Abstentions		1,43,490	14.92
Registered voters		9,41,935
Source: International Business Times

Results by constituency

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
Puducherry District
1	Mannadipet	T. P. R. Selvame		AINRC	7,679	27.86	A. Krishnan		DMK	7,260	26.34	419	1.52
2	Thirubhuvanai (SC)	B. Kobiga		AINRC	12,143	44.73	P. Angalane		INC	10,711	39.45	1,432	5.28
3	Oussudu (SC)	E. Theeppainthan		INC	8,675	33.02	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar		BJP	6,345	24.15	2,330	8.87
4	Mangalam	S. V. Sugumaran		AINRC	13,955	44.61	S. Kumaravel		DMK	8,392	26.83	5,563	17.78
5	Villianur	A. Namassivayam		INC	18,009	57.11	Jayakumar		AINRC	9,728	30.85	8,281	26.26
6	Ozhukarai	M. N. R. Balan		INC	14,703	47.68	N. G. Pannirselvam		AINRC	7,596	24.63	7,107	23.05
7	Kadirgamam	N. S. J. Jayabal @ Ayyanar		AINRC	11,690	43.28	S. Ramesh		IND	7,888	29.20	3,802	14.08
8	Indira Nagar	N. Rangaswamy		AINRC	15,463	52.69	A. K. D. Arumugam		INC	12,059	41.09	3,404	11.60
9	Thattanchavady	Ashok Anand		AINRC	12,754	53.90	K. Sethu @ Sethuselvam		CPI	5,296	22.38	7,458	31.52
10	Kamaraj Nagar	V. Vaithilingam		INC	11,618	45.09	P. Ganesan		AIADMK	6,512	25.27	5,106	19.82
11	Lawspet	V. P. Sivakolundhu		INC	12,144	46.92	M. Vaithianathan		IND	5,695	22.00	6,449	24.92
12	Kalapet	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan		INC	9,839	35.09	P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram		IND	9,205	32.83	634	2.26
13	Muthialpet	Vaiyapuri Manikandan		AIADMK	9,257	39.21	J. Prakash Kumar		AINRC	7,093	30.04	2,164	9.17
14	Raj Bhavan	K. Lakshminarayanan		INC	9,445	47.23	P. Kannan		AIADMK	7,220	36.11	2,225	11.12
15	Oupalam	A. Anbalagan		AIADMK	9,411	39.97	Annibal Kennedy		DMK	8,503	36.11	908	3.86
16	Orleampeth	R. Siva		DMK	11,110	53.82	G. Nehru Kuppusamy		AINRC	8,130	39.38	2,980	14.44
17	Nellithope	A. Johnkumar		INC	18,506	69.16	Omsakthi Sekar		AIADMK	6,365	23.79	12,141	45.37
18	Mudaliarpet	A. Baskar		AIADMK	14,321	49.79	V. Balan		AINRC	8,934	31.06	5,387	18.73
19	Ariankuppam	T. Djeamourthy		INC	14,029	45.29	Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian		AIADMK	7,458	24.08	6,571	21.21
20	Manavely	R.K.R. Anantharaman		INC	9,326	34.03	G. Suresh		AINRC	6,611	24.12	2,715	9.91
21	Embalam (SC)	M. Candassamy		INC	18,945	66.08	U. Lakshmikandhan		AINRC	7,745	27.02	11,200	39.06
22	Nettapakkam (SC)	V. Vizeaveny		INC	10,577	38.96	P. Rajavelu		AINRC	9,109	33.56	1,468	5.40
23	Bahour	N. Danavelou		INC	11,278	45.70	T. Thiagarajan		AINRC	8,471	34.32	2,807	11.38
Karaikal District
24	Nedungadu (SC)	Chandira Priyanga		AINRC	8,789	34.48	A. Marimottou		INC	7,695	30.19	1,094	4.29
25	Thirunallar	R. Kamalakannan		INC	13,138	51.30	P. R. Siva @ Sivasakthi		AINRC	10,263	40.07	2,875	11.23
26	Karaikal North	P. R. N. Thirumurugan		AINRC	13,139	49.39	M. V. Omalingam		AIADMK	9,841	36.99	3,298	12.40
27	Karaikal South	K. A. U. Asana		AIADMK	11,104	46.66	A. M. H. Nazeem		DMK	11,084	46.57	20	0.09
28	Neravy T.R. Pattinam	A. Geetha		DMK	14,993	60.19	V. M. C. Sivakumar		AIADMK	8,057	32.34	6,936	27.85
Mahe District
29	Mahe	Dr. V. Ramachandran		IND	10,797	45.99	E. Valsaraj		INC	8,658	36.88	2,139	9.11
Yanam District
30	Yanam	Malladi Krishna Rao		INC	20,801	61.36	Tirikoty Bairava Swamy		AINRC	12,047	35.54	8,754	25.82

Bypolls (2016-2021)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
17	19 November 2016	Nellithope	A. Johnkumar		Indian National Congress	V. Narayanasamy		Indian National Congress
09	18 April 2019	Thattanchavady	Ashok Anand		All India N.R. Congress	K. Venkatesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
10	21 October 2019	Kamraj Nagar	V. Vaithilingam		Indian National Congress	A. Johnkumar		Indian National Congress

See also

• Elections in India
• 2016 elections in India

References

1. 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. "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.

External links

• Election Commission of India