2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
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  2016 6 April 2021 Next  

All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.38%(Decrease2.svg1.7%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  N Rangaswamy.jpg Indian election symbol rising sun.svg
Leader N. Rangaswamy R. Siva
Party AINRC DMK
Alliance NDA SPA
Leader since20112021
Leader's seat Thattanchavady
Yanam (lost)
Villianur
Last election82
Seats before7 [lower-alpha 1] 2
Seats won106
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote216,249154,858
Percentage25.85%18.51%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.25%Increase2.svg 9.61%

 Third partyFourth party
  A. Namassivayam.png VNarayanasamy.jpg
Leader A. Namassivayam V. Narayanasamy
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA SPA
Leader since20212016
Leader's seat Mannadipet Did not contest
Last election015
Seats before3 [lower-alpha 2] 9 [lower-alpha 3]
Seats won62
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 13
Popular vote114,298131,393
Percentage13.66%15.71%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.26%Decrease2.svg 14.89%

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election result.png

Chief Minister before election

V. Narayanasamy
INC

Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the 15th Puducherry Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India. The National democratic alliance has won a simple majority [1] [2]

Contents

Background

In the previous elections in 2016, the election brought a change of power as the All India N.R. Congress (AINRC), which had formed the government under N. Rangaswamy, lost its majority to the Indian National Congress (INC), led by V. Narayanasamy.

In the previous elections in 2016 Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as Single Largest Party [3] with 15 seats, with the support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) the government was formed. [4] However, a trust vote was called after five MLAs of the Congress, including two ministers, and one DMK MLA resigned from the Assembly. Two of the Congress leaders had joined the BJP which is in alliance with Opposition NR Congress in the Union Territory. [5] The ruling party lost the trust vote after the speaker decided to accept votes from nominated MLAs on equal standing to the elected ones. The outgoing chief minister Narayanasamy commented that the Lieutenant Governor, who was a former president of BJP, had appointed members of her own party for all nominated seats, including one who garnished only 174 votes when he contested in regular elections. [6]

After the 2021 election, the Lt Governor once again granted all the non-elected MLAs to BJP, and thus making it the second largest party [7] with 1/3rd of the seats solely from nominated members rather than directly elected by the people. [8]

Schedule

EventDate
Date for Nominations12 March 2021
Last Date for filing Nominations19 March 2021
Date for scrutiny of nominations20 March 2021
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures22 March 2021
Date of poll6 April 2021
Date of counting2 May 2021
Date before which the election shall be completed24 May 2021

Parties and alliances

Constituency sharing of SPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election Puducherry 2021 SPA.png
Constituency sharing of SPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

   Secular Progressive Alliance

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC Hand INC.svg V. Narayanasamy 14
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK Indian election symbol rising sun.svg R. Siva 13
Communist Party of India CPI CPI symbol.svg A. M. Saleem1
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK Pot Symbol.png Thol. Thirumavalavan 1
IndependentIND Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok 1 [note 1]

CPIM contested the Muthialpet seat and supported the alliance in all other seats.

Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election Puducherry 2021 NDA.png
Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

   National Democratic Alliance

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
All India N.R. Congress AINRC Indian Election Symbol Jug.svg N. Rangaswamy 16
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Lotos flower symbol.svg A. Namassivayam 9
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK Indian election symbol two leaves.svg A. Anbalagan5

PMK supports this alliance without contesting in any seat.

  Parties not in any coalition

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM Indian Election Symbol Battery-Torch.png Kamal Haasan 22
Naam Tamilar Katchi NTK Indian Election Symbol sugarcane farmer.svg Seeman 28
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDK

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Vijayakanth 26
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi IJK T. R. Paarivendhar 21
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg K. Balakrishnan 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L Flag Logo of CPIML.png Dipankar Bhattacharya 1

Candidates

List Of Candidates [10]
Constituency UPA NDA MNM NTK AMMK DMDK IJK
#NamePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidate
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet DMK A. Krishnan BJP A. Namassivayam MNM P. Gopalakrishnan NTK Chitra AMMK C. Dhanavelu DMDK S. Manikandan IJK -
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) DMK A. Mugilan AINRC B.Gobika MNM Durai Ramesh NTK Ranjith AMMK K. Silambarasan DMDK T. Vinayagamoorthy IJK -
3 Ossudu (SC) INC P. Karthikeyan BJP J. Saravana Kumar MNM K. Sankar NTK Geetha Priya AMMK Muthalu Venkatesan DMDK R. Babou IJK -
4 Mangalam DMK Sankumaravel AINRC C. Jayakumar MNM M. Subramani NTK Bharath Kalai AMMK M. Ganapathi DMDK S. Patchaiappan IJK -
5 Villianur DMK R. Siva AINRC S.V.Sugumaran MNM A. Banumathi NTK Praveena AMMK K. Kumaravel DMDK A. Fazil IJK -
6 Ozhukarai VCK D.Angalane AINRC G.Pannirselvam MNM R. Pazhanivelan NTK Priya AMMK R.K. Raja (A) Ezhumalai DMDK Gilbert IJK -
7 Kadirkamam INC P. Selvanathan AINRC S.Ramesh MNM - NTK Subhasri AMMK Selva Ganesan DMDK S. Motcharajan IJK -
8 Indira Nagar INC M. Kannan AINRC V. Arumugam A.K.D. MNM P. Sakthivel NTK Devika AMMK D. Mohan DMDK K. Ezhumalai IJK -
9 Thattanchavady CPI K. Sethu Selvam AINRC N. Rangaswamy MNM R. Rajendhiran NTK Ramesh AMMK Vimala Sri DMDK S. T. Narassingam IJK -
10 Kamaraj Nagar INC M. O. H. F. Shahjahan BJP A. Johnkumar MNM - NTK Sharmila Begum AMMK Munnuswamy DMDK N.Nadarajan IJK -
11 Lawspet INC M. Vaithianathan BJP V. Saminathan MNM D. Sathiya Moorthi NTK Nirmal Singh AMMK L. Kamachi DMDK A. Boopalan IJK -
12 Kalapet DMK S. Muthuvel BJP P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram MNM R. Chandra Mohan NTK Kamaraj AMMK P. Kaliamurthy DMDK S. Hariharan IJK -
13 Muthialpet INC S. Senthil Kumaran AIADMK Vaiyapuri Manikandan MNM K. Saravanan NTK FarithaBegum AMMK K.Murugan DMDK A. Arunagiri IJK -
14 Raj Bhavan DMK S.P. Sivakumar AINRC K. Lakshminarayanan MNM S. Paruvadha Vardhnie NTK Anthony Sharmila AMMK G. Satishkumar DMDK - IJK -
15 Oupalam DMK V. Anipaul Kennedy AIADMK A. Anbalagan MNM P. Santhosh Kumar NTK Devi Priya AMMK Baskar DMDK V. Sasikumar IJK -
16 Orleampeth DMK S. Gopal AIADMK Omsakthi Sekar MNM S. Saktivel NTK Karunanidhi AMMK A. Siraj (A) Kanimuhammed DMDK R. Cadiressan IJK -
17 Nellithope DMK V. Karthikeyan BJP Vivilian Richards Johnkumar MNM P.Murugesan NTK Sasikumar SDPI R.Anifa DMDK A. Poovaragavan IJK -
18 Mudaliarpet DMK L. Sampath AIADMK A. Baskar MNM M. Ari Krishnan NTK Velavan AMMK M. Manikandan DMDK - IJK -
19 Ariankuppam INC T. Jayamurthy AINRC R.Datchanamourtty MNM V. RuthraKumaran NTK Sundaravadivelu SDPI A.Mohamad Kassim DMDK Lourdusamy IJK -
20 Manavely INC R. K. R. Anantharaman BJP Embalam R. Selvam MNM Sundarambal Malarvizhi NTK Elangovan AMMK R. Veerapudhiran DMDK V. Thirunavukarasu IJK -
21 Embalam (SC) INC M. kandassamy AINRC U.LakshmiKandhan MNM N. Somanathan NTK Kumaran AMMK E. Balashankar DMDK - IJK -
22 Nettapakkam (SC) INC V.Vijayaveny AINRC P.Rajavelu MNM B. Gnana Oly NTK Gowri AMMK Selvam DMDK - IJK -
23 Bahour DMK R. Senthil Kumar AINRC N.Danavelu MNM C Dinesh NTK Gnanaprakash AMMK Velmurugan DMDK - IJK -
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) INC A. Marimuthu AINRC S.ChandraPriyanga MNM - NTK Nivedha AMMK Rajendran DMDK - IJK -
25 Thirunallar INC R. Kamalakannan BJP G. N. S. Rajasekaran MNM - NTK Sikkandar Badsha AMMK Dharbaranyam DMDK - IJK -
26 Karaikal North INC A. V. Subramanian AINRC P.R.N Thirumurugan MNM K. Suresh NTK Anushya SDPI M. Thameem Kani DMDK Lourdusamy IJK -
27 Karaikal South DMK A.M.H. Nazeem AIADMK K. A. U. Asana MNM - NTK Maari Anthuvan AMMK S. Mohamed Seedique DMDK - IJK A. Nepoliean
28 Neravy T R Pattinam DMK M. Nagathiyagarajan BJP V. M. C. S. Manokaran MNM - NTK Muhammed Yusuf AMMK C. Dhandapani DMDK - IJK -
Mahe District
29 Mahe INC Ramesh Parambath AINRC V. P. Abdul Rahman MNM - NTK - SDPI - DMDK - IJK -
Yanam District
30 Yanam IND Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok AINRC N. Rangaswamy MNM - NTK - AMMK Peddapatti Rajeshbabu DMDK - IJK -

Polls and surveys

Opinion polls

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
NDA UPA Others
3 April 2021Thanthi TV [11] 21-273-9012-24
24 March 2021Patriotic Voter [12] 17-1810-120-36
15 March 2021ABP News - CVoter [13] 16-2010-1402-10
8 March 2021Times Now - CVoter [14] 181206
1 March 2021Patriotic Voter [12] 191108

Exit polls

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
NDA UPA Others
29 April 2021Republic TV-CNX [15] 16-2011-13-5-7
29 April 2021Patriotic Voter [16] 1812-6
29 April 2021ABP-C Voter [15] 19-236-101-29-17

Voter Turnout

S.No.DistrictVote %
1.Karaikal80.07
2.Puducherry82.01
3.Yanam91.27 [17]
4.Mahé73.53 [17]
Total81.69 [18]

Result

Results by party

India Puducherry Legislative Assembly 2021.svg
PartyVotesVote %SwingContsWonStrike rateChange
All India N.R. Congress 216,24925.85Decrease2.svg 2.3161062.50%Increase2.svg 2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 154,85818.51Increase2.svg 9.613646.15%Increase2.svg 4
Bharatiya Janata Party 114,29813.66Increase2.svg 11.39666.67%Increase2.svg 6
Independents 106,09812.686-Increase2.svg 5
Indian National Congress 131,39315.71Decrease2.svg 14.91428.33%Decrease2.svg 13
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 34,6234.14Decrease2.svg 12.7500.00%Decrease2.svg 4
Naam Tamilar Katchi 28,1893.37Increase2.svg 2.92800.00%Steady2.svg
Makkal Needhi Maiam 15,8251.89Increase2.svg 1.892200.00%New Party
Communist Party of India 7,5220.90Decrease2.svg 0.2100.00%Steady2.svg
None of the above 10,8031.29Decrease2.svg 0.4
Total8,36,5621003030
Valid votes8,36,56299.88
Invalid votes9810.12
Votes cast / turnout8,37,54383.38%
Registered voters10,04,507
Source: [19]
1695
NDAUPAIND

Vote share by alliance

   NDA (43.6%)
   UPA (37.9%)
  Others (18.5%)

Seat share by alliance

   NDA (53.33%)
   UPA (30.00%)
   IND (16.67%)

Results by party and alliance

NDASEATSUPASEATSOthersSEATS
AINRC 10 INC 2 IND 5
BJP 6 DMK 6
IND1
Total16Total9Total5
ChangeIncrease2.svg 4ChangeDecrease2.svg 8ChangeIncrease2.svg 4

[20]

Results by district

DistrictSeats
NDAUPAOth.
Puducherry231454
Karaikal5221
Mahe1010
Yanam1010
Total301695

Results by constituency

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election result.png
Results [21] [22]
Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet A. Namassivayam Bharatiya Janata Party 1493951.82A. Krishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1218942.282750
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) P. Angalane Independent 1059736.78B. Kobiga All India N.R. Congress 823828.62359
3 Ossudu (SC) A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 1412148.78P. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress 1224142.291880
4 Mangalam C. Djeacoumar All India N.R. Congress 1697250.89Sun. Kumaravel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1422142.642751
5 Villianur R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1965355.73S.V. Sugumaran All India N.R. Congress 1270336.026950
6 Ozhukarai M. Sivasankar Independent 1194036.5N.G. Pannir Selvam All India N.R. Congress 1112134819
7 Kadirkamam S. Ramesh All India N.R. Congress 1777565.82P. Selvanadane Indian National Congress 552920.4712246
8 Indira Nagar A.K.D. Arumugam All India N.R. Congress 2184174.77M. Kannan Indian National Congress 331011.3318531
9 Thattanchavady N. Rangasamy All India N.R. Congress 1297855.02K. Sethu Selvam Communist Party of India 752231.895456
10 Kamaraj Nagar A. Johnkumar Bharatiya Janata Party 1668756.11 M. O. H. F. Shahjahan Indian National Congress 945831.87229
11 Lawspet M. Vaithianathan Indian National Congress 1459255.6 V. Saminathan Bharatiya Janata Party 889133.885701
12 Kalapet P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram Bharatiya Janata Party 1327744.63A. Senthil Ramesh Independent 976932.843508
13 Muthialpet J. Prakash Kumar Independent 877837.48%Vaiyapuri Manikandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 784433.49934
14 Raj Bhavan K. Lakshminarayanan All India N.R. Congress 1009651.86S.P. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 636432.693732
15 Oupalam Annibal Kennedy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1343356.64 A. Anbalagan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 865336.484780
16 Orleampeth G. Nehru Kuppusamy Independent 958047.29S. Gopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 748736.962093
17 Nellithope Vivilian Richards Johnkumar Bharatiya Janata Party 1175742.26V. Karthikeyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1126140.47496
18 Mudaliarpet L. Sambath Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1515151.3A. Baskar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1097237.154179
19 Ariankuppam R. Baskar Datchanamourtty All India N.R. Congress 1785854.32 T. Jayamoorthy Indian National Congress 1144034.86418
20 Manavely Embalam R. Selvam Bharatiya Janata Party 1722557.54R. K. R. Anantharaman Indian National Congress 909330.378132
21 Embalam (SC) U. Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. Congress 1562450.85M. Candassamy Indian National Congress 1338443.562240
22 Nettapakkam (SC) P. Rajavelu All India N.R. Congress 1597856.82V. Vijayaveny Indian National Congress 934033.216638
23 Bahour R. Senthilkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1178944.56N. Dhanavelou All India N.R. Congress 1157843.76201
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) S. Chandra Priyanga All India N.R. Congress 1077440.2A. Marimuthu Indian National Congress 856031.942214
25 Thirunallar P. R. Siva Independent 955136.45S. Rajasekaran Bharatiya Janata Party 841631.321380
26 Karaikal North P. R. N. Thirumurugan All India N.R. Congress 1270444.85A. V. Subramanian Indian National Congress 1256944.38135
27 Karaikal South A.M.H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1740171.15K. A. U. Asana All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 536721.9512034
28 Neravy T R Pattinam M. Nagathiyagarajam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1449655.74V. M. C. S. Manokaran Bharatiya Janata Party 898534.555511
Mahe District
29 Mahe Ramesh Parambath Indian National Congress 974441.63N. Haridasan Master Independent 944440.35300
Yanam District
30 Yanam Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok Independent 1713149.04 N. Rangasamy All India N.R. Congress 1647547.17655
Nominated MLAs
31 K. Venkatesan Bharatiya Janata Party
32 V. P. Ramalingam Bharatiya Janata Party
33 R. B. Ashok Babu Bharatiya Janata Party

Government formation

Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the government formation was finalized on 8 June. The results were with NDA winning 16 seats (AIRNC :- 10, BJP :- 6) and UPA winning 9 seats (DMK :- 6, INC :- 2, Independent :- 1) and 5 Independents not backed by either of the alliance won. Immediately the NDA unanimously elected N. Rangaswamy from AIRNC as the CM, and the UPA elected R.Siva from the DMK as the Leader Of Opposition. Post results the central government nominated 3 MLAs affiliated to the BJP, thereby taking NDA to 19 seats and BJP to 9. Furthermore, before the swearing in of the government, 3 Independent MLAs pledged support to AIRNC and 2 Independent MLAs pledged support to BJP, also the 1 Independent MLA backed by UPA during election later switched allegiance to BJP. The NDA MLAs increased to 25 and UPA decreased to 8. Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on cabinet composition and assembly speaker continued for more than a month. On 8 June the alliance announced that the BJP would get 2 ministers and the post of assembly speaker, while AIRNC will get 3 ministers.

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The 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election was the 15th quinquennial legislative assembly election held in the Indian state of Assam from March 27 to April 6 in three phases, to elect 126 MLAs to the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the result declared on Sunday, 2 May. The term of the previous Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Assam ended on 31 May 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">14th Puducherry Assembly</span>

The Fourteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 13th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 2016 assembly election held on 16 May 2016.

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Notes

  1. includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat
  2. Nominated MLAs
  3. Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party
  1. Congress did not contest in Yanam and extended support to the independent. [9]