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
Turnout85.08%(Decrease 1.11%)
  Majority party Minority 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 election 7 seats, 25.06% 15 seats, 31.75%
Seats won INC: 15
(Alliance: 17) 		8
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 7
Popular vote 244,886 225,082
Percentage 30.6% 28.1%
Swing Increase 5.54% Decrease 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]

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

Parties and Coalitions Votes Vote % Vote swing Contested Won Change
Indian National Congress 2,44,886 30.60 Increase 5.54 21 15 Increase8
All India N.R. Congress 2,25,082 28.1 Decrease 3.65 30 8 Decrease7
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 134,597 16.8 Increase 3.05 30 4 Decrease1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 70,836 8.9 Decrease 1.78 9 2 Steady
Bharatiya Janata Party 19,303 2.4 Increase 1.08 30 0 Steady
Independents 62,884 7.9 – 1 Steady
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

Results
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet T. P. R. Selvame All India N.R. Congress 7679 A. Krishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7260 419
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) B. Kobiga All India N.R. Congress 12143 P. Angalane Indian National Congress 10711 1432
3 Ossudu (SC) E. Theeppainthan Indian National Congress 8675 Sai J Saravanan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 6345 2330
4 Mangalam S. V. Sugumaran All India N.R. Congress 13955 S. Kumaravel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8392 5563
5 Villianur A. Namassivayam Indian National Congress 18009 Jayakumar All India N.R. Congress 9728 8281
6 Ozhukarai M. N. R. Balan Indian National Congress 14703 N.G. Pannirselvam All India N.R. Congress 7596 7107
7 Kadirkamam N. S. J. Jayabal All India N.R. Congress 11690 S. Ramesh Independent 7888 3802
8 Indira Nagar N. Rangaswamy All India N.R. Congress 15463 V. Aroumougam A.K.D. Indian National Congress 12059 3404
9 Thattanchavady Ashok Anand All India N.R. Congress 12754 K. Sethu Communist Party of India 5296 7458
10 Kamaraj Nagar V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress 11618 P. Ganesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6512 5106
11 Lawspet V.P. Sivakolundhu Indian National Congress 12144 M. Vaithianathan Independent 5695 6449
12 Kalapet M. O. H. F. Shahjahan Indian National Congress 9839 P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram Independent 9205 634
13 Muthialpet Vaiyapuri Manikandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9257 J. Pregash Kumar All India N.R. Congress 7093 2164
14 Raj Bhavan K. Lakshminarayan Indian National Congress 9445 P. Kannan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7220 2225
15 Oupalam A. Anbalagan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9411 Annibal Kennedy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8503 908
16 Orleampeth R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11110 G.Nehru All India N.R. Congress 8130 2980
17 Nellithope A. Johnkumar Indian National Congress 18506 Omsakthi Sekar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6365 12141
18 Mudaliarpet A. Baskar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 14321 V. Balan All India N.R. Congress 8934 5387
19 Ariankuppam T. Djeamourthy Indian National Congress 14029 M.A.S.Subramanian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7458 6571
20 Manavely R. K. R. Anantharaman Indian National Congress 9326 G. Suresh All India N.R. Congress 6611 2715
21 Embalam (SC) M. Kandaswamy Indian National Congress 18945 U. Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. Congress 7745 11200
22 Nettapakkam (SC) V. Vizeaveny Indian National Congress 10577 P. Rajavelu All India N.R. Congress 9109 1468
23 Bahour N. Danavelou Indian National Congress 11278 T. Thiagarajan All India N.R. Congress 8471 2807
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) Chandirapriyanga All India N.R. Congress 8789 A. Marimottou Indian National Congress 7695 1094
25 Thirunallar R. Kamalakannan Indian National Congress 13138 P. R. Siva All India N.R. Congress 10263 2875
26 Karaikal North P. R. N. Thirumurugan All India N.R. Congress 13139 M.V.Omalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9841 3298
27 Karaikal South K. A. U. Asana All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11104 A.M.H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11084 20
28 Neravy T R Pattinam Anandan Geetha Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 14993 V.M.C. Sivakumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8057 6936
Mahe District
29 Mahe V. Ramachandran Independent 10797 E. Valsaraj Indian National Congress 8658 2139
Yanam District
30 Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao Indian National Congress 20801 Tirikoty Bairava Swamy All India N.R. Congress 12047 8754
Nominated MLAs
31 V. Saminathan Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Selvaganapathy Bharatiya Janata Party
33 K. G. Shankar Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.