2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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]

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 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 8 7 Popular vote 244,886 225,082 Percentage 30.6% 28.1% Swing 5.54% 3.65%
Chief Minister before election N. Rangaswamy AINRC Elected Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy INC

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	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

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

• 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