2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)
All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.08%(Decrease 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 Increase 8 Decrease 7
Popular vote 244,886 225,082
Percentage 30.6% 28.1%
Swing Increase 5.54% Decrease 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 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 134,597 70,836
Percentage 16.8% 8.9%
Swing Increase 3.05% Decrease 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 Indian National Congress and the Dravidia Munnetra Kazhagam were in an alliance and contested 21 and 9 seats respectively. Ruling AINRC, BJP & AIADMK 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

Prominent Parties

Party/Alliance Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
United Progressive Alliance Indian National Congress V. Narayanasamy 21
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Siva 9
All India N.R. Congress N. Rangaswamy 30
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Anbalagan 30

Other Parties

Party Flag Electoral symbol Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party 30
Pattali Makkal Katchi 24
PWF Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 6
Communist Party of India 7
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 5
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5
Indiya Jananayaka Katchi 22
Independent politician 96

NOTE: A total of 374 candidates (including independents) were in the fray for the election, of whom 305 forfeited their deposits.

Candidates

District No. Constituency UPA AINRC AIADMK
Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Puducherry 1 Mannadipet DMK A. Krishnan AINRC T. P. R. Selvame AIADMK Mahadevi
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) INC P. Angalane AINRC B. Kobiga AIADMK M. Sankar Vadivelan
3 Ossudu (SC) INC E. Theeppainthan AINRC M. Vaithianathan 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 M. N. R. Balan AINRC N. G. Pannirselvam AIADMK M. Sivasankar
7 Kadirkamam INC A. Sivashanmugam AINRC N. S. J. Jayabal Ayyanar AIADMK M. R. Govindan
8 Indira Nagar INC A. K. D. Arumugam AINRC N. Rangaswamy AIADMK T. Gunasegaran
9 Thattanchavady DMK N. Kaliaperumal AINRC Ashok Anand AIADMK S. Cassinadin
10 Kamaraj Nagar INC V. Vaithilingam AINRC B. Thayalan AIADMK P. Ganesan
11 Lawspet INC V. P. Sivakolundhu AINRC Nandha T. Saravanan AIADMK G. Anbanandam
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 D. Balaji 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 24 Nedungadu (SC) INC A. Marimottou AINRC Chandira Priyanga AIADMK G. Panneer Selvam
25 Thirunallar INC R. Kamalakannan 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 29 Mahe INC E. Valsaraj AINRC V. P. Abdul Rahman AIADMK C. K. Bhaskaran
Yanam 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 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

District Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
Puducherry 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 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 29 Mahe Dr. V. Ramachandran IND 10,797 45.99 E. Valsaraj INC 8,658 36.88 2,139 9.11
Yanam 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

References

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  2. ^ a b "4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16". The Hindu. 4 March 2016.
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