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 the Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.

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2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

Background

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Assembly constituencies of Puducherry having VVPAT facility with EVMs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Oupalam</td></tr><tr><td>Orleampeth</td></tr><tr><td>Karaikal South</td></tr></tbody></table>

Parties and alliances

United Progressive Alliance

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Contesting Seats</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>V. Narayanasamy</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>DMK</td><td></td><td>R. Siva</td><td>9</td></tr></tbody></table>

All India N. R. Congress

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Contesting Seats</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>All India N.R. Congress</td><td>AINRC</td><td></td><td>N. Rangasamy</td><td>30</td></tr></tbody></table>

AIADMK

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Contesting Seats</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>AIADMK</td><td></td><td>A. Anbalagan</td><td>30</td></tr></tbody></table>

Voting

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

The election was held on 16 May 2016 in a single phase and 84.11% voting was recorded. The votes were counted on 19 May and results were declared on same day.

Result

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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

Results by constituency

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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

Bypolls (2016-2021)

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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