2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

Union territory election in India February 2020 February 2020 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election India legislative Popular no 2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 2011 yes 2016 5 16 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 2021 All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 85.08% ( 1.11%) V. Narayanasamy with Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster (cropped).jpg 100 100 120 0 0 V. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress UPA+DPA NellithopePrakash Upadhyaya & S V Krishnamachari 19 May 2016 Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party http://www.ibtimes.co.in/puducherry-assembly-elections-2016-result-live-updates-679282 International Business Times 20 May 2016 (by- elected) 25.06%, 7 seats 15 8 244,886 30.6% 5.54% Puducherry Election Results from 2016 Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy All India N.R. Congress V. Narayanasamy INC N Rangaswamy.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 N. Rangaswamy Indira Nagar(won) All India N.R. Congress AINRC+ 31.75%, 15 seats 8 7 225,082 28.1% 3.65% 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. 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.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN16_04032016.pdf 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.https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/ec-holds-first-phase-of-training-programme/article8319611.ece EC holds first phase of training programme Staff Reporter 6 March 2016 www.thehindu.comhttps://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/around-20-000-vvpat-machines-to-be-used-in-assly-polls-cec-116021001047_1.html Around 20,000 VVPAT machines to be used in assly polls: CEC Press Trust of India 10 February 2016 Business Standardhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/cec-asks-poll-officials-to-remain-neutral/article8221669.ece CEC asks poll officials to remain neutral R. Sivaraman 11 February 2016 www.thehindu.comhttps://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/110216/parties-seek-single-phase-polls.html Parties seek single phase polls 11 February 2016 Deccan Chronicle Assembly constituencies of Puducherry having VVPAT facility with EVMshttps://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ec-to-tighten-grip-on-cash-for-votes/article8225776.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20180717043549/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ec-to-tighten-grip-on-cash-for-votes/article8225776.ece live 17 July 2018 EC to tighten grip on cash for votes 12 February 2016 subscription www.thehindu.com Oupalam Orleampeth Karaikal South Parties and alliances Prominent Parties Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedrowspan=2 United Progressive AllianceUnited Progressive AllianceIndian National CongressIndian National Congress50px50pxV. Narayanasamy21Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam50px50pxR. Siva9All India N.R. CongressAll India N.R. Congress50px40pxN. Rangaswamy30All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam50px50pxA. Anbalagan30 Other Parties PartyFlagElectoral symbolSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party50px40px30Pattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal Katchi50px40px24rowspan=5 Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamPWFDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 50px6Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India50px50px7Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)50px50px4Viduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi50px50px5Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam50px5Indiya Jananayaka KatchiIndiya Jananayaka Katchi50px22Independent politicianIndependent politician96 NOTE: A total of 374 candidates (including independents) were in the fray for the election, of whom 305 forfeited their deposits. Candidates District # ConstituencyUPAAINRCAIADMK Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Puducherry 1 Mannadipet Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. KrishnanAll India N.R. Congress T. P. R. SelvameAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Mahadevi 2 Thirubuvanai (SC) Indian National Congress P. AngalaneAll India N.R. Congress B. KobigaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Sankar Vadivelan 3 Ossudu (SC) Indian National Congress E. TheeppainthanAll India N.R. Congress M. VaithianathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Selvarassou 4 Mangalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. KumaravelAll India N.R. Congress S. V. SugumaranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Natarajan 5 Villianur Indian National Congress A. Namassivayam All India N.R. Congress JayakumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Subramanian 6 Ozhukarai Indian National Congress M. N. R. BalanAll India N.R. Congress N. G. PannirselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Sivasankar 7 Kadirkamam Indian National Congress A. SivashanmugamAll India N.R. Congress N. S. J. Jayabal AyyanarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. R. Govindan 8 Indira Nagar Indian National Congress A. K. D. ArumugamAll India N.R. Congress N. RangaswamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK T. Gunasegaran 9 Thattanchavady Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. KaliaperumalAll India N.R. Congress Ashok AnandAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Cassinadin 10 Kamaraj Nagar Indian National Congress V. VaithilingamAll India N.R. Congress B. ThayalanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Ganesan 11 Lawspet Indian National Congress V. P. SivakolundhuAll India N.R. Congress Nandha T. SaravananAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Anbanandam12Kalapet Indian National Congress M. O. H. F. ShahjahanAll India N.R. Congress N. ViswanathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. C. Ezhumalai 13 Muthialpet Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. P. SivakumarAll India N.R. Congress J. Prakash KumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Vaiyapuri Manikandan 14 Raj Bhavan Indian National Congress K. LakshminarayananAll India N.R. Congress A. Annibal NehruAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kannan 15 Oupalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Annibal KennedyAll India N.R. Congress N. AnandAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Anbalagan 16 Orleampeth Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. SivaAll India N.R. Congress G. Nehru KuppusamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Ravindran 17 Nellithope Indian National Congress A. JohnkumarAll India N.R. Congress D. BalajiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Omsakthi Sekar 18 Mudaliarpet Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SureshAll India N.R. Congress V. BalanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. Baskar 19 Ariankuppam Indian National Congress T. DjeamourthyAll India N.R. Congress V. SabapathyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. A. S. Subramanian 20 Manavely Indian National Congress R. K. R. AnantharamanAll India N.R. Congress G. SureshAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Purushothaman 21 Embalam (SC) Indian National Congress M. CandassamyAll India N.R. Congress U. LakshmikandhanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Govindharasu 22 Nettapakkam (SC) Indian National Congress V. VizeavenyAll India N.R. Congress P. RajaveluAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK L. Periasamy 23 Bahour Indian National Congress N. DanavelouAll India N.R. Congress T. ThiagarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Velmurugan Karaikal 24 Nedungadu (SC) Indian National Congress A. MarimottouAll India N.R. Congress Chandira PriyangaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Panneer Selvam 25 Thirunallar Indian National Congress R. KamalakannanAll India N.R. Congress P. R. Siva SivasakthiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK G. Murugaiyan 26 Karaikal North Indian National Congress R. P. ChandramohanAll India N.R. Congress P. R. N. ThirumuruganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. V. Omalingam 27 Karaikal South Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. M. H. NazeemAll India N.R. Congress A. SureshAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. A. U. Asana 28 Neravy T. R. Pattinam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. GeethaAll India N.R. Congress K. R. UdayakumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. M. C. Sivakumar Mahe 29 Mahe Indian National Congress E. ValsarajAll India N.R. Congress V. P. Abdul RahmanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. K. Bhaskaran Yanam 30 Yanam Indian National Congress Malladi Krishna RaoAll India N.R. Congress Tirikoty Bairava SwamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Satya Sai Kumar Voting The election was held on 16 May 2016 in a single phase and 84.11% voting was recorded.https://www.thehindu.com/elections/puducherry2016/Brisk-voting-in-Union-Territory/article14324525.ece Brisk voting in Union Territory S. Prasad 17 May 2016 www.thehindu.com The votes were counted on 19 May and results were declared on same day.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Election-dates-for-five-States-announced/article60266058.ece 4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16 The Hindu 4 March 2016 Result yes !colspan=10|File:Puducherry 2016 assembly Parliament 2021.svg |- valign="top" !Colspan=2|Parties and Coalitions ! Votes ! Vote % ! Vote swing ! Contested ! Won ! Change |- | style="background-color:Indian National Congress"| |Indian National Congress | 2,44,886 | 30.6 | 5.54 |21 |15 |8 |- | style="background-color:All India N.R. Congress"| |All India N.R. Congress | 2,25,082 | 28.1 | 3.65 | 30 | 8 |7 |- | style="background-color:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"| |All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 134,597 | 16.8 | 3.05 | 30 | 4 |1 |- | style="background-color:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"| |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 70,836 | 8.9 | 1.78 | 9 | 2 | |- | style="background-color:Bharatiya Janata Party"| |Bharatiya Janata Party | 19,303 | 2.4 | 1.08 | 30 | 0 | |- | style="background-color:Independent politician"| |Independents | 62,884 | 7.9 | – | |1 | |- | style="background-color:None of the above"| |None of the above | 13,240 | 1.7 | – | – | – | – |- | colspan=2|Total | 8,00,343 | | | | 30 | |- |- ! colspan="9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes |8,00,343 |99.86 | colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes |1,099 |0.14 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout |8,01,442 |85.08 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Abstentions | 1,43,490 | 14.92 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters | 9,41,935 |colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |align=left colspan=8|Source: International Business Times |} Results by District + DistrictSeatsUPANRCADKINDPuducherry2314630Karaikal52210Mahe10001Yanam11000Total3017841 Results by constituency District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Puducherry1MannadipetT. P. R. SelvameAll India N.R. CongressAINRC7,67927.86A. KrishnanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK7,26026.344191.522Thirubhuvanai (SC)B. KobigaAll India N.R. CongressAINRC12,14344.73P. AngalaneIndian National CongressINC10,71139.451,4325.283Oussudu (SC)E. TheeppainthanIndian National CongressINC8,67533.02Sai Saravanan KumarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP6,34524.152,3308.874MangalamS. V. SugumaranAll India N.R. CongressAINRC13,95544.61S. KumaravelDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK8,39226.835,56317.785VillianurA. NamassivayamIndian National CongressINC18,00957.11JayakumarAll India N.R. CongressAINRC9,72830.858,28126.266OzhukaraiM. N. R. BalanIndian National CongressINC14,70347.68N. G. PannirselvamAll India N.R. CongressAINRC7,59624.637,10723.057KadirgamamJayabal AyyanarAll India N.R. CongressAINRC11,69043.28S. RameshIndependentIND7,88829.203,80214.088Indira NagarN. RangaswamyAll India N.R. CongressAINRC15,46352.69A. K. D. ArumugamIndian National CongressINC12,05941.093,40411.609ThattanchavadyAshok AnandAll India N.R. CongressAINRC12,75453.90K. Sethu SethuselvamCommunist Party of IndiaCPI5,29622.387,45831.5210Kamaraj NagarV. VaithilingamIndian National CongressINC11,61845.09P. GanesanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK6,51225.275,10619.8211LawspetV. P. SivakolundhuIndian National CongressINC12,14446.92M. VaithianathanIndependentIND5,69522.006,44924.9212KalapetM. O. H. F. ShahjahanIndian National CongressINC9,83935.09KalyanasundaramIndependentIND9,20532.836342.2613MuthialpetVaiyapuri ManikandanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK9,25739.21J. Prakash KumarAll India N.R. CongressAINRC7,09330.042,1649.1714Raj BhavanK. LakshminarayananIndian National CongressINC9,44547.23P. KannanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK7,22036.112,22511.1215OupalamA. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK9,41139.97Annibal KennedyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK8,50336.119083.8616OrleampethR. SivaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK11,11053.82G. Nehru KuppusamyAll India N.R. CongressAINRC8,13039.382,98014.4417NellithopeA. JohnkumarIndian National CongressINC18,50669.16Omsakthi SekarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK6,36523.7912,14145.3718MudaliarpetA. BaskarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK14,32149.79V. BalanAll India N.R. CongressAINRC8,93431.065,38718.7319AriankuppamT. DjeamourthyIndian National CongressINC14,02945.29M. A. S. SubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK7,45824.086,57121.2120ManavelyR.K.R. AnantharamanIndian National CongressINC9,32634.03G. SureshAll India N.R. CongressAINRC6,61124.122,7159.9121Embalam (SC)M. CandassamyIndian National CongressINC18,94566.08U. LakshmikandhanAll India N.R. CongressAINRC7,74527.0211,20039.0622Nettapakkam (SC)V. VizeavenyIndian National CongressINC10,57738.96P. Rajavelu All India N.R. CongressAINRC9,10933.561,4685.4023BahourN. DanavelouIndian National CongressINC11,27845.70T. Thiagarajan All India N.R. CongressAINRC8,47134.322,80711.38 Karaikal24Nedungadu (SC)Chandira PriyangaAll India N.R. CongressAINRC8,78934.48A. MarimottouIndian National CongressINC7,69530.191,0944.2925ThirunallarR. KamalakannanIndian National CongressINC13,13851.30P. R. Siva SivasakthiAll India N.R. CongressAINRC10,26340.072,87511.2326Karaikal NorthP. R. N. ThirumuruganAll India N.R. CongressAINRC13,13949.39M. V. OmalingamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK9,84136.993,29812.4027Karaikal SouthK. A. U. AsanaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK11,10446.66A. M. H. NazeemDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK11,08446.57200.0928Neravy T.R. PattinamA. GeethaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK14,99360.19V. M. C. SivakumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK8,05732.346,93627.85 Mahe29MaheV. RamachandranIndependentIND10,79745.99E. ValsarajIndian National CongressINC8,65836.882,1399.11 Yanam30YanamMalladi Krishna RaoIndian National CongressINC20,80161.36Tirikoty Bairava SwamyAll India N.R. CongressAINRC12,04735.548,75425.82 By-polls (2016–2021) S.NoDateConstituencyReasonMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election1719 November 2016NellithopeNellithope V. Narayanasamy was appointed Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2016 despite not contesting the Assembly elections, after the Congress-led alliance won the polls. To comply with the constitutional requirement of becoming an MLA within six months, he contested and won the Nellithope by-election in November 2016, which was triggered by the resignation of the sitting MLA A. Johnkumar. He defeated AIADMK's Om Sakthi Sekar by a margin of approximately 11,150 votes, thereby securing his position as Chief Minister.https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/Nov/22/puducherry-bypoll-results-cm-v-narayanasamy-wins-by-11151-votes-1541367.html Puducherry bypoll results: CM V Narayanasamy wins by 11,151 votes 22 November 2016 The New Indian Expresshttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/many-in-race-puducherry-elections-v-narayanasamy-yet-to-zero-in-on-cm-2819341/ Many in race, Puducherry elections: V Narayanasamy yet to zero in on CM 22 November 2016 The Indian ExpressA. JohnkumarIndian National CongressV. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress0918 April 2019ThattanchavadyThattanchavady The Thattanchavady Assembly by-election was held in 2019 after the sitting MLA, Ashok Anand of AINRC, was disqualified on November 8, 2018, following his conviction by a CBI court in a disproportionate assets case. The by-election was conducted on April 18, 2019, alongside the Lok Sabha polls. K. Venkatesan of the DMK won the seat.https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/dmk-fields-venkatesan-for-thattanchavady-assembly-seat/article26562065.ece DMK fields Venkatesan for Thattanchavady Assembly seat 17 March 2019 The Hinduhttps://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/dmk-wins-thattanchavady-assembly-bypoll-in-pondy-119052301839_1.html DMK wins Thattanchavady Assembly bypoll in Pondy 23 May 2019 Business StandardAshok AnandAll India N.R. CongressK. VenkatesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1021 October 2019Kamraj NagarKamraj Nagar The Kamaraj Nagar by-election in 2019 was necessitated by the resignation of incumbent MLA and Speaker V. Vaithilingam, who vacated his Assembly seat after winning the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency in the April 2019 general elections. The by-election was held on October 21, 2019, with results declared on October 24, 2019. Congress candidate A. John Kumar won the seat, defeating his AINRC rival by a margin of 7,170 votes.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/puducherry-congress-candidate-wins-kamaraj-nagar-assembly-byelection/articleshow/71733382.cms Puducherry: Congress candidate wins Kamaraj Nagar assembly byelection 24 October 2019 The Times of Indiahttps://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kamaraj-nagar-assembly-constituency-set-to-have-by-election-119060301170_1.html Kamaraj Nagar assembly constituency set to have by-election 3 June 2019 Business Standardhttps://www.ndtv.com/assembly-puducherry/puducherry-by-election-result-2019-congress-wins-kamraj-nagar-seat-2121899 Puducherry By-Election Result 2019: Congress Wins Kamraj Nagar Seat 24 October 2019 NDTVV. VaithilingamIndian National CongressA. JohnkumarIndian National Congress Notes See also Elections in India 2016 elections in India References External links Election Commission of India collapsed Category:2016 State Assembly elections in India 2016 Category:2010s in Puducherry