1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Indian union territory election June 2022 June 2022 1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election India legislative Popular no 1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 1991 27 April 1996 2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election 2001 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 75.33% 100px Indian National Congress V. Vaithilingam.jpg V. Vaithilingam 9 15 28.39% 6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol rising sun.svg 120 100 100 10 0 R. V. Janakiraman 7 4 25.65% 3 CM Indian National Congress V. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. V. Janakiraman Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in April 1996, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/03/26/explained-puducherry-the-territory-of-coalitions-and-presidents-rule.html Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule The Week (Indian magazine) 26 March 2021 9th election: 1996 - The Congress was the single-largest party in the 1996 election in Puducherry, winning nine seats with a vote share of 25 per cent. The DMK, its principle adversary, won seven seats, with a vote share of nearly 23 per cent 4 September 2022https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1996.PDF Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1996 4 September 2022 13 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220813194829/https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/PDF/Se1996.PDF dead The Indian National Congress won the most seats, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote, and R. V. Janakiraman was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/former-puducherry-chief-minister-rv-janakiraman-dead/articleshow/69721586.cms Former Puducherry chief minister RV Janakiraman dead 10 June 2019 Bosco Dominique The Times of India 6 September 2022https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/pondicherry.HTML Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 8 September 2022 Seat allotments Congress Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Indian National Congress 50x50px V. Vaithilingam 202. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px J. Jayalalithaa 10 DMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50x50px M. Karunanidhi 182. Tamil Maanila Congress 50x50px G. K. Moopanar 53. Communist Party of India 50x50px Indrajit Gupta 34. Independent (politician) 4 List of Candidates ConstituencyINC+DMK+ 1 Muthialpet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Anandavelu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam G. Palaniraja 2 Cassicade Indian National Congress S. Narayanasamy Independent IND P. Kannan 3 Raj Bhavan Indian National Congress A. Gandhirasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S.P. Sivakumar 4 Bussy Indian National Congress C.M. Achraff Communist Party of India Abdul Rachide 5 Oupalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK U.C. Arumugham Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. Rathinam @ Manohar 6 Orleampeth All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Parasuraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. Siva 7 Nellithope All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK D. Ramachandiren Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R.V. Janakiraman 8 Modeliarpeth Indian National Congress V. Kothandaraman Sababathy Communist Party of India M. Manjini 9 Ariankuppam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Sreedharan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. Jayamoorthy 10 Embalom (SC) Indian National Congress K. Pakkiriammal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Muthukrishnan 11 Nettapakkam Indian National Congress V. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P.M. Mathy @ Subbarayan 12 Kuruvinatham Indian National Congress T. Thiagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Annapoorni 13 Bahour (SC) Indian National Congress P. Rajavelu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC M. Kandasamy 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Arasi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Jayaraj 15 Mannadipet Indian National Congress N. Rajaram Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. Rajasegaran 16 Ossudu (SC) Indian National Congress N. Marimuthu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC V. Nagarathinam 17 Villenour Indian National Congress P. Anandbaskaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC C. Jayakumar 18 Ozhukarai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Natarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R.R. Somasundaram 19 Thattanchavady Indian National Congress N. Rangasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Rathinavelu 20 Reddiarpalayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Na. Manimaran Communist Party of India R. Viswanathan 21 Lawspet Indian National Congress M.O.H.F. Shajahan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Kesavan 22 Cotchery Indian National Congress R. Nalamagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Shanmugam 23 Karaikal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK H.M. Abdul Kader Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A.M.H. Nazeem 24 Karaikal South Indian National Congress A.V. Subramanian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Savarirajan 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A.M.K. Balu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V.M.C. Sivakkumar 26 Tirunallar Indian National Congress R. Kamalakannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Soundarengan 27 Neduncadu (SC) Indian National Congress M. Chandirakasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Marimuthu 28 Mahe Indian National Congress E. Valsaraj Independent IND Manoly Muhammad 29 Palloor Indian National Congress A.V. Sreedharan Independent IND P.K. Sathyanandan 30 Yanam Indian National Congress Velaga Rajeswara Rao Independent IND Malladi Krishna Rao Results File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1996.svg Indian National Congress 116618 9 6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 105392 7 3 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 57678 3 3 Tamil Maanila Congress 42485 5 New Communist Party of India 29964 2 1 Janata Dal 20360 1 0 Pattali Makkal Katchi 11544 1 New Others 29126 0 0 Independents 47126 2 1 0 17036 633635 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3434-puducherry-1996/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry Election Commission of India 30 July 2022 Elected members Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes% 1 Muthialpet 69.96% S. Anandavelu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11,009 56.26% G. Palani Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,098 41.39% 2,911 2 Cassicade 66.08% P. Kannan Independent politician IND 6,501 63.21% S. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress 3,195 31.06% 3,306 3 Raj Bhavan 65.39% S. P. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,697 58.54% A. Gandhirasu Indian National Congress 1,159 25.16% 1,538 4 Bussy 60.37% C. M. Achraff Indian National Congress 2,208 46.26% A. Abdul Rachide Communist Party of India 1,378 28.87% 830 5 Oupalam 72.39% S. Rathinam @ Manohar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 6,866 50.79% U. C. Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,866 43.39% 1,000 6 Orleampeth 68.14% R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,105 49.16% K. Parasuraman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,107 30.97% 2,998 7 Nellithope 69.88% R. V. Janakiraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8,803 52.31% D. Ramachandiren All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,354 43.70% 1,449 8 Mudaliarpet 71.54% M. Manjini Communist Party of India 11,380 49.69% V. Sababady Kothandraman Indian National Congress 8,278 36.15% 3,102 9 Ariankuppam 79.25% S. Ramsingh Pattali Makkal Katchi 7,382 37.86% T. Jayamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,329 32.46% 1,053 10 Embalam 78.31% R. Rajaraman Janata Dal 8,311 62.73% K. Pakkiriammal Indian National Congress 3,454 26.07% 4,857 11 Nettapakkam 83.58% V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress 7,563 54.86% V. Muthunarayana Reddiar Independent politician IND 5,036 36.53% 2,527 12 Kuruvinatham 87.32% T. Thiagarajan Indian National Congress 7,209 48.85% R. Ramanathan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,022 47.58% 187 13 Bahour 83.48% M. Kandasamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,921 51.95% P. Rajavelu Indian National Congress 7,221 47.36% 700 14 Thirubuvanai 79.23% S. Arasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,707 37.08% K. Jayaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,586 36.29% 121 15 Mannadipet 82.77% K. Rajasegaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 8,113 51.63% N. Rajaram Indian National Congress 6,866 43.69% 1,247 16 Ossudu 80.14% V. Nagarathinam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 7,380 53.78% N. Marimuthu Indian National Congress 5,232 38.13% 2,148 17 Villianur 83.35% C. Jayakumar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 12,205 64.56% P. Anandabaskaran Indian National Congress 6,509 34.43% 5,696 18 Ozhukarai 75.71% K. Natarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,794 41.10% R. R. Somasundaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,252 32.97% 1,542 19 Thattanchavady 72.14% N. Rangaswamy Indian National Congress 9,989 42.95% V. Pethaperumal Janata Dal 7,699 33.11% 2,290 20 Reddiarpalayam 62.82% R. Viswanathan Communist Party of India 17,206 65.58% Na. Manimaran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,966 22.74% 11,240 21 Lawspet 71.79% N. Kesavan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 16,442 54.40% M. O. H. F. Shahjahan Indian National Congress 10,211 33.78% 6,231 22 Cotchery 78.37% R. Nalamagarajan Indian National Congress 7,630 47.53% G. Panjavarnam Independent politician IND 5,968 37.17% 1,662 23 Karaikal North 67.73% A. M. H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9,474 71.01% H. M. Abdul Kader All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,946 22.08% 6,528 24 Karaikal South 75.45% A. V. Subramanian Indian National Congress 6,676 57.48% S. Savarirajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,717 40.61% 1,959 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 78.01% V. M. C. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,595 53.44% S. T. P. Diravidamani Independent politician IND 4,385 30.85% 3,210 26 Thirunallar 78.92% R. Kamalakannan Indian National Congress 6,063 48.53% A. Soundarengan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,938 39.53% 1,125 27 Nedungadu 83.17% A. Marimuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,899 54.93% M. Chandirakasu Indian National Congress 5,116 40.74% 1,783 28 Mahe 76.06% E. Valsaraj Indian National Congress 4,184 45.58% Manoli Muhammad Independent politician IND 3,915 42.65% 269 29 Palloor 74.44% A. V. Sreedharan Indian National Congress 4,253 45.40% Panangatil Khader Janata Dal 2,929 31.27% 1,324 30 Yanam 86.68% Malladi Krishna Rao Independent politician IND 8,445 62.31% Velaga Rajeshwara Rao Indian National Congress 3,602 26.58% 4,843 See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1996 elections in India References External links Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-puducherry/ eci.gov.in Election Commission of India 19 May 2022 p Category:State Assembly elections in Puducherry Category:1990s in Pondicherry