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.

Assembly constituencies of Puducherry having VVPAT facility with EVMs Oupalam Orleampeth Karaikal South

Parties and alliances Prominent Parties Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedrowspan=2 United Progressive AllianceIndian National CongressV. Narayanasamy21Dravida Munnetra KazhagamR. Siva9All India N.R. CongressN. Rangaswamy30All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamA. Anbalagan30 Other Parties PartyFlagElectoral symbolSeats contestedBharatiya Janata Party30Pattali Makkal Katchi24rowspan=5 PWFDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 6Communist Party of India7Communist Party of India (Marxist)4Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi5Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5Indiya Jananayaka Katchi22Independent 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 A. Krishnan T. P. R. Selvame Mahadevi 2 Thirubuvanai (SC) P. Angalane B. Kobiga M. Sankar Vadivelan 3 Ossudu (SC) E. Theeppainthan M. Vaithianathan M. Selvarassou 4 Mangalam S. Kumaravel S. V. Sugumaran K. Natarajan 5 Villianur A. Namassivayam Jayakumar V. Subramanian 6 Ozhukarai M. N. R. Balan N. G. Pannirselvam M. Sivasankar 7 Kadirkamam A. Sivashanmugam N. S. J. Jayabal Ayyanar M. R. Govindan 8 Indira Nagar A. K. D. Arumugam N. Rangaswamy T. Gunasegaran 9 Thattanchavady N. Kaliaperumal Ashok Anand S. Cassinadin 10 Kamaraj Nagar V. Vaithilingam B. Thayalan P. Ganesan 11 Lawspet V. P. Sivakolundhu Nandha T. Saravanan G. Anbanandam12Kalapet M. O. H. F. Shahjahan N. Viswanathan V. C. Ezhumalai 13 Muthialpet S. P. Sivakumar J. Prakash Kumar Vaiyapuri Manikandan 14 Raj Bhavan K. Lakshminarayanan A. Annibal Nehru P. Kannan 15 Oupalam Annibal Kennedy N. Anand A. Anbalagan 16 Orleampeth R. Siva G. Nehru Kuppusamy A. Ravindran 17 Nellithope A. Johnkumar D. Balaji Omsakthi Sekar 18 Mudaliarpet Suresh V. Balan A. Baskar 19 Ariankuppam T. Djeamourthy V. Sabapathy M. A. S. Subramanian 20 Manavely R. K. R. Anantharaman G. Suresh P. Purushothaman 21 Embalam (SC) M. Candassamy U. Lakshmikandhan K. Govindharasu 22 Nettapakkam (SC) V. Vizeaveny P. Rajavelu L. Periasamy 23 Bahour N. Danavelou T. Thiagarajan P. Velmurugan Karaikal 24 Nedungadu (SC) A. Marimottou Chandira Priyanga G. Panneer Selvam 25 Thirunallar R. Kamalakannan P. R. Siva Sivasakthi G. Murugaiyan 26 Karaikal North R. P. Chandramohan P. R. N. Thirumurugan M. V. Omalingam 27 Karaikal South A. M. H. Nazeem A. Suresh K. A. U. Asana 28 Neravy T. R. Pattinam A. Geetha K. R. Udayakumar V. M. C. Sivakumar Mahe 29 Mahe E. Valsaraj V. P. Abdul Rahman C. K. Bhaskaran Yanam 30 Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao Tirikoty Bairava Swamy M. Satya Sai Kumar

Voting 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

!colspan=10| |- valign="top" !Colspan=2|Parties and Coalitions ! Votes ! Vote % ! Vote swing ! Contested ! Won ! Change |- | style="background-color:"| |Indian National Congress | 2,44,886 | 30.6 | 5.54 |21 |15 |8 |- | style="background-color:"| |All India N.R. Congress | 2,25,082 | 28.1 | 3.65 | 30 | 8 |7 |- | style="background-color:"| |All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 134,597 | 16.8 | 3.05 | 30 | 4 |1 |- | style="background-color:"| |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 70,836 | 8.9 | 1.78 | 9 | 2

| style="background-color:"| |Bharatiya Janata Party | 19,303 | 2.4 | 1.08 | 30 | 0

| style="background-color:"| |Independents | 62,884 | 7.9 | – | |1

| style="background-color:"| |None of the above | 13,240 | 1.7 | – | – | – | – |- | colspan=2|Total | 8,00,343

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! 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. SelvameAINRC7,67927.86A. KrishnanDMK7,26026.344191.522Thirubhuvanai (SC)B. KobigaAINRC12,14344.73P. AngalaneINC10,71139.451,4325.283Oussudu (SC)E. TheeppainthanINC8,67533.02Sai Saravanan KumarBJP6,34524.152,3308.874MangalamS. V. SugumaranAINRC13,95544.61S. KumaravelDMK8,39226.835,56317.785VillianurA. NamassivayamINC18,00957.11JayakumarAINRC9,72830.858,28126.266OzhukaraiM. N. R. BalanINC14,70347.68N. G. PannirselvamAINRC7,59624.637,10723.057KadirgamamJayabal AyyanarAINRC11,69043.28S. RameshIND7,88829.203,80214.088Indira NagarN. RangaswamyAINRC15,46352.69A. K. D. ArumugamINC12,05941.093,40411.609ThattanchavadyAshok AnandAINRC12,75453.90K. Sethu SethuselvamCPI5,29622.387,45831.5210Kamaraj NagarV. VaithilingamINC11,61845.09P. GanesanADMK6,51225.275,10619.8211LawspetV. P. SivakolundhuINC12,14446.92M. VaithianathanIND5,69522.006,44924.9212KalapetM. O. H. F. ShahjahanINC9,83935.09KalyanasundaramIND9,20532.836342.2613MuthialpetVaiyapuri ManikandanADMK9,25739.21J. Prakash KumarAINRC7,09330.042,1649.1714Raj BhavanK. LakshminarayananINC9,44547.23P. KannanADMK7,22036.112,22511.1215OupalamA. AnbalaganADMK9,41139.97Annibal KennedyDMK8,50336.119083.8616OrleampethR. SivaDMK11,11053.82G. Nehru KuppusamyAINRC8,13039.382,98014.4417NellithopeA. JohnkumarINC18,50669.16Omsakthi SekarADMK6,36523.7912,14145.3718MudaliarpetA. BaskarADMK14,32149.79V. BalanAINRC8,93431.065,38718.7319AriankuppamT. DjeamourthyINC14,02945.29M. A. S. SubramanianADMK7,45824.086,57121.2120ManavelyR.K.R. AnantharamanINC9,32634.03G. SureshAINRC6,61124.122,7159.9121Embalam (SC)M. CandassamyINC18,94566.08U. LakshmikandhanAINRC7,74527.0211,20039.0622Nettapakkam (SC)V. VizeavenyINC10,57738.96P. Rajavelu AINRC9,10933.561,4685.4023BahourN. DanavelouINC11,27845.70T. Thiagarajan AINRC8,47134.322,80711.38 Karaikal24Nedungadu (SC)Chandira PriyangaAINRC8,78934.48A. MarimottouINC7,69530.191,0944.2925ThirunallarR. KamalakannanINC13,13851.30P. R. Siva SivasakthiAINRC10,26340.072,87511.2326Karaikal NorthP. R. N. ThirumuruganAINRC13,13949.39M. V. OmalingamADMK9,84136.993,29812.4027Karaikal SouthK. A. U. AsanaADMK11,10446.66A. M. H. NazeemDMK11,08446.57200.0928Neravy T.R. PattinamA. GeethaDMK14,99360.19V. M. C. SivakumarADMK8,05732.346,93627.85 Mahe29MaheV. RamachandranIND10,79745.99E. ValsarajINC8,65836.882,1399.11 Yanam30YanamMalladi Krishna RaoINC20,80161.36Tirikoty Bairava SwamyAINRC12,04735.548,75425.82

By-polls (2016–2021)

S.NoDateConstituencyReasonMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election1719 November 2016NellithopeA. JohnkumarIndian National CongressV. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress0918 April 2019ThattanchavadyAshok AnandAll India N.R. CongressK. VenkatesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1021 October 2019Kamraj NagarV. VaithilingamIndian National CongressA. JohnkumarIndian National Congress

Notes

See also Elections in India 2016 elections in India

References

External links Election Commission of India