Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2016

Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2016
India
May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)
All 30 seats in the Legislature of Puducherry
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader V. Narayanasamy N. Rangaswamy
Party INC AINRC
Alliance Congress-DMK None
Leader's seat Kamaraj Nagar[1] Indira Nagar[1]
Last election 7 seats, 25.06% 15 seats, 31.75%
Seats won INC: 15
(Alliance: 17)		 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%

2016 Election Map (by Constituencies)

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.[2]

Puducherry

Background

By the requirement, the election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it 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 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian National Congress were in an alliance and contested 9 and 21 seats respectively. Ruling AINRC, BJP & ADMK 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

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

Party Contested Won Change Votes Vote % Vote Swing
  INC 21 15Increase8 244,886 30.6 Increase 5.54
  DMK 92Steady 70,836 8.9 Decrease 1.78
  AINRC 30 8Decrease7 225,082 28.1 Decrease 3.65
  AIADMK 30 4Decrease1 134,597 16.8 Increase 3.05
  BJP 30 0Steady 19,303 2.4 Increase 1.08
  Independents 1Steady 62,884 7.9 –
  NOTA – – – 13,240 1.7 –
Total 30
Source: International Business Times

See also

References

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