The legislative assembly election in the Indian union territory of

Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry t ...

was held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory to constitute Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.

Background

By the requirement, the election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the

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. 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 The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, di ...

(ECI). The

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

and the

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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

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(VVPAT) machines along with EVMs.

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

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, 2,44,886 , 30.60 , 5.54 , 21 , 15 , 8 , - , style="background-color:", ,

All India N.R. Congress All India N.R. Congress (abbr. AINRC) is a regional political party formed by the Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangaswamy in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's h ...

, 2,25,082 , 28.1 , 3.65 , 30 , 8 , 7 , - , style="background-color:", ,

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

, 134,597 , 16.8 , 3.05 , 30 , 4 , 1 , - , style="background-color:", ,

, 70,836 , 8.9 , 1.78 , 9 , 2 , , - , style="background-color:", ,

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, 19,303 , 2.4 , 1.08 , 30 , 0 , , - , style="background-color:", , Independents , 62,884 , 7.9 , – , , 1 , , - , style="background-color:", ,

None of the above "None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system. ...

, 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 constituency

References

External links

Election Commission of India
{{DEFAULTSORT:Puducherry Legislative Assembly Election, 2016 2016 State Assembly elections in India

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