# 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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

## 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

Change :
| | Indian National Congress | 2,44,886 | 30.60 | 5.54 | 21 | 15 | 8 |
| | All India N.R. Congress | 2,25,082 | 28.1 | 3.65 | 30 | 8 | 7 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 134,597 | 16.8 | 3.05 | 30 | 4 | 1 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 70,836 | 8.9 | 1.78 | 9 | 2 | |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 19,303 | 2.4 | 1.08 | 30 | 0 | |
| | Independents | 62,884 | 7.9 | – | | 1 | |
| | None of the above | 13,240 | 1.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 8,00,343 | | | | 30 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,00,343 | 99.86 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,099 | 0.14 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 8,01,442 | 85.08 | | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,43,490 | 14.92 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 9,41,935 | | | | | |
| Source: International Business Times ||||||||

## Results by constituency

Results :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| Puducherry District |||||||||||
| 1 | Mannadipet | T. P. R. Selvame | | AINRC | 7679 | A. Krishnan | | DMK | 7260 | 419 |
| 2 | Thirubuvanai (SC) | B. Kobiga | | AINRC | 12143 | P. Angalane | | INC | 10711 | 1432 |
| 3 | Ossudu (SC) | E. Theeppainthan | | INC | 8675 | A. K. Saravanan Kumar | | BJP | 6345 | 2330 |
| 4 | Mangalam | S. V. Sugumaran | | AINRC | 13955 | S. Kumaravel | | DMK | 8392 | 5563 |
| 5 | Villianur | A. Namassivayam | | INC | 18009 | Jayakumar | | AINRC | 9728 | 8281 |
| 6 | Ozhukarai | M. N. R. Balan | | INC | 14703 | N.G. Pannirselvam | | AINRC | 7596 | 7107 |
| 7 | Kadirkamam | N. S. J. Jayabal | | AINRC | 11690 | S. Ramesh | | IND | 7888 | 3802 |
| 8 | Indira Nagar | N. Rangaswamy | | AINRC | 15463 | V. Aroumougam A.K.D. | | INC | 12059 | 3404 |
| 9 | Thattanchavady | Ashok Anand | | AINRC | 12754 | K. Sethu | | CPI | 5296 | 7458 |
| 10 | Kamaraj Nagar | V. Vaithilingam | | INC | 11618 | P. Ganesan | | ADMK | 6512 | 5106 |
| 11 | Lawspet | V.P. Sivakolundhu | | INC | 12144 | M. Vaithianathan | | IND | 5695 | 6449 |
| 12 | Kalapet | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan | | INC | 9839 | P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram | | IND | 9205 | 634 |
| 13 | Muthialpet | Vaiyapuri Manikandan | | ADMK | 9257 | J. Pregash Kumar | | AINRC | 7093 | 2164 |
| 14 | Raj Bhavan | K. Lakshminarayan | | INC | 9445 | P. Kannan | | ADMK | 7220 | 2225 |
| 15 | Oupalam | A. Anbalagan | | ADMK | 9411 | Annibal Kennedy | | DMK | 8503 | 908 |
| 16 | Orleampeth | R. Siva | | DMK | 11110 | G.Nehru | | AINRC | 8130 | 2980 |
| 17 | Nellithope | A. Johnkumar | | INC | 18506 | Omsakthi Sekar | | ADMK | 6365 | 12141 |
| 18 | Mudaliarpet | A. Baskar | | ADMK | 14321 | V. Balan | | AINRC | 8934 | 5387 |
| 19 | Ariankuppam | T. Djeamourthy | | INC | 14029 | M.A.S.Subramanian | | ADMK | 7458 | 6571 |
| 20 | Manavely | R. K. R. Anantharaman | | INC | 9326 | G. Suresh | | AINRC | 6611 | 2715 |
| 21 | Embalam (SC) | M. Kandaswamy | | INC | 18945 | U. Lakshmikandhan | | AINRC | 7745 | 11200 |
| 22 | Nettapakkam (SC) | V. Vizeaveny | | INC | 10577 | P. Rajavelu | | AINRC | 9109 | 1468 |
| 23 | Bahour | N. Danavelou | | INC | 11278 | T. Thiagarajan | | AINRC | 8471 | 2807 |
| Karaikal District |||||||||||
| 24 | Nedungadu (SC) | Chandirapriyanga | | AINRC | 8789 | A. Marimottou | | INC | 7695 | 1094 |
| 25 | Thirunallar | R. Kamalakannan | | INC | 13138 | P. R. Siva | | AINRC | 10263 | 2875 |
| 26 | Karaikal North | P. R. N. Thirumurugan | | AINRC | 13139 | M.V.Omalingam | | ADMK | 9841 | 3298 |
| 27 | Karaikal South | K. A. U. Asana | | ADMK | 11104 | A.M.H. Nazeem | | DMK | 11084 | 20 |
| 28 | Neravy T R Pattinam | Anandan Geetha | | DMK | 14993 | V.M.C. Sivakumar | | ADMK | 8057 | 6936 |
| Mahe District |||||||||||
| 29 | Mahe | V. Ramachandran | | IND | 10797 | E. Valsaraj | | INC | 8658 | 2139 |
| Yanam District |||||||||||
| 30 | Yanam | Malladi Krishna Rao | | INC | 20801 | Tirikoty Bairava Swamy | | AINRC | 12047 | 8754 |