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.[2]
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All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 85.08%( 1.11%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||
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| Oupalam | ||
| Orleampeth | ||
| Karaikal South | ||
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]
| Parties and Coalitions | Votes | Vote % | Vote swing | Contested | Won | Change | |||
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| 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 | 8,00,343 | 30 | |||||||
| Valid votes | 8,00,343 | 99.86 | |||||||
| Invalid votes | 1,099 | 0.14 | |||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 8,01,442 | 85.08 | |||||||
| Abstentions | 1,43,490 | 14.92 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 9,41,935 | ||||||||
| Source: International Business Times | |||||||||
- Prakash Upadhyaya & S V Krishnamachari (19 May 2016). "Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- "4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16". The Hindu. 4 March 2016.
- Staff Reporter (6 March 2016). "EC holds first phase of training programme" – via www.thehindu.com.
- "Around 20,000 VVPAT machines to be used in assly polls: CEC". Press Trust of India. 10 February 2016 – via Business Standard.
- Sivaraman, R. (11 February 2016). "CEC asks poll officials to remain neutral" – via www.thehindu.com.
- "Parties seek single phase polls". Deccan Chronicle. 11 February 2016.
- "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". 12 February 2016 – via www.thehindu.com.
- Prasad, S. (17 May 2016). "Brisk voting in Union Territory" – via www.thehindu.com.