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.
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 were equipped with Voter-verified paper audit trail 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

List of winners

Puducherry Region

Constituency
No.		NameReserved for
DistrictCurrent MLAPartyLok Sabha
constituency
1Mannadipet-PuducherryT.P.R. SelvameAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
2ThirubuvanaiSCPuducherryB. KobigaAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
3OssuduSCPuducherryE. TheeppainthanIndian National CongressPuducherry
4Mangalam-PuducherryS. V. SugumaranAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
5Villianur-PuducherryA. NamassivayamIndian National CongressPuducherry
6Ozhukarai-PuducherryMnr. BalanIndian National CongressPuducherry
7Kadirkamam-PuducherryN.S.J. JayabalAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
8Indira Nagar-PuducherryN. RangaswamyAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
9Thattanchavady-PuducherryAshok AnandAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
10Kamaraj Nagar-PuducherryV. VaithilingamIndian National CongressPuducherry
11Lawspet-PuducherryVP SivakolundhuIndian National CongressPuducherry
12Kalapet-PuducherryM. O. H. F. ShahjahanIndian National CongressPuducherry
13Muthialpet-PuducherryVaiyapuri ManikandanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPuducherry
14Raj Bhavan-PuducherryK. LakshminarayanIndian National CongressPuducherry
15Oupalam-PuducherryA. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPuducherry
16Orleampeth-PuducherryR. SivaDravida Munnetra KazhagamPuducherry
17Nellithope-PuducherryV NarayanasamyIndian National CongressPuducherry
18Mudaliarpet-PuducherryA. BaskarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPuducherry
19Ariankuppam-PuducherryT. DjeamourthyIndian National CongressPuducherry
20Manavely-PuducherryR.K.R. AnantharamanIndian National CongressPuducherry
21EmbalamSCPuducherryM. Candassamy Indian National CongressPuducherry
22NettapakkamSCPuducherryV. VizeavenyIndian National CongressPuducherry
23Bahour-PuducherryN.DanavelouIndian National CongressPuducherry

Karaikal Region

Constituency
No.		NameReserved for
DistrictCurrent MLAPartyLok Sabha
constituency
24NedungaduSCKaraikalChandirapriyangaAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
25Thirunallar-KaraikalR. KamalakkannanIndian National CongressPuducherry
26Karaikal North-KaraikalP.R.N. ThirumuruganAll India N.R. CongressPuducherry
27Karaikal South-KaraikalK.A.U. AsanaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPuducherry
28Neravy T R Pattinam-KaraikalA.GeethaDravida Munnetra KazhagamPuducherry

Mahe Region

Constituency
No.		NameReserved for
DistrictCurrent MLAPartyLok Sabha
constituency
29Mahe-MaheV.RamachandranIndependentPuducherry

Yanam Region

Constituency
No.		NameReserved for
DistrictCurrent MLAPartyLok Sabha
constituency
30Yanam-YanamMalladi Krishna RaoIndian National CongressPuducherry