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2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

Summary

The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the 15th Puducherry Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India. The National democratic alliance has won a simple majority[1][2]

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
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All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.38%(Decrease1.7%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader N. Rangaswamy R. Siva
Party AINRC DMK
Alliance NDA SPA
Leader since 2011 2021
Leader's seat Thattanchavady
Yanam (lost) 		Villianur
Last election 8 2
Seats before 7[a] 2
Seats won 10 6
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 4
Popular vote 216,249 154,858
Percentage 25.85% 18.51%
Swing Decrease 2.25% Increase 9.61%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader A. Namassivayam V. Narayanasamy
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA SPA
Leader since 2021 2016
Leader's seat Mannadipet Did not contest
Last election 0 15
Seats before 3[b] 9[c]
Seats won 6 2
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 13
Popular vote 114,298 131,393
Percentage 13.66% 15.71%
Swing Increase 11.26% Decrease 14.89%
Chief Minister before election

V. Narayanasamy
INC

Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

Background edit

In the previous elections in 2016, the election brought a change of power as the All India N.R. Congress (AINRC), which had formed the government under N. Rangaswamy, lost its majority to the Indian National Congress (INC), led by V. Narayanasamy.

In the previous elections in 2016 Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as Single Largest Party[3] with 15 seats, with the support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) the government was formed.[4] However, a trust vote was called after five MLAs of the Congress, including two ministers, and one DMK MLA resigned from the Assembly. Two of the Congress leaders had joined the BJP which is in alliance with Opposition NR Congress in the Union Territory.[5] The ruling party lost the trust vote after the speaker decided to accept votes from nominated MLAs on equal standing to the elected ones. The outgoing chief minister Narayanasamy commented that the Lieutenant Governor, who was a former president of BJP, had appointed members of her own party for all nominated seats, including one who garnished only 174 votes when he contested in regular elections. [6]

After the 2021 election, the Lt Governor once again granted all the non-elected MLAs to BJP, and thus making it the second largest party [7] with 1/3rd of the seats solely from nominated members rather than directly elected by the people.[8]

Schedule edit

Event Date
Date for Nominations 12 March 2021
Last Date for filing Nominations 19 March 2021
Date for scrutiny of nominations 20 March 2021
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 22 March 2021
Date of poll 6 April 2021
Date of counting 2 May 2021
Date before which the election shall be completed 24 May 2021

Parties and alliances edit

 
Constituency sharing of SPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

  Secular Progressive Alliance edit

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC   V. Narayanasamy 14
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK   R. Siva 13
Communist Party of India CPI   A. M. Saleem 1
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK   Thol. Thirumavalavan 1
Independent IND Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok 1[note 1]

CPIM contested the Muthialpet seat and supported the alliance in all other seats.

 
Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

  National Democratic Alliance edit

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India N.R. Congress AINRC   N. Rangaswamy 16
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP   A. Namassivayam 9
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK   A. Anbalagan 5

PMK supports this alliance without contesting in any seat.

  Parties not in any coalition edit

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM   Kamal Haasan 22
Naam Tamilar Katchi NTK   Seeman 28
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDK

 

Vijayakanth 26
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi IJK T. R. Paarivendhar 21
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M)   K. Balakrishnan 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L   Dipankar Bhattacharya 1

Candidates edit

List Of Candidates[10]
Constituency UPA NDA MNM NTK AMMK DMDK IJK
# Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet DMK A. Krishnan BJP A. Namassivayam MNM P. Gopalakrishnan NTK Chitra AMMK C. Dhanavelu DMDK S. Manikandan IJK -
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) DMK A. Mugilan AINRC B.Gobika MNM Durai Ramesh NTK Ranjith AMMK K. Silambarasan DMDK T. Vinayagamoorthy IJK -
3 Ossudu (SC) INC P. Karthikeyan BJP J. Saravana Kumar MNM K. Sankar NTK Geetha Priya AMMK Muthalu Venkatesan DMDK R. Babou IJK -
4 Mangalam DMK Sankumaravel AINRC C. Jayakumar MNM M. Subramani NTK Bharath Kalai AMMK M. Ganapathi DMDK S. Patchaiappan IJK -
5 Villianur DMK R. Siva AINRC S.V.Sugumaran MNM A. Banumathi NTK Praveena AMMK K. Kumaravel DMDK A. Fazil IJK -
6 Ozhukarai VCK D.Angalane AINRC G.Pannirselvam MNM R. Pazhanivelan NTK Priya AMMK R.K. Raja (A) Ezhumalai DMDK Gilbert IJK -
7 Kadirkamam INC P. Selvanathan AINRC S.Ramesh MNM - NTK Subhasri AMMK Selva Ganesan DMDK S. Motcharajan IJK -
8 Indira Nagar INC M. Kannan AINRC V. Arumugam A.K.D. MNM P. Sakthivel NTK Devika AMMK D. Mohan DMDK K. Ezhumalai IJK -
9 Thattanchavady CPI K. Sethu Selvam AINRC N. Rangaswamy MNM R. Rajendhiran NTK Ramesh AMMK Vimala Sri DMDK S. T. Narassingam IJK -
10 Kamaraj Nagar INC M. O. H. F. Shahjahan BJP A. Johnkumar MNM - NTK Sharmila Begum AMMK Munnuswamy DMDK N.Nadarajan IJK -
11 Lawspet INC M. Vaithianathan BJP V. Saminathan MNM D. Sathiya Moorthi NTK Nirmal Singh AMMK L. Kamachi DMDK A. Boopalan IJK -
12 Kalapet DMK S. Muthuvel BJP P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram MNM R. Chandra Mohan NTK Kamaraj AMMK P. Kaliamurthy DMDK S. Hariharan IJK -
13 Muthialpet INC S. Senthil Kumaran AIADMK Vaiyapuri Manikandan MNM K. Saravanan NTK FarithaBegum AMMK K.Murugan DMDK A. Arunagiri IJK -
14 Raj Bhavan DMK S.P. Sivakumar AINRC K. Lakshminarayanan MNM S. Paruvadha Vardhnie NTK Anthony Sharmila AMMK G. Satishkumar DMDK - IJK -
15 Oupalam DMK V. Anipaul Kennedy AIADMK A. Anbalagan MNM P. Santhosh Kumar NTK Devi Priya AMMK Baskar DMDK V. Sasikumar IJK -
16 Orleampeth DMK S. Gopal AIADMK Omsakthi Sekar MNM S. Saktivel NTK Karunanidhi AMMK A. Siraj (A) Kanimuhammed DMDK R. Cadiressan IJK -
17 Nellithope DMK V. Karthikeyan BJP Vivilian Richards Johnkumar MNM P.Murugesan NTK Sasikumar SDPI R.Anifa DMDK A. Poovaragavan IJK -
18 Mudaliarpet DMK L. Sampath AIADMK A. Baskar MNM M. Ari Krishnan NTK Velavan AMMK M. Manikandan DMDK - IJK -
19 Ariankuppam INC T. Jayamurthy AINRC R.Datchanamourtty MNM V. RuthraKumaran NTK Sundaravadivelu SDPI A.Mohamad Kassim DMDK Lourdusamy IJK -
20 Manavely INC R. K. R. Anantharaman BJP Embalam R. Selvam MNM Sundarambal Malarvizhi NTK Elangovan AMMK R. Veerapudhiran DMDK V. Thirunavukarasu IJK -
21 Embalam (SC) INC M. kandassamy AINRC U.LakshmiKandhan MNM N. Somanathan NTK Kumaran AMMK E. Balashankar DMDK - IJK -
22 Nettapakkam (SC) INC V.Vijayaveny AINRC P.Rajavelu MNM B. Gnana Oly NTK Gowri AMMK Selvam DMDK - IJK -
23 Bahour DMK R. Senthil Kumar AINRC N.Danavelu MNM C Dinesh NTK Gnanaprakash AMMK Velmurugan DMDK - IJK -
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) INC A. Marimuthu AINRC S.ChandraPriyanga MNM - NTK Nivedha AMMK Rajendran DMDK - IJK -
25 Thirunallar INC R. Kamalakannan BJP G. N. S. Rajasekaran MNM - NTK Sikkandar Badsha AMMK Dharbaranyam DMDK - IJK -
26 Karaikal North INC A. V. Subramanian AINRC P.R.N Thirumurugan MNM K. Suresh NTK Anushya SDPI M. Thameem Kani DMDK Lourdusamy IJK -
27 Karaikal South DMK A.M.H. Nazeem AIADMK K. A. U. Asana MNM - NTK Maari Anthuvan AMMK S. Mohamed Seedique DMDK - IJK A. Nepoliean
28 Neravy T R Pattinam DMK M. Nagathiyagarajan BJP V. M. C. S. Manokaran MNM - NTK Muhammed Yusuf AMMK C. Dhandapani DMDK - IJK -
Mahe District
29 Mahe INC Ramesh Parambath AINRC V. P. Abdul Rahman MNM - NTK - SDPI - DMDK - IJK -
Yanam District
30 Yanam IND Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok AINRC N. Rangaswamy MNM - NTK - AMMK Peddapatti Rajeshbabu DMDK - IJK -

Polls and surveys edit

Opinion polls edit

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA Others
3 April 2021 Thanthi TV[11] 21-27 3-9 0 12-24
24 March 2021 Patriotic Voter [12] 17-18 10-12 0-3 6
15 March 2021 ABP News - CVoter[13] 16-20 10-14 0 2-10
8 March 2021 Times Now - CVoter[14] 18 12 0 6
1 March 2021 Patriotic Voter [12] 19 11 0 8

Exit polls edit

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA Others
29 April 2021 Republic TV-CNX[15] 16-20 11-13 - 5-7
29 April 2021 Patriotic Voter [16] 18 12 - 6
29 April 2021 ABP-C Voter[15] 19-23 6-10 1-2 9-17

Voter Turnout edit

S.No. District Vote %
1. Karaikal 80.07
2. Puducherry 82.01
3. Yanam 91.27[17]
4. Mahé 73.53[17]
Total 81.69[18]

Result edit

Results by party edit

 
Party Votes Vote % Swing Conts Won Strike rate Change
All India N.R. Congress 216,249 25.85   2.3 16 10 62.50%   2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 154,858 18.51   9.6 13 6 46.15%   4
Bharatiya Janata Party 114,298 13.66   11.3 9 6 66.67%   6
Independents 106,098 12.68 6 -   5
Indian National Congress 131,393 15.71   14.9 14 2 8.33%   13
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 34,623 4.14   12.7 5 0 0.00%   4
Naam Tamilar Katchi 28,189 3.37   2.9 28 0 0.00%  
Makkal Needhi Maiam 15,825 1.89   1.89 22 0 0.00% New Party
Communist Party of India 7,522 0.90   0.2 1 0 0.00%  
None of the above 10,803 1.29   0.4
Total 8,36,562 100 30 30
Valid votes 8,36,562 99.88
Invalid votes 981 0.12
Votes cast / turnout 8,37,543 83.38%
Registered voters 10,04,507
Source:[19]
16 9 5
NDA UPA IND

Vote share by alliance

  NDA (43.6%)
  UPA (37.9%)
  Others (18.5%)

Seat share by alliance

  NDA (53.33%)
  UPA (30.00%)
  IND (16.67%)

Results by party and alliance edit

NDA SEATS UPA SEATS Others SEATS
AINRC 10 INC 2 IND 5
BJP 6 DMK 6
IND 1
Total 16 Total 9 Total 5
Change   4 Change   8 Change   4

[20]

Results by district edit

District Seats
NDA UPA Oth.
Puducherry 23 14 5 4
Karaikal 5 2 2 1
Mahe 1 0 1 0
Yanam 1 0 1 0
Total 30 16 9 5

Results by constituency edit

 
Results[21][22]
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet A. Namassivayam Bharatiya Janata Party 14939 51.82 A. Krishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 12189 42.28 2750
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) P. Angalane Independent 10597 36.78 B. Kobiga All India N.R. Congress 8238 28.6 2359
3 Ossudu (SC) A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 14121 48.78 P. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress 12241 42.29 1880
4 Mangalam C. Djeacoumar All India N.R. Congress 16972 50.89 Sun. Kumaravel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 14221 42.64 2751
5 Villianur R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19653 55.73 S.V. Sugumaran All India N.R. Congress 12703 36.02 6950
6 Ozhukarai M. Sivasankar Independent 11940 36.5 N.G. Pannir Selvam All India N.R. Congress 11121 34 819
7 Kadirkamam S. Ramesh All India N.R. Congress 17775 65.82 P. Selvanadane Indian National Congress 5529 20.47 12246
8 Indira Nagar A.K.D. Arumugam All India N.R. Congress 21841 74.77 M. Kannan Indian National Congress 3310 11.33 18531
9 Thattanchavady N. Rangasamy All India N.R. Congress 12978 55.02 K. Sethu Selvam Communist Party of India 7522 31.89 5456
10 Kamaraj Nagar A. Johnkumar Bharatiya Janata Party 16687 56.11 M. O. H. F. Shahjahan Indian National Congress 9458 31.8 7229
11 Lawspet M. Vaithianathan Indian National Congress 14592 55.6 V. Saminathan Bharatiya Janata Party 8891 33.88 5701
12 Kalapet P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram Bharatiya Janata Party 13277 44.63 A. Senthil Ramesh Independent 9769 32.84 3508
13 Muthialpet J. Prakash Kumar Independent 8778 37.48% Vaiyapuri Manikandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7844 33.49 934
14 Raj Bhavan K. Lakshminarayanan All India N.R. Congress 10096 51.86 S.P. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6364 32.69 3732
15 Oupalam Annibal Kennedy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 13433 56.64 A. Anbalagan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8653 36.48 4780
16 Orleampeth G. Nehru Kuppusamy Independent 9580 47.29 S. Gopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7487 36.96 2093
17 Nellithope Vivilian Richards Johnkumar Bharatiya Janata Party 11757 42.26 V. Karthikeyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11261 40.47 496
18 Mudaliarpet L. Sambath Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 15151 51.3 A. Baskar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 10972 37.15 4179
19 Ariankuppam R. Baskar Datchanamourtty All India N.R. Congress 17858 54.32 T. Jayamoorthy Indian National Congress 11440 34.8 6418
20 Manavely Embalam R. Selvam Bharatiya Janata Party 17225 57.54 R. K. R. Anantharaman Indian National Congress 9093 30.37 8132
21 Embalam (SC) U. Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. Congress 15624 50.85 M. Candassamy Indian National Congress 13384 43.56 2240
22 Nettapakkam (SC) P. Rajavelu All India N.R. Congress 15978 56.82 V. Vijayaveny Indian National Congress 9340 33.21 6638
23 Bahour R. Senthilkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11789 44.56 N. Dhanavelou All India N.R. Congress 11578 43.76 201
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) S. Chandra Priyanga All India N.R. Congress 10774 40.2 A. Marimuthu Indian National Congress 8560 31.94 2214
25 Thirunallar P. R. Siva Independent 9551 36.45 S. Rajasekaran Bharatiya Janata Party 8416 31.32 1380
26 Karaikal North P. R. N. Thirumurugan All India N.R. Congress 12704 44.85 A. V. Subramanian Indian National Congress 12569 44.38 135
27 Karaikal South A.M.H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 17401 71.15 K. A. U. Asana All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5367 21.95 12034
28 Neravy T R Pattinam M. Nagathiyagarajam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 14496 55.74 V. M. C. S. Manokaran Bharatiya Janata Party 8985 34.55 5511
Mahe District
29 Mahe Ramesh Parambath Indian National Congress 9744 41.63 N. Haridasan Master Independent 9444 40.35 300
Yanam District
30 Yanam Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok Independent 17131 49.04 N. Rangasamy All India N.R. Congress 16475 47.17 655
Nominated MLAs
31 K. Venkatesan Bharatiya Janata Party
32 V. P. Ramalingam Bharatiya Janata Party
33 R. B. Ashok Babu Bharatiya Janata Party

Government formation edit

Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the government formation was finalized on 8 June. The results were with NDA winning 16 seats (AIRNC :- 10, BJP :- 6) and UPA winning 9 seats (DMK :- 6, INC :- 2, Independent :- 1) and 5 Independents not backed by either of the alliance won. Immediately the NDA unanimously elected N. Rangaswamy from AIRNC as the CM, and the UPA elected R.Siva from the DMK as the Leader Of Opposition. Post results the central government nominated 3 MLAs affiliated to the BJP, thereby taking NDA to 19 seats and BJP to 9. Furthermore, before the swearing in of the government, 3 Independent MLAs pledged support to AIRNC and 2 Independent MLAs pledged support to BJP, also the 1 Independent MLA backed by UPA during election later switched allegiance to BJP. The NDA MLAs increased to 25 and UPA decreased to 8. Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on cabinet composition and assembly speaker continued for more than a month. On 8 June the alliance announced that the BJP would get 2 ministers and the post of assembly speaker, while AIRNC will get 3 ministers.

See also edit

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Notes edit

  1. ^ includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat
  2. ^ Nominated MLAs
  3. ^ Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party
  1. ^ Congress did not contest in Yanam and extended support to the independent.[9]

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