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{{Short description|Legislative assembly election in Puducherry}} | {{Short description|Legislative assembly election in Puducherry}} | ||
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[[File:Puducherry 2021 SPA.png|thumb|Constituency sharing of UPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election]] | [[File:Puducherry 2021 SPA.png|thumb|Constituency sharing of UPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election]] | ||
==={{legend2|{{United Progressive Alliance | ==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}} === | ||
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|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress | |bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | ||
| [[Indian National Congress]] | | [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
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| bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"| | ||
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | ||
|DMK | |DMK | ||
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|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India | |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"| | ||
| [[Communist Party of India]] | | [[Communist Party of India]] | ||
| CPI | | CPI | ||
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| bgcolor="{{Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | | bgcolor="{{party color|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}}"| | ||
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] | |[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] | ||
|VCK | |VCK | ||
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[[File:Puducherry 2021 NDA.png|thumb|Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election]] | [[File:Puducherry 2021 NDA.png|thumb|Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election]] | ||
=== {{legend2|{{National Democratic Alliance (India) | === {{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]}} === | ||
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|bgcolor="{{All India N.R. Congress | |bgcolor="{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"| | ||
| [[All India N.R. Congress]] | | [[All India N.R. Congress]] | ||
| AINRC | | AINRC | ||
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|16 | |16 | ||
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|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party | |bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | ||
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | ||
| BJP | | BJP | ||
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| bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"| | ||
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | ||
|AIADMK | |AIADMK | ||
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[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] supports this alliance without contesting in any seat. | [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] supports this alliance without contesting in any seat. | ||
=== {{legend2|{{Independent politician | === {{legend2|{{party color|Independent politician}}|Parties not in any coalition}} === | ||
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|bgcolor="{{Naam Tamilar Katchi | |bgcolor="{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}"| | ||
| [[Naam Tamilar Katchi]] | | [[Naam Tamilar Katchi]] | ||
| NTK | | NTK | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|bgcolor="{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |bgcolor="{{party color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}"| | ||
| [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]] | | [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]] | ||
| DMDK | | DMDK | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="{{Makkal Needhi Maiam | | bgcolor="{{party color|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}" | | ||
| [[Makkal Needhi Maiam]] | | [[Makkal Needhi Maiam]] | ||
| MNM | | MNM | ||
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| 22 | | 22 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="{{Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | | bgcolor="{{party color|Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi}}" | | ||
|[[Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi]] | |[[Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi]] | ||
|IJK | |IJK | ||
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|21 | |21 | ||
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|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"| | ||
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] | | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] | ||
|CPI(M) | |CPI(M) | ||
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| 1 | | 1 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation}}"| | ||
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]] | | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]] | ||
|CPI(ML)L | |CPI(ML)L | ||
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|+ List Of Candidates<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/|title=CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT MANAGEMENT|access-date=2021-03-26}}</ref> | |+ List Of Candidates<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/|title=CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT MANAGEMENT|access-date=2021-03-26}}</ref> | ||
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency | ! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency | ||
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress | | colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|[[United Progressive Alliance|'''UPA''']] | ||
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |'''[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]''' | ||
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Makkal Needhi Maiam | | colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}" |'''[[Makkal Needhi Maiam|<span style="color:white;">'''MNM'''</span>]]''' | ||
|colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Naam Tamilar Katchi | |colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}" |[[Naam Tamilar Katchi|<span style="color:white;">'''NTK'''</span>]] | ||
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam | | colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam}}" |[[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam|<span style="color:white;">'''AMMK'''</span>]] | ||
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | | colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}" |[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|<span style="color:white;">'''DMDK'''</span>]] | ||
|colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Naam Tamilar Katchi | |colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}" |[[India Jananayaga Katchi|<span style="color:white;">'''IJK'''</span>]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
!# | !# | ||
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|9 | |9 | ||
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]] | | [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]] | ||
|bgcolor={{Communist Party of India | |bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India}} | | ||
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] | |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] | ||
|K. Sethu Selvam | |K. Sethu Selvam | ||
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! rowspan="2" width="100px" |Date published | ! rowspan="2" width="100px" |Date published | ||
! rowspan="2" width="175px" |Polling agency | ! rowspan="2" width="175px" |Polling agency | ||
! style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | ! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | ||
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress | ! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | ||
! style="background:{{AITC | ! style="background:{{party color|AITC}}" | | ||
! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead | ! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|3 April 2021 | |3 April 2021 | ||
|Thanthi TV<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thanthi TV Opinion Poll 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeG0FYF4EY4&list=LL&index=3|language=en}}</ref> | |Thanthi TV<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thanthi TV Opinion Poll 2021|website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeG0FYF4EY4&list=LL&index=3|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''21-27''' | | style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''21-27''' | ||
|3-9 | |3-9 | ||
|0 | |0 | ||
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|12-24}}''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|- | |- | ||
|24 March 2021 | |24 March 2021 | ||
|Patriotic Voter <ref>https://www.sites.google.com/view/patvot/surveys/puducherry-2020</ref> | |Patriotic Voter <ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sites.google.com/view/patvot/surveys/puducherry-2020|title = Puducherry 2020}}</ref> | ||
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''17-18''' | | style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''17-18''' | ||
|10-12 | |10-12 | ||
|0-3 | |0-3 | ||
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|6}}''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|10-14 | |10-14 | ||
|0 | |0 | ||
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|2-10}}''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|12 | |12 | ||
|0 | |0 | ||
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|6}}''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1 March 2021 | |1 March 2021 | ||
|Patriotic Voter <ref | |Patriotic Voter <ref name="auto1"/> | ||
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''19''' | | style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''19''' | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|0 | |0 | ||
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|8}}''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
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! rowspan="2" width="100px" |Date published | ! rowspan="2" width="100px" |Date published | ||
! rowspan="2" width="175px" |Polling agency | ! rowspan="2" width="175px" |Polling agency | ||
! style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | ! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | ||
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress | ! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | ||
! style="background:{{AITC | ! style="background:{{party color|AITC}}" | | ||
! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead | ! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|29 April 2021 | |29 April 2021 | ||
|'''Republic TV-CNX'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-29|title=Elections Exit Poll Results 2021 Live Updates: Exit polls show Mamata, Pinarayi and Sonowal holding on to power|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/elections-exit-poll-results-2021-bengal-tamil-nadu-kerala-assam-live-updates-7293961/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | |'''Republic TV-CNX'''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-29|title=Elections Exit Poll Results 2021 Live Updates: Exit polls show Mamata, Pinarayi and Sonowal holding on to power|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/elections-exit-poll-results-2021-bengal-tamil-nadu-kerala-assam-live-updates-7293961/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''16-20''' | | {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''16-20''' | ||
|11-13 | |11-13 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|29 April 2021 | |29 April 2021 | ||
|Patriotic Voter <ref>https://www.sites.google.com/view/patvot/survey/puducherry-2020</ref> | |Patriotic Voter <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sites.google.com/view/patvot/survey/puducherry-2020 |url-status=dead |title=PUDUCHERRY 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823185221/https://www.sites.google.com/view/patvot/survey/puducherry-2020 |archive-date=23 August 2021}}</ref> | ||
| {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''18''' | | {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''18''' | ||
| 12 | | 12 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|29 April 2021 | |29 April 2021 | ||
|'''ABP-C Voter'''<ref | |'''ABP-C Voter'''<ref name="auto"/> | ||
| {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''19-23''' | | {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''19-23''' | ||
|6-10 | |6-10 | ||
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! 3. | ! 3. | ||
|Yanam | |Yanam | ||
|91.27<ref>https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/pondicherry-2021-election-ut-registers-81-64-polls-as-congress-led-sda-locks-horns-with-nda-to-try-to-regain-ground-news-politics-the-bharat-express-news/{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |91.27<ref name=thebharatexpressnews>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/pondicherry-2021-election-ut-registers-81-64-polls-as-congress-led-sda-locks-horns-with-nda-to-try-to-regain-ground-news-politics-the-bharat-express-news/ |url-status=dead}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 4. | ! 4. | ||
|Mahé | |Mahé | ||
|73.53<ref | |73.53<ref name=thebharatexpressnews/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2"|Total | !colspan="2"|Total | ||
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! Change | ! Change | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{All India N.R. Congress | | style="background-color:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"| | ||
|[[All India N.R. Congress]] | |[[All India N.R. Congress]] | ||
| 2,16,249 | | 2,16,249 | ||
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|{{increase}} 2 | |{{increase}} 2 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | ||
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | ||
| 1,14,298 | | 1,14,298 | ||
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|{{increase}} 6 | |{{increase}} 6 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | style="background-color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"| | ||
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | | style="text-align:left;"|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | ||
| 1,54,858 | | 1,54,858 | ||
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|{{increase}} 4 | |{{increase}} 4 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Independent politician | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| | ||
|[[Independent politician|Independents]] | |[[Independent politician|Independents]] | ||
| 1,06,098 | | 1,06,098 | ||
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|{{increase}} 5 | |{{increase}} 5 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Indian National Congress | | style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | ||
|[[Indian National Congress]] | |[[Indian National Congress]] | ||
| 1,31,393 | | 1,31,393 | ||
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|{{decrease}} 13 | |{{decrease}} 13 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | style="background-color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"| | ||
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | ||
| 34,623 | | 34,623 | ||
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|{{decrease}} 4 | |{{decrease}} 4 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Naam Tamilar Katchi | | style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}"| | ||
|[[Naam Tamilar Katchi]] | |[[Naam Tamilar Katchi]] | ||
| 28,189 | | 28,189 | ||
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|{{steady}} | |{{steady}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Makkal Needhi Maiam | | style="background-color:{{party color|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}"| | ||
|[[Makkal Needhi Maiam]] | |[[Makkal Needhi Maiam]] | ||
| 15,825 | | 15,825 | ||
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|''New Party'' | |''New Party'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India | | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"| | ||
|[[Communist Party of India]] | |[[Communist Party of India]] | ||
| 7,522 | | 7,522 | ||
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|{{steady}} | |{{steady}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background-color:{{None of the above | | style="background-color:{{party color|None of the above}}"| | ||
|[[None of the above]] | |[[None of the above]] | ||
| 10,803 | | 10,803 | ||
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|+ | |+ | ||
|- style="color:white;" | |- style="color:white;" | ||
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}; width:53.33%;" | '''16''' | ||
| style="background:{{Indian National Congress | | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:30.00%;" | '''9''' | ||
| style="background:{{Independent politician | | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; width:16.67;" | '''5''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <span style="color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | | <span style="color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};">'''NDA'''</span> | ||
| <span style="color:{{Indian National Congress | | <span style="color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''UPA'''</span> | ||
| <span style="color:{{Independent politician | | <span style="color:{{party color|Independent politician}};">'''IND'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
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===Results by Party and Alliance=== | ===Results by Party and Alliance=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" width="35%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="text-align:center; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big" | {| class="wikitable" width="35%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="text-align:center; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big" | ||
! colspan="2" style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | ! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|NDA | ||
! style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party | ! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|SEATS | ||
! colspan="2" style="background:{{Indian National Congress | ! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|UPA | ||
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress | ! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|SEATS | ||
! colspan="2" style="background:#757575; color:white;"|Others | ! colspan="2" style="background:#757575; color:white;"|Others | ||
! style="background:#757575; color:white;"|SEATS | ! style="background:#757575; color:white;"|SEATS | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]] | |[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]] | ||
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{All India N.R. Congress | |width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"| | ||
|'''10''' | |'''10''' | ||
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] | |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] | ||
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress | |width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | ||
|'''''2''''' | |'''''2''''' | ||
|[[Independent politician|IND]] | |[[Independent politician|IND]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] | |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] | ||
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party | |width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | ||
|'''6''' | |'''6''' | ||
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] | |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] | ||
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"| | ||
|'''6''' | |'''6''' | ||
| | | | ||
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==Government Formation== | ==Government Formation== | ||
Even though results for the election were declared on | Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the final govt deals and all were signed 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 alliance 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 MLA from the BJP taking NDA to 19 seats and BJP to 9. And before the swearing in of the MLA 3 Independent MLA pledged support to AIRNC and 2 Independent MLA pledged support to BJP, then 1 Independent MLA backed by UPA switched support to BJP. The NDA overall tally increased to 25 and UPA decreased to 8. Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, LoS, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on which party gets how many Minister position and who gets speaker continued for more than a month before on 8 June the parties and the Independent MLA, BJP would get 2 ministers and a speaker, while AIRNC got 3 ministers. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:State Assembly elections in Puducherry]] | [[Category:State Assembly elections in Puducherry]] | ||
[[Category:2020s in Puducherry]] | [[Category:2020s in Puducherry]] | ||
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The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India.[1][2]
Background
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]
Schedule
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
United Progressive Alliance
Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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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 | Whistle | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok | 1 |
CPI(M) contests in one seat, Muthialpet, and supports this alliance in all other seats.
National Democratic Alliance
Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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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
Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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Naam Tamilar Katchi | NTK | ![]() |
Seeman | 28 | |
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | DMDK | Vijayakanth | 26 | ||
Makkal Needhi Maiam | MNM | Kamal Haasan | 22 | ||
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | IJK | File:Indian Election Symbol Auto Rickshaw.png | 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
Assembly Constituency | UPA | NDA | MNM | NTK | AMMK | DMDK | IJK | |||||||||||||||
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# | 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 | 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 | INC | M. kandassamy | AINRC | U.LakshmiKandhan | MNM | N. Somanathan | NTK | Kumaran | AMMK | E. Balashankar | DMDK | - | IJK | - | |||||||
22 | Nettapakkam | INC | V.Vijayaveny | AINRC | P.Rajavelu | MNM | B. Gnana Oly | NTK | Gowri | AMMK | Selvam | DMDK | - | IJK | - | |||||||
23 | Bahour | DMK | R. R. Senthil | AINRC | N.Danavelu | MNM | C Dinesh | NTK | Gnanaprakash | AMMK | Velmurugan | DMDK | - | IJK | - | |||||||
Karaikal District | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Nedungadu | 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 & Surveys
Opinion polls
Date published | Polling agency | style="background:
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Lead | ||
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NDA | UPA | Others | |||
3 April 2021 | Thanthi TV[6] | 21-27 | 3-9 | 0 | 12-24 |
24 March 2021 | Patriotic Voter [7] | 17-18 | 10-12 | 0-3 | 6 |
15 March 2021 | ABP News - CVoter[8] | 16-20 | 10-14 | 0 | 2-10 |
8 March 2021 | Times Now - CVoter[9] | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
1 March 2021 | Patriotic Voter [7] | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
Exit Polls
Date published | Polling agency | style="background:
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Lead | ||
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NDA | UPA | Others | |||
29 April 2021 | Republic TV-CNX[10] | 16-20 | 11-13 | - | 5-7 |
29 April 2021 | Patriotic Voter [11] | 18 | 12 | - | 6 |
29 April 2021 | ABP-C Voter[10] | 19-23 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 9-17 |
Voter Turnout
S.No. | District | Vote % |
---|---|---|
1. | Karaikal | 80.07 |
2. | Puducherry | 82.01 |
3. | Yanam | 91.27[12] |
4. | Mahé | 73.53[12] |
Total | 81.69[13] |
Result
Results By Party
Party | Votes | Vote % | Swing | Conts | Won | Strike Rate | Change | |
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All India N.R. Congress | 2,16,249 | 25.85 | ![]() |
16 | 10 | 62.50% | ![]() | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,14,298 | 13.66 | ![]() |
9 | 6 | 66.67% | ![]() | |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,54,858 | 18.51 | ![]() |
13 | 6 | 46.15% | ![]() | |
Independents | 1,06,098 | 12.68 | 6 | - | ![]() | |||
Indian National Congress | 1,31,393 | 15.71 | ![]() |
14 | 2 | 8.33% | ![]() | |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 34,623 | 4.14 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0.00% | ![]() | |
Naam Tamilar Katchi | 28,189 | 3.37 | ![]() |
28 | 0 | 0.00% | ![]() | |
Makkal Needhi Maiam | 15,825 | 1.89 | ![]() |
22 | 0 | 0.00% | New Party | |
Communist Party of India | 7,522 | 0.90 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0.00% | ![]() | |
None of the above | 10,803 | 1.29 | ![]() |
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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:[14] |
16 | 9 | 5 |
NDA | UPA | IND |
Results by Party and Alliance
NDA | SEATS | UPA | SEATS | Others | SEATS | |||
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AINRC | 10 | INC | 2 | IND | 5 | |||
BJP | 6 | DMK | 6 | |||||
IND | 1 | |||||||
Total | 16 | Total | 9 | Total | 5 | |||
Change | ![]() |
Change | ![]() |
Change | ![]() |
Results by District
District | Seats | |||
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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
Government Formation
Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the final govt deals and all were signed 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 alliance 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 MLA from the BJP taking NDA to 19 seats and BJP to 9. And before the swearing in of the MLA 3 Independent MLA pledged support to AIRNC and 2 Independent MLA pledged support to BJP, then 1 Independent MLA backed by UPA switched support to BJP. The NDA overall tally increased to 25 and UPA decreased to 8. Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, LoS, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on which party gets how many Minister position and who gets speaker continued for more than a month before on 8 June the parties and the Independent MLA, BJP would get 2 ministers and a speaker, while AIRNC got 3 ministers.
See also
- 2021 elections in India
- 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
- 2019 Indian general election in Puducherry
References
- ↑ "Puducherry CM Narayanasamy brokers truce between DMK, Congress". The New Indian Express. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ↑ "BJP alliance to sweep Puducherry assembly polls: Asianet-C fore pre-poll survey". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2021.
- ↑ "Congress emerges as the single largest party in Puducherry - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Congress-DMK front regains power in Pondy - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT MANAGEMENT". Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ↑ "Thanthi TV Opinion Poll 2021". YouTube.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Puducherry 2020".
- ↑ "ABP CVoter Opinion Poll 2021: Voters' Mood Not In Favour Of Congress-Led Alliance In Puducherry, NDA Likely To Form Govt". 15 March 2021.
- ↑ "Puducherry pre-poll survey 2021: 'Congress likely to lose its grip; NDA projected to form govt'". www.timesnownews.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Elections Exit Poll Results 2021 Live Updates: Exit polls show Mamata, Pinarayi and Sonowal holding on to power". The Indian Express. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ↑ "PUDUCHERRY 2020". Archived from the original on 23 August 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/pondicherry-2021-election-ut-registers-81-64-polls-as-congress-led-sda-locks-horns-with-nda-to-try-to-regain-ground-news-politics-the-bharat-express-news/.
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- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 May 2021.