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{{refimprove|date=February 2020}}
{{Short description|Legislative assembly election in Puducherry}}
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| alliance_name =  
| alliance_name =  
| previous_election = 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
| previous_election = 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
| turnout = 81.88%({{decrease}}3.2pp)
| turnout = 83.38%({{decrease}}1.7%)
| previous_year = 2016
| previous_year = 2016
| outgoing_members =  
| outgoing_members =  
| election_date = 6 April 2021
| election_date = 6 April 2021
| elected_members =  
| elected_members =  
| next_election =  
| next_election = [[2026]]
| next_year = 2026
| next_year = 2026
| votes_for_election =  
| votes_for_election =  
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| map_caption = <!-- bottom -->
| map_caption = <!-- bottom -->
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry|Chief Minister]]
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[President's rule]]
| before_election = [[President's Rule]]
| before_party = Nonpartisan
| before_party =
| after_election =  
| after_election = [[N. Rangaswamy]]
| after_party =  
| after_party = [[AINRC]]
| registered =  
| registered =  
| image1 = [[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg|130x130px]]
| image1 = [[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg|130x130px]]
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| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance
| leader_since1 = 2011
| leader_since1 = 2011
| leaders_seat1 = [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]] [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]] (''lost'')
| leaders_seat1 = [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]] <br />[[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]] (''lost'')
| last_election1 = 8
| last_election1 = 8
| seats_before1 = 7{{efn|name=fn2|includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat}}
| seats_before1 = 7{{efn|name=fn1|includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat}}
| seats1 = 10
| seats1 = 10
| seat_change1 = {{up}} 3
| seat_change1 = {{up}} 2
| popular_vote1 = 216,249
| popular_vote1 = 216,249
| percentage1 = 25.85%
| percentage1 = 25.85%
| swing1 = {{down}} 3%
| swing1 = {{down}} 2.25%
| image2 = [[File:A. Namassivayam.png|130x130px]]
| image2 =  
| leader2 = [[A. Namassivayam]]
| leader2 = [[R. Siva]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| party2 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| leader_since2 = 2020
| leader_since2 = 2021
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villianur]]
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance
| alliance2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| last_election2 = 0
| last_election2 = 2
| seats_before2 = 3
| seats_before2 = 2
| seats2 = 6
| seats2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{up}} 3
| seat_change2 = {{up}} 4
| popular_vote2 = 114,298
| popular_vote2 = 154,858
| percentage2 = 13.66%
| percentage2 = 18.51%
| swing2 = {{up}} 11.26%
| swing2 = {{up}} 9.61%
| image3 = [[File:Stalinmk.png|130x130px]]
| image3 = [[File:A. Namassivayam.png|130x130px]]
| leader3 = [[M.K. Stalin]]
| leader3 = [[A. Namassivayam]]
| party3 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| party3 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since3 = 2018
| leader_since3 = 2020
| leaders_seat3 = Not Contesting
| leaders_seat3 = [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
| alliance3 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| alliance3 = National Democratic Alliance
| last_election3 = 2
| last_election3 = 0
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats_before3 = 3{{efn|name=fn2|Nominated MLAs}}
| seats3 = 6
| seats3 = 6
| seat_change3 = {{up}} 4
| seat_change3 = {{up}} 6
| popular_vote3 = 154,858
| popular_vote3 = 114,298
| percentage3 = 18.51%
| percentage3 = 13.66%
| swing3 = {{up}} 9.61%
| swing3 = {{up}} 11.26%
| image4 = [[File: VNarayanasamy.jpg |130x130px]]
| image4 = [[File: VNarayanasamy.jpg |130x130px]]
| leader4 = [[V. Narayanasamy]]
| leader4 = [[V. Narayanasamy]]
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since4 = 2016
| leader_since4 = 2016
| leaders_seat4 = [[Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nellithope]] (''Not Contesting'')
| leaders_seat4 = ''Did not contest''
| alliance4 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| alliance4 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| last_election4 = 15
| last_election4 = 15
| seats_before4 = 9{{efn|name=fn1|Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party}}
| seats_before4 = 9{{efn|name=fn3|Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party}}
| seats4 = 2
| seats4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{down}} 7
| seat_change4 = {{down}} 13
| popular_vote4 = 131,393
| popular_vote4 = 131,393
| percentage4 = 15.71%
| percentage4 = 15.71%
| swing4 = {{down}} 14.89%
| swing4 = {{down}} 14.89%
| image5 =
| image5 =  
| leader5 = A. Anbalagan
| leader5 = A. Anbalagan
| party5 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| party5 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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| percentage5 = 4.14%
| percentage5 = 4.14%
| swing5 = {{down}} 12.66%
| swing5 = {{down}} 12.66%
| map = [[File:Puducherry Electoral Constituencies Map.svg|300px]]
| map = [[File:2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election result.png|300px]]
| votes_counted = <!-- Use ONE out of votes_counted, reporting or declared, do not include percentage (%) sign-->
| votes_counted = <!-- Use ONE out of votes_counted, reporting or declared, do not include percentage (%) sign-->
| reporting = <!-- Use ONE out of votes_counted, reporting or declared, do not include percentage (%) sign-->
| reporting = <!-- Use ONE out of votes_counted, reporting or declared, do not include percentage (%) sign-->
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In the [[2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|previous elections]] in 2016 [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) emerged as Single Largest Party<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/puducherry-elections-2016/news/congress-emerges-as-the-single-largest-party-with-15-seats-in-30-member-puducherry-assembly/articleshow/52343485.cms|title=Congress emerges as the single largest party in Puducherry - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> with 15 seats, with the support of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) the government was formed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/puducherry-elections-2016/news/congress-dmk-front-regains-power-in-pondy/articleshow/52355802.cms|title=Congress-DMK front regains power in Pondy - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
In the [[2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|previous elections]] in 2016 [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) emerged as Single Largest Party<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/puducherry-elections-2016/news/congress-emerges-as-the-single-largest-party-with-15-seats-in-30-member-puducherry-assembly/articleshow/52343485.cms|title=Congress emerges as the single largest party in Puducherry - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> with 15 seats, with the support of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) the government was formed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections-2016/puducherry-elections-2016/news/congress-dmk-front-regains-power-in-pondy/articleshow/52355802.cms|title=Congress-DMK front regains power in Pondy - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
== Campaigning ==
===  Issues ===
=== Campaign controversies ===
=== Party campaigns ===
=== Party manifestos ===
=== Campaign finance ===


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
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== Parties and alliances==
== Parties and alliances==
[[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/meta/color}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
 
==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}} ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| INC
| INC
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|14
|14
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|DMK
|DMK
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Rising Sun.png|41x41px]]  
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Rising Sun.png|41x41px]]  
|[[M. K. Stalin]]
|[[R. Siva]]
|13
|13
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| CPI
| CPI
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|1
|1
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi/meta/color}}"|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}}"|
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]]
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]]
|VCK
|VCK
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|}
|}
[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] contests in one seat, [[Muthialpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Muthialpet]], and supports this alliance in all other seats.
[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] contests in one seat, [[Muthialpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Muthialpet]], and supports this alliance in all other seats.
[[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)/meta/color}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
=== {{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]}} ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}"|
|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
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| BJP
| BJP
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|9
|9
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
| 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/meta/color}}|Parties not in any coalition|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
=== {{legend2|{{party color|Independent politician}}|Parties not in any coalition}} ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Contesting Seats
!Contesting Seats
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Naam Tamilar Katchi/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}"|
| [[Naam Tamilar Katchi]]
| [[Naam Tamilar Katchi]]
| NTK
| NTK
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| 28
| 28
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}"|
| [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]]
| [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]]
| DMDK
| DMDK
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| 26
| 26
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{Makkal Needhi Maiam/meta/color}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}" |
| [[Makkal Needhi Maiam]]
| [[Makkal Needhi Maiam]]
| MNM
| MNM
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| 22
| 22
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi/meta/color}}" |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi}}" |
|[[Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi]]
|[[Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi]]
|IJK
|IJK
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|21
|21
|-
|-
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|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/meta/color}}"|
|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/meta/color}}"|[[United Progressive Alliance|'''UPA''']]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|[[United Progressive Alliance|'''UPA''']]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |'''[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]'''
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |'''[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]'''
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Makkal Needhi Maiam/meta/color}}" |'''[[Makkal Needhi Maiam|<span style="color:white;">'''MNM'''</span>]]'''
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}" |'''[[Makkal Needhi Maiam|<span style="color:white;">'''MNM'''</span>]]'''
|colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Naam Tamilar Katchi/meta/color}}" |[[Naam Tamilar Katchi|<span style="color:white;">'''NTK'''</span>]]
|colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}" |[[Naam Tamilar Katchi|<span style="color:white;">'''NTK'''</span>]]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam/meta/color}}" |[[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam|<span style="color:white;">'''AMMK'''</span>]]
| 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/meta/color}}" |[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|<span style="color:white;">'''DMDK'''</span>]]
| 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/meta/color}}" |[[India Jananayaga Katchi|<span style="color:white;">'''IJK'''</span>]]
|colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}" |[[India Jananayaga Katchi|<span style="color:white;">'''IJK'''</span>]]
|-
|-
!#
!#
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!Candidate
!Candidate
|-
|-
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Puducherry district| <span style="color:white;">'''Puducherry District'''</span>]]
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Puducherry district|<span style="color:white;">'''Puducherry District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 1
| 1
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|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|R. Siva
| [[R. Siva]]
|bgcolor=#FFC000|
|bgcolor=#FFC000|
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
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|9
|9
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
|bgcolor={{Communist Party of India/meta/color}} |
|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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| -
| -
|-
|-
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Karaikal district| <span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Karaikal district|<span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 24
| 24
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| -
| -
|-
|-
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Mahé district| <span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Mahé district|<span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 29
| 29
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|-
|-
|-
|-
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Yanam district| <span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
| colspan="23" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Yanam district|<span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 30
| 30
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|bgcolor=#757575|
|bgcolor=#757575|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok
|[[Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok]]
|bgcolor=#FFC000|
|bgcolor=#FFC000|
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
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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/meta/color}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
! style="background:{{AITC/meta/color}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|AITC}}" |
! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead
! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead


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|-
|-
|03 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/meta/color}};" |'''{{font color|white|12-24}}'''
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|12-24}}'''
|-
|-


|-
|-
|24 March 2021
|24 March 2021
|Patriotic Voter <ref>https://sites.google.com/view/puducherry2021/puducherry-scurvey</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;" |'''18'''
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''17-18'''
|12
|10-12
|0
|0-3
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" |'''{{font color|white|6}}'''
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|6}}'''
|-
|-


|-
|-
|15 March 2021
|15 March 2021
|ABP News - CVoter<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABP CVoter Opinion Poll 2021: Voters' Mood Not In Favour Of Congress-Led Alliance In Puducherry, NDA Likely To Form Govt|url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/abp-news-cvoter-opinion-poll-2021-results-puducherry-opinion-poll-results-2021-ainrc-congress-bjp-vote-share-seat-wise-details-1448619|language=en}}</ref>
|ABP News - CVoter<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABP CVoter Opinion Poll 2021: Voters' Mood Not In Favour Of Congress-Led Alliance In Puducherry, NDA Likely To Form Govt|date=15 March 2021|url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/abp-news-cvoter-opinion-poll-2021-results-puducherry-opinion-poll-results-2021-ainrc-congress-bjp-vote-share-seat-wise-details-1448619|language=en}}</ref>
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''16-20'''
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''16-20'''
|10-14
|10-14
|0
|0
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" |'''{{font color|white|2-10}}'''
| 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/meta/color}};" |'''{{font color|white|6}}'''
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};" |'''{{font color|white|6}}'''
|-
|-
|-
|-
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|-
|1 March 2021
|1 March 2021
|Patriotic Voter <ref>https://sites.google.com/view/puducherry2021/puducherry-scurvey</ref>
|Patriotic Voter <ref name="auto1"/>
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''19'''
| style="background:#FAD6A5;" |'''19'''
|11
|11
|0
|0
| style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" |'''{{font color|white|8}}'''
| 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/meta/color}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
! style="background:{{AITC/meta/color}}" |
! style="background:{{party color|AITC}}" |
! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead
! rowspan="2" width="75px" |Lead


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|'''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'''
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|29 April 2021
|Patriotic Voter <ref>https://sites.google.com/view/puducherry2021/puducherry-scurvey</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'''
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|'''ABP-C Voter'''<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>
|'''ABP-C Voter'''<ref name="auto"/>
| {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''19-23'''
| {{Party shading/BJP}} |'''19-23'''
|6-10
|6-10
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|Yanam
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|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/</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>  
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|Mahé
|Mahé
|73.53<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/</ref>  
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|81.69<ref> https://www.thehindu.com/elections/assembly-elections-peaceful-polling-in-tn-kerala-puducherry-assam-and-bengal/article34256847.ece </ref>
|81.69<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/assembly-elections-peaceful-polling-in-tn-kerala-puducherry-assam-and-bengal/article34256847.ece|title = Assembly elections &#124; Peaceful polling in T.N., Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and Bengal|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 6 April 2021}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Result==
==Result==
===Results by Party and Alliance<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/partywiseresult-U07.htm?st=U07|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>===
===Results By Party===
{| class="wikitable" width="35%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="text-align:center; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big"
{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="2"
! colspan="2" style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}} ; color:white;"|NDA
|- valign="top"
! style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}} ; color:white;"|SEATS
!Colspan=2|Party
! colspan="2" style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}; color:white;"|UPA
! Votes
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}; color:white;"|SEATS
! Vote %
! colspan="2" style="background:#757575; color:white;"|Others
! Swing
! style="background:#757575; color:white;"|SEATS
! Conts
! Won
!Strike Rate
! Change
|-
|-
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"|
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}"|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|'''10'''
| 2,16,249
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 25.85
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
|{{decrease}} 2.3
|'''''2'''''
| 16
|[[Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam|AMMK]]
| 10
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam/meta/color}}"|
|62.50%
|'''''0'''''
|{{increase}} 2
|[[Naam Tamilar Katchi|NTK]]
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Naam Tamilar Katchi/meta/color}}"|
|'''''0'''''
|-
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|'''6'''
| 1,14,298
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| 13.66
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|{{increase}} 11.3
|'''6'''
| 9
|[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|DMDK]]
| 6
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
|66.67%
|'''''0'''''
|{{increase}} 6
|-
|-
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|'''''0'''''
| 1,54,858
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 18.51
|width="3px" style="background-color: #FF0000"|
|{{increase}} 9.6
|'''''0'''''
| 13
| 6
|46.15%
|{{increase}} 4
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
| 1,06,098
| 12.68
|
|
| 6
| -
|{{increase}} 5
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 1,31,393
| 15.71
|{{decrease}} 14.9
| 14
| 2
|8.33%
|{{decrease}} 13
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 34,623
| 4.14
|{{decrease}} 12.7
|5
|0
|0.00%
|{{decrease}} 4
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}"|
|[[Naam Tamilar Katchi]]
| 28,189
| 3.37
|{{increase}} 2.9
|28
|0
|0.00%
|{{steady}}
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}"|
|[[Makkal Needhi Maiam]]
| 15,825
| 1.89
|{{increase}} 1.89
|22
|0
|0.00%
|''New Party''
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
| 7,522
| 0.90
|{{decrease}} 0.2
|1
|0
|0.00%
|{{steady}}
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|None of the above}}"|
|[[None of the above]]
| 10,803
| 1.29
| {{decrease}} 0.4
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
|-
| colspan=2|'''Total'''
| 8,36,562
| 100
|
| '''30'''
| '''30'''
|
|
|
|
|
|[[Makkal Needhi Maiam|MNM]]
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Makkal Needhi Maiam/meta/color}}"|
|'''''0'''''
|-
|-
|
|
|
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|VCK]]
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi/meta/color}}"|
|'''''0'''''
|
|
|
|[[Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi|IJK]]
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi/meta/color}}"|
|'''''0'''''
|-
|-
|
! colspan="9" |
|
|
|IND
|width="3px" style="background-color:#757575"|
|'''''1'''''
|
|
|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|width="3px" style="background-color:#FF0000"|
|'''''0'''''
|-
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes
|
|8,36,562
|
|99.88
|
| colspan="5" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes
|
|981
|
|0.12
|
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |'''Votes cast / turnout'''
|
|'''8,37,543'''
|
|'''83.38%'''
|
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |'''Registered voters'''
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
| '''10,04,507'''
|width="3px" style="background-color: #C1C1C1" |
|colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
| '''''5'''''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAD6A5;" |Total
| colspan="9" align="left" |Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/partywiseresult-U07.htm?st=U07|title=GENERAL ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021|website=results.eci.gov.in|date=2021-05-02|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
| style="background:#FF9933 ; color:white;"|'''''16'''''
| colspan="2" style="background:#ADD8E6" |Total
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|'''''9'''''
|colspan="2" style="background:#91b998" |Total
| style="background:#488b54; color:white;" |'''''0'''''
| colspan="2" style="background:#CDCDCD" |Total
| style="background:#757575; color:white;"|'''''5'''''
|-00
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAD6A5;" |Change
| style="background:#FF9933 ; color:white;"| {{increase}} 4
| colspan="2" style="background:#ADD8E6" |Change
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|'''''{{decrease}} 8'''''
|colspan="2" style="background:#91b998" |Change
| style="background:#488b54; color:white;" |'''''{{steady}}'''''
| colspan="2" style="background:#CDCDCD" |Change
| style="background:#757575; color:white;"|'''''{{increase}} 4'''''
|}
|}


===Results by District===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! rowspan ="2"|District
|- style="color:white;"
! rowspan ="2"|Seats
| style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}; width:53.33%;" | '''16'''
! style="background:#FF9933;"|
| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:30.00%;" | '''9'''
! style="background:#00BFFF;"|
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; width:16.67;" | '''5'''
! style="background:#939393;"|
|-
|-
!NDA
| <span style="color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};">'''NDA'''</span>
!UPA
| <span style="color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''UPA'''</span>
!Oth.
| <span style="color:{{party color|Independent politician}};">'''IND'''</span>
|}
 
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption='''Vote share by alliance'''
|label1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|value1 = 43.6
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|value2 = 37.9
|color2 = #00BFFF
|label3 = Others
|value3 = 18.5
|color3 = #C1C1C1
}}
 
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption='''Seat share by alliance'''
|label1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|value1 = 53.33
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|value2 = 30.00
|color2 = #00BFFF
|label3 = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|value3 = 16.67
|color3 = #C1C1C1
}}
 
===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"
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|NDA
! style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|SEATS
! colspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|UPA
! style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; color:white;"|SEATS
! colspan="2" style="background:#757575; color:white;"|Others
! style="background:#757575; color:white;"|SEATS
|-
|-
!Puducherry
|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]]
|'''23'''
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"|
|14
|'''10'''
|5
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|4
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|'''''2'''''
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|width="3px" style="background-color: #C1C1C1" |
| '''''5'''''
|-
|-
!Karaikal
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|'''5'''
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|2
|'''6'''
|2
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|1
|width="3px" style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|'''6'''
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Mahe
|
|'''1'''
|
|0
|
|1
|IND
|0
|width="3px" style="background-color:#757575"|
|'''''1'''''
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Yanam
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAD6A5;" |Total
|'''1'''
| style="background:#FF9933 ; color:white;"|'''''16'''''
|0
| colspan="2" style="background:#ADD8E6" |Total
|1
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|'''''9'''''
|0
| colspan="2" style="background:#CDCDCD" |Total
|-
| style="background:#757575; color:white;"|'''''5'''''
!Total
|-00
!30
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAD6A5;" |Change
!16
| style="background:#FF9933 ; color:white;"| {{increase}} 4
!9
| colspan="2" style="background:#ADD8E6" |Change
!5
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|'''''{{decrease}} 8'''''
| colspan="2" style="background:#CDCDCD" |Change
| style="background:#757575; color:white;"|'''''{{increase}} 4'''''
|}
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/partywiseresult-U07.htm?st=U07|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>


== Results by constituency ==
===Results by District===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan ="2"|District
|+ Results
! rowspan ="2"|Seats
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
! style="background:#FF9933;"|
! rowspan="2" |Turnout<br>(%)
! style="background:#00BFFF;"|
! colspan="5" |Winner
! style="background:#939393;"|
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
|-
! rowspan="2" |Margin
!NDA
!UPA
!Oth.
|-
|-
! #
!Puducherry
! Name
|'''23'''
! Candidate
|14
! colspan="2" | Party
|5
! Votes
|4
!'''%'''
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
!'''%'''
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Puducherry district| <span style="color:white;">'''Puducherry District'''</span>]]
!Karaikal
|'''5'''
|2
|2
|1
|-
|-
| 1
!Mahe
| [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
|'''1'''
|
|0
|'''[[A. Namassivayam]]'''
|1
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|0
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|14939
|51.82%
|'''[[A. Krishnan]]'''
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|12189
|42.28%
|2750
|-
|-
| 2
!Yanam
| [[Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirubuvanai]]
|'''1'''
|
|0
|'''P. Angalane'''
|1
|
|0
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|10597
|36.78%
|'''B. Kobiga'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|8238
|28.6%
|2359
|-
|-
| 3
!Total
| [[Ossudu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ossudu]]
!30
|
!16
|J. Saravana Kumar
!9
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
!5
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}
|14121
 
|48.78%
== Results by constituency ==
|'''P. Karthikeyan'''
[[File:2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election result.png|thumb]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|+ Results
|12241
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
|42.29%
! colspan="5" |Winner
|1880
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
|-
|4
! #
| [[Mangalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mangalam]]
! Name
|
! Candidate
|'''[[C. Jayakumar]]'''
! colspan="2" | Party
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
! Votes
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
!'''%'''
|16972
! Candidate
|50.89%
! colspan="2" | Party
|'''Sankumaravel'''
! Votes
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
!'''%'''
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|14221
| colspan="13" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Puducherry district|<span style="color:white;">'''Puducherry District'''</span>]]
|42.64%
|2751
|-
|-
| 5
| 1
| [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villianur]]
| [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
|
|[[A. Namassivayam]]
|'''R. Siva'''
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|14939
|51.82
|A. Krishnan
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|19653
|12189
|55.73%
|42.28
|'''S.V. Sugumaran'''
|style="background:#FF9933;color:white" |'''2750'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12703
|36.02%
|6950
|-
|-
| 6
| 2
| [[Ozhukarai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ozhukarai]]
| [[Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirubuvanai]]
|
|[[P. Angalane]]
|'''M. Sivasankar'''
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|11940
|10597
|36.5%
|36.78
|'''N.G. Pannir Selvam'''
|B. Kobiga
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11121
|8238
|34%
|28.6
|819
|style="background:#DDDDDD;color:white" |'''2359'''
|-
|-
| 7
| 3
| [[Kadirkamam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kadirkamam]]
| [[Ossudu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ossudu]]
|
|[[A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar]]
|'''[[S. Ramesh]] '''
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|14121
|17775
|48.78
|65.82%
|P. Karthikeyan
|'''P. Selvanadane'''
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|5529
|12241
|20.47
|42.29
|12246
|style="background:#FF9933;color:white" |'''1880'''
|-
|-
| 8
|4
| [[Indira Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Indira Nagar]]
| [[Mangalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mangalam]]
|
|[[C. Djeacoumar]]
|'''V. Arumugam A.K.D.'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|21841
|16972
|74.77%
|50.89
|'''M. Kannan'''
|Sun. Kumaravel
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|3310
|14221
|11.33%
|42.64
|18531
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''2751'''
|-
|-
|9
| 5
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
| [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villianur]]
|
|[[R. Siva]]
|'''[[N. Rangasamy]]'''
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|19653
|55.73
|S.V. Sugumaran
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12978
|12703
|55.02%
|36.02
|'''K. Sethu Selvam'''
|style="background:#DD1100;color:white" |'''6950'''
|bgcolor=#FFC000|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|7522
|31.89%
|5456
|-
|-
|10
| 6
| [[Kamaraj Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kamaraj Nagar]]
| [[Ozhukarai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ozhukarai]]
|
|[[M. Sivasankar]]
|'''[[A. Johnkumar]]'''
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|11940
|16687
|36.5
|56.11%
|N.G. Pannir Selvam
|'''[[M. O. H. F. Shahjahan]]'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11121
|34
|style="background:#DDDDDD;color:white" |'''819'''
|-
| 7
| [[Kadirkamam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kadirkamam]]
|[[S. Ramesh]]
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|17775
|65.82
|P. Selvanadane
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9458
|5529
|31.8%
|20.47
|7229
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''12246'''
|-
|-
| 11
| 8
| [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]]
| [[Indira Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Indira Nagar]]
|
|[[A.K.D. Arumugam]]
|[[M. Vaithianathan]]
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|21841
|74.77
|M. Kannan
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|14592
|3310
|55.6%
|11.33
|[[V. Saminathan]]
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''18531'''
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|8891
|33.88%
|5701
|-
|-
| align="center"|12 || [[Kalapet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kalapet]]
|9
|
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
|'''P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram'''
|[[N. Rangasamy]]
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12978
|55.02
|K. Sethu Selvam
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|7522
|31.89
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''5456'''
|-
|10
| [[Kamaraj Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kamaraj Nagar]]
|[[A. Johnkumar]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|13277
|16687
|44.63%
|56.11
|'''A. Senthil Ramesh'''
|[[M. O. H. F. Shahjahan]]
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9769
|9458
|32.84%
|31.8
|3508
|style="background:#FF9933;color:white" |'''7229'''
|-
|-
| 13
| 11
| [[Muthialpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Muthialpet]]
| [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]]
|
|[[M. Vaithianathan]]
|'''J. Prakash Kumar'''
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|14592
|55.6
|[[V. Saminathan]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|8891
|33.88
|style="background:#00BFFF;color:white" |'''5701'''
|-
|12
| [[Kalapet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kalapet]]
|[[P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|13277
|44.63
|A. Senthil Ramesh
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9769
|32.84
|style="background:#FF9933;color:white" |'''3508'''
|-
| 13
| [[Muthialpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Muthialpet]]
|[[J. Prakash Kumar]]
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|8778
|8778
|37.48%
|37.48%
|'''Vaiyapuri Manikandan'''
|Vaiyapuri Manikandan
|bgcolor=#007500|
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|7844
|7844
|33.49%
|33.49
|934
|style="background:#DDDDDD;color:white" |'''934'''
|-
|-
| 14
| 14
| [[Raj Bhavan (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Raj Bhavan]]
| [[Raj Bhavan (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Raj Bhavan]]
|
|[[K. Lakshminarayanan]]
|'''K. Lakshminarayanan'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|10096
|10096
|51.86
|51.86
|'''S.P. Sivakumar'''
|S.P. Sivakumar
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|6364
|6364
|32.69%
|32.69
|3732
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''3732'''
|-
|-
| 15
| 15
| [[Oupalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Oupalam]]
| [[Oupalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Oupalam]]
|
|Annibal Kennedy
|'''[[V. Anipaul Kennedy]] '''
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|13433
|13433
|56.64%
|56.64
|'''[[A. Anbalagan]]'''
|[[A. Anbalagan]]
|bgcolor=#007500|
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8653
|8653
|36.48%
|36.48
|4780
|style="background:#DD1100;color:white" |'''4780'''
|-
|-
| 16
| 16
| [[Orleampeth (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Orleampeth]]
| [[Orleampeth (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Orleampeth]]
|
|[[G. Nehru Kuppusamy]]
|'''G. Nehru Kuppusamy'''
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9580
|9580
|47.29%
|47.29
|'''S. Gopal'''
|S. Gopal
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|7487
|7487
|36.96%
|36.96
|2093
|style="background:#DDDDDD;color:white" |'''2093'''
|-
|-
| 17
| 17
| [[Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nellithope]]
| [[Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nellithope]]
|
|[[Richards Johnkumar|Vivilian Richards Johnkumar]]
|'''[[Vivilian Richards Johnkumar]]'''
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|11757
|11757
|42.26
|42.26
|'''V. Karthikeyan'''
|V. Karthikeyan
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|11261
|11261
|40.47%
|40.47
|2214
|style="background:#FF9933;color:white" |'''496'''
|-
|-
| 18
| 18
| [[Mudaliarpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mudaliarpet]]
| [[Mudaliarpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mudaliarpet]]
|
|[[L. Sambath]]
|'''L. Sambath'''
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|15151
|15151
|51.3%
|51.3
|'''A. Baskar'''
|A. Baskar
|bgcolor=#007500|
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|10972
|10972
|37.15%
|37.15
|4179
|style="background:#DD1100;color:white" |'''4179'''
|-
|-
| 19
| 19
| [[Ariankuppam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ariankuppam]]
| [[Ariankuppam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ariankuppam]]
|
|[[R. Baskar Datchanamourtty]]
|'''R. Baskar Datchanamourtty'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|17858
|17858
|54.32%
|54.32
|'''T. Jayamoorthy'''
|[[T. Jayamoorthy]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|11440
|11440
|34.8%
|34.8
|6418
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''6418'''
|-
|-
| 20
| 20
| [[Manavely (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Manavely]]
| [[Manavely (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Manavely]]
|
|[[Embalam R. Selvam]]
|'''Embalam R. Selvam'''
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|17225
|17225
|57.54%
|57.54
|'''R. K. R. Anantharaman'''
|R. K. R. Anantharaman
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9093
|9093
|30.37%
|30.37
|8132
|style="background:#FF9933;color:white" |'''8132'''
|-
|-
| 21
| 21
| [[Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Embalam]]
| [[Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Embalam]]
|
|[[U. Lakshmikandhan]]
|'''U. Lakshmikandhan'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|15624
|15624
|50.85%
|50.85
|'''M. Candassamy'''
|M. Candassamy
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|13384
|13384
|43.56%
|43.56
|2240
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''2240'''
|-
|-
| 22
| 22
| [[Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nettapakkam]]  
| [[Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nettapakkam]]  
|
|[[P. Rajavelu]]
|'''P. Rajavelu'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|15978
|15978
|56.82%
|56.82
|'''V. Vijayaveny'''
|V. Vijayaveny
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9340
|9340
|33.21%
|33.21
|6638
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''6638'''
|-
|-
| 23
| 23
| [[Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Bahour]]
| [[Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Bahour]]
|
|[[R. Senthilkumar]]
|'''R. Senthilkumar'''
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|11789
|11789
|44.56%
|44.56
|'''N. Dhanavelou'''
|N. Dhanavelou
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11578
|11578
|43.76%
|43.76
|201
|style="background:#DD1100;color:white" |'''201'''
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Karaikal district| <span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
| colspan="13" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Karaikal district|<span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 24
| 24
| [[Nedungadu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nedungadu]]
| [[Nedungadu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nedungadu]]
|
|[[Chandira Priyanga|S. Chandra Priyanga]]
|'''[[S. Chandra Priyanga]]'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|10774
|10774
|40.2%
|40.2
|'''[[A. Marimuthu (Vanur MLA)|A. Marimuthu]]'''
|A. Marimuthu
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|8560
|8560
|31.94%
|31.94
|2214
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''2214'''
|-
|-
| 25
| 25
| [[Thirunallar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirunallar]]
| [[Thirunallar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirunallar]]
|
|[[P. R. Siva]]
|'''P.R. Siva'''
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9551
|9551
|36.45%
|36.45
|'''S. Rajasekaran'''
|S. Rajasekaran
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|8416
|8416
|31.32%
|31.32
|1380
|style="background:#DDDDDD;color:white" |'''1380'''
|-
|-
| 26
| 26
| [[Karaikal North (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal North]]
| [[Karaikal North (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal North]]
|
|[[P. R. N. Thirumurugan]]
|'''[[P. R. N. Thirumurugan]]'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12704
|12704
|44.85%
|44.85
|'''[[A. V. Subramanian]]'''
|A. V. Subramanian
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|12569
|12569
|44.38%
|44.38
|135
|style="background:#FFCC00;color:white" |'''135'''
|-
|-
| 27
| 27
| [[Karaikal South (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal South]]  
| [[Karaikal South (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal South]]  
|
|[[A.M.H. Nazeem]]
|[[A.M.H. Nazeem|'''A.M.H. Nazeem''']]
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|17401
|17401
|71.15%
|71.15
|'''K. A. U. Asana'''
|K. A. U. Asana
|bgcolor=#007500|
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|5367
|5367
|21.95%
|21.95
|12034
|style="background:#DD1100;color:white" |'''12034'''
|-
|-
| 28
| 28
| [[Neravy T R Pattinam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Neravy T R Pattinam]]
| [[Neravy T R Pattinam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Neravy T R Pattinam]]
|
|M. Nagathiyagarajam
|'''M. Nagathiyagarajan'''
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|14496
|14496
|55.74%
|55.74
|'''V. M. C. S. Manokaran'''
|V. M. C. S. Manokaran
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|8985
|8985
|34.55%
|34.55
|5511
|style="background:#DD1100;color:white" |'''5511'''
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Mahé district| <span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
| colspan="13" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Mahé district|<span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 29
| 29
|  [[Mahe (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mahe]]
|  [[Mahe (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mahe]]
|
|Ramesh Parambath
|'''Ramesh Parambath'''
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9744
|9744
|41.63%
|41.63
|N. Haridasan Master
|N. Haridasan Master
|
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9444
|9444
|40.35%
|40.35
|300
|style="background:#00BFFF;color:white" |'''300'''
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Yanam district| <span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
| colspan="13" align="center" bgcolor="grey" | [[Yanam district|<span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 30
| 30
| [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]]
| [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]]
|
|[[Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok]]
|'''Gollapalli Srinivasa Ashok'''
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|  
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (UPA)
|17131
|16874
|49.04
|49.07
|[[N. Rangasamy]]
|'''[[N. Rangasamy]]'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|16228
|16475
|47.20
|47.17
|646
|style="background:#DDDDDD;color:white" |'''656'''
|-
| colspan="13" align="center" bgcolor="grey" |<span style="color:white;">'''Nominated MLAs</span>
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"|<span style="color:white;">'''Nominated MLAs</span>
| colspan="2" |31
| [[K. Venkatesan]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| colspan="8" rowspan="3" |
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |1
| colspan="2" |32
|
| [[V. P. Ramalingam]]
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| colspan="8" rowspan="3" |
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |33
| colspan="3" |2
| [[R. B. Ashok Babu]]
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|}
|-
 
| colspan="3" |3
==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]]
==Government Formation==
*[[2019 Indian general election in Puducherry]]
==See also==
 
*[[2021 elections in India]]
==References==
*[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
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*[[2019 Indian general election in Puducherry]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 02:07, 9 July 2023


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]

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
← 2016 6 April 2021 2026 →
All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.38%(Decrease1.7%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  N Rangaswamy.jpg A. Namassivayam.png
Leader N. Rangaswamy R. Siva A. Namassivayam
Party All India N.R. Congress DMK BJP
Alliance NDA UPA NDA
Leader since 2011 2021 2020
Leader's seat Thattanchavady
Yanam (lost) 		Villianur Mannadipet
Last election 8 2 0
Seats before 7[lower-alpha 2] 2 3[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 10 6 6
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 4 Increase 6
Popular vote 216,249 154,858 114,298
Percentage 25.85% 18.51% 13.66%
Swing Decrease 2.25% Increase 9.61% Increase 11.26%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  VNarayanasamy.jpg
Leader V. Narayanasamy A. Anbalagan
Party INC AIADMK
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since 2016 2019
Leader's seat Did not contest Oupalam (lost)
Last election 15 4
Seats before 9[lower-alpha 3] 4
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Decrease 13 Decrease 4
Popular vote 131,393 34,623
Percentage 15.71% 4.14%
Swing Decrease 14.89% Decrease 12.66%
2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election result.png
Chief Minister before election

President's Rule

 Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

BackgroundEdit

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]

ScheduleEdit

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 alliancesEdit

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

  United Progressive AllianceEdit

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 Whistle Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok 1

CPI(M) contests in one seat, Muthialpet, and supports this alliance in all other seats.

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

  National Democratic AllianceEdit

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 coalitionEdit

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
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

CandidatesEdit

List Of Candidates[5]
Assembly 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 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 & SurveysEdit

Opinion pollsEdit

Date published Polling agency style="background:
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 Lead
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 PollsEdit

Date published Polling agency style="background:
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 Lead
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 TurnoutEdit

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]

ResultEdit

Results By PartyEdit

Party Votes Vote % Swing Conts Won Strike Rate Change
All India N.R. Congress 2,16,249 25.85   2.3 16 10 62.50%   2
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,14,298 13.66   11.3 9 6 66.67%   6
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,54,858 18.51   9.6 13 6 46.15%   4
Independents 1,06,098 12.68 6 -   5
Indian National Congress 1,31,393 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:[14]
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 AllianceEdit

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

[15]

Results by DistrictEdit

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 constituencyEdit

 
Results
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 P. Angalane Independent 10597 36.78 B. Kobiga All India N.R. Congress 8238 28.6 2359
3 Ossudu 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 U. Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. Congress 15624 50.85 M. Candassamy Indian National Congress 13384 43.56 2240
22 Nettapakkam 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 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 47.17 656
Nominated MLAs
31 K. Venkatesan Bharatiya Janata Party
32 V. P. Ramalingam Bharatiya Janata Party
33 R. B. Ashok Babu Bharatiya Janata Party

Government FormationEdit

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 alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Puducherry CM Narayanasamy brokers truce between DMK, Congress". The New Indian Express. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "BJP alliance to sweep Puducherry assembly polls: Asianet-C fore pre-poll survey". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Congress emerges as the single largest party in Puducherry - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ↑ "Congress-DMK front regains power in Pondy - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "CANDIDATE AFFIDAVIT MANAGEMENT". Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Thanthi TV Opinion Poll 2021". YouTube.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Puducherry 2020".
  8. ↑ "ABP CVoter Opinion Poll 2021: Voters' Mood Not In Favour Of Congress-Led Alliance In Puducherry, NDA Likely To Form Govt". 15 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Puducherry pre-poll survey 2021: 'Congress likely to lose its grip; NDA projected to form govt'". www.timesnownews.com.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "PUDUCHERRY 2020". Archived from the original on 23 August 2021.
  12. ↑ 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/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)[permanent dead link]
  13. ↑ "Assembly elections | Peaceful polling in T.N., Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and Bengal". The Hindu. 6 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021". results.eci.gov.in. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

NotesEdit

  1. ↑ Nominated MLAs
  2. ↑ includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat
  3. ↑ Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party


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