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| registered =  
| registered =  
| image1 = [[File: VNarayanasamy.jpg |100x100px]]
| image1 = [[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader1 = [[V. Narayanasamy]]
| leader1 = [[N. Rangaswamy]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| party1 = All India N.R. Congress
| leader_since1 = 2016
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance
| leaders_seat1 = Not Contesting
| leader_since1 = 2011
| alliance1 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]] [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]] (''lost'')
| last_election1 = 15
| last_election1 = 8
| seats_before1 = 9{{efn|name=fn1|Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party}}
| seats_before1 = 7{{efn|name=fn2|includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat}}
| seats1 =  
| seats1 = 10
| seat_change1 =  
| seat_change1 = {{up}} 3
| popular_vote1 =  
| popular_vote1 = 216,249
| percentage1 =  
| percentage1 = 25.85%
| swing1 = <!-- AINRC -->
| swing1 = {{down}} 3%
| image2 = [[File:N Rangaswamy.jpg|100x100px]]
| image2 = [[File:A. Namassivayam.png|130x130px]]
| leader2 = [[N. Rangaswamy]]
| leader2 = [[A. Namassivayam]]
| party2 = All India N.R. Congress
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since2 = 2020
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance
| leader_since2 = 2011
| last_election2 = 0
| leaders_seat2 = [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]] [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]]
| seats_before2 = 3
| last_election2 = 8
| seats2 = 6
| seats_before2 = 7{{efn|name=fn2|includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat}}
| seat_change2 = {{up}} 3
| seats2 =  
| popular_vote2 = 114,298
| seat_change2 =  
| percentage2 = 13.66%
| popular_vote2 =  
| swing2 = {{up}} 11.26%
| percentage2 =  
| image3 = [[File:Stalinmk.png|130x130px]]
| swing2 =  
| leader3 = [[M.K. Stalin]]
| party3 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| leader_since3 = 2018
| leaders_seat3 = Not Contesting
| alliance3 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| last_election3 = 2
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats3 = 6
| seat_change3 = {{up}} 4
| popular_vote3 = 154,858
| percentage3 = 18.51%
| swing3 = {{up}} 9.61%
| image4 = [[File: VNarayanasamy.jpg |130x130px]]
| leader4 = [[V. Narayanasamy]]
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since4 = 2016
| leaders_seat4 = [[Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nellithope]] (''Not Contesting'')
| alliance4 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| last_election4 = 15
| seats_before4 = 9{{efn|name=fn1|Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party}}
| seats4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{down}} 7
| popular_vote4 = 131,393
| percentage4 = 15.71%
| swing4 = {{down}} 14.89%
| image5 =
| leader5 = A. Anbalagan
| party5 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| leader_since5 = 2019
| leaders_seat5 = [[Oupalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Oupalam]] (''lost'')
| alliance5 = National Democratic Alliance
| last_election5 = 4
| seats_before5 = 4
| seats5 = 0
| seat_change5 = {{down}} 4
| popular_vote5 = 34,623
| percentage5 = 4.14%
| swing5 = {{down}} 12.66%
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| map = [[File:Puducherry Electoral Constituencies Map.svg|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-->
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|AIADMK
|AIADMK
|[[File:AIADMK Two Leaves.png|41x41px]]
|[[File:AIADMK Two Leaves.png|41x41px]]
| A. Anbazhagan
| A. Anbalagan
|5
|5
|}
|}
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|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Karthikeyan  
|P. Karthikeyan  
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
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==Result==
==Result==
===Results by Party and Alliance===
===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>===
{| 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/meta/color}} ; color:white;"|NDA
! colspan="2" style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}} ; color:white;"|NDA
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| style="background:#488b54; color:white;" |'''''0'''''
| style="background:#488b54; color:white;" |'''''0'''''
| colspan="2" style="background:#CDCDCD" |Total
| colspan="2" style="background:#CDCDCD" |Total
| style="background:#757575; color:white;"|'''''6'''''
| style="background:#757575; color:white;"|'''''5'''''
|-00
|-00
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAD6A5;" |Change
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAD6A5;" |Change
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| [[Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirubuvanai]]
| [[Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirubuvanai]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''P. Angalane'''
|
|
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|10597
|36.78%
|'''B. Kobiga'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|8238
|28.6%
|2359
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
| [[Ossudu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ossudu]]
| [[Ossudu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ossudu]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|J. Saravana Kumar
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|14121
|
|48.78%
|'''TBD'''
|'''P. Karthikeyan'''
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|12241
|
|42.29%
|
|1880
|-
|-
|4
|4
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| [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villianur]]
| [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villianur]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''R. Siva'''
|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|19653
|
|55.73%
|'''TBD'''
|'''S.V. Sugumaran'''
|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|
|12703
|
|36.02%
|
|6950
|-
|-
| 6
| 6
| [[Ozhukarai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ozhukarai]]
| [[Ozhukarai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ozhukarai]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''M. Sivasankar'''
|
|
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|11940
|36.5%
|'''N.G. Pannir Selvam'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11121
|34%
|819
|-
|-
| 7
| 7
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| [[Indira Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Indira Nagar]]
| [[Indira Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Indira Nagar]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''V. Arumugam A.K.D.'''
|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|
|21841
|
|74.77%
|'''TBD'''
|'''M. Kannan'''
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|3310
|
|11.33%
|
|18531
|-
|-
|9
|9
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|'''[[N. Rangasamy]]'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12978
|55.02%
|'''K. Sethu Selvam'''
|bgcolor=#FFC000|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|7522
|31.89%
|5456
|-
|-
|10
|10
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| [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]]
| [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|[[M. Vaithianathan]]
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|14592
|
|55.6%
|'''TBD'''
|[[V. Saminathan]]
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|8891
|
|33.88%
|
|5701
|-
|-
| align="center"|12 || [[Kalapet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kalapet]]
| align="center"|12 || [[Kalapet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kalapet]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram'''
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|13277
|
|44.63%
|'''TBD'''
|'''A. Senthil Ramesh'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9769
|32.84%
|3508
|-
|-
| 13
| 13
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|'''J. Prakash Kumar'''
|'''J. Prakash Kumar'''
|
|
|Independent
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|8778
|8778
|37.48%
|37.48%
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| [[Raj Bhavan (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Raj Bhavan]]
| [[Raj Bhavan (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Raj Bhavan]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''K. Lakshminarayanan'''
|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|
|10096
|
|51.86
|'''TBD'''
|'''S.P. Sivakumar'''
|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|6364
|
|32.69%
|
|3732
|-
|-
| 15
| 15
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| [[Orleampeth (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Orleampeth]]
| [[Orleampeth (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Orleampeth]]
|
|
|'''G. Nehru @ Kuppusamy'''
|'''G. Nehru Kuppusamy'''
|
|
|Independent
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9580
|9580
|47.29%
|47.29%
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| [[Mudaliarpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mudaliarpet]]
| [[Mudaliarpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mudaliarpet]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''L. Sambath'''
|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|15151
|
|51.3%
|'''TBD'''
|'''A. Baskar'''
|
|bgcolor=#007500|
|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|10972
|
|37.15%
|
|4179
|-
|-
| 19
| 19
| [[Ariankuppam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ariankuppam]]
| [[Ariankuppam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ariankuppam]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''R. Baskar Datchanamourtty'''
|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|
|17858
|
|54.32%
|'''TBD'''
|'''T. Jayamoorthy'''
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|11440
|
|34.8%
|
|6418
|-
|-
| 20
| 20
| [[Manavely (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Manavely]]
| [[Manavely (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Manavely]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''  
|'''Embalam R. Selvam'''
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|17225
|
|57.54%
|'''TBD'''
|'''R. K. R. Anantharaman'''
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|9093
|
|30.37%
|
|8132
|-
|-
| 21
| 21
| [[Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Embalam]]
| [[Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Embalam]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''U. Lakshmikandhan'''
|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|
|15624
|
|50.85%
|'''TBD'''
|'''M. Candassamy'''
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|13384
|
|43.56%
|
|2240
|-
|-
| 22
| 22
| [[Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nettapakkam]]  
| [[Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nettapakkam]]  
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|'''P. Rajavelu'''
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|15978
|56.82%
|'''V. Vijayaveny'''
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9340
|33.21%
|6638
|-
|-
| 23
| 23
| [[Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Bahour]]
| [[Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Bahour]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''R. Senthilkumar'''
|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|11789
|
|44.56%
|'''TBD'''
|'''N. Dhanavelou'''
|
|bgcolor=#FFCC00|
|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|
|11578
|
|43.76%
|
|201
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Karaikal district| <span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Karaikal district| <span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
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| [[Thirunallar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirunallar]]
| [[Thirunallar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirunallar]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''P.R. Siva'''
|
|
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9551
|36.45%
|'''S. Rajasekaran'''
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|8416
|31.32%
|1380
|-
|-
| 26
| 26
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| [[Karaikal South (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal South]]  
| [[Karaikal South (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal South]]  
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|[[A.M.H. Nazeem|'''A.M.H. Nazeem''']]
|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|17401
|
|71.15%
|'''TBD'''
|'''K. A. U. Asana'''
|
|bgcolor=#007500|
|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|5367
|
|21.95%
|
|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]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''M. Nagathiyagarajan'''
|
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|
|14496
|
|55.74%
|'''TBD'''
|'''V. M. C. S. Manokaran'''
|
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|8985
|
|34.55%
|
|5511
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Mahé district| <span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Mahé district| <span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
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|  [[Mahe (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mahe]]
|  [[Mahe (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mahe]]
|
|
|'''TBD'''
|'''Ramesh Parambath'''
|
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|9744
|
|41.63%
|'''TBD'''
|N. Haridasan Master
|
|
|
|
|
|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|9444
|40.35%
|300
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Yanam district| <span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
| colspan="14" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Yanam district| <span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
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|'''Gollapalli Srinivasa Ashok'''
|'''Gollapalli Srinivasa Ashok'''
|  
|  
|Independent (politician)
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (UPA)
|16874
|16874
|49.07
|49.07
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*[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2019 Indian general election in Puducherry]]
*[[2019 Indian general election in Puducherry]]
*[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:13, 3 May 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
← 2016 6 April 2021 2026 →
All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.88%(Decrease3.2pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  File:Stalinmk.png
Leader N. Rangaswamy A. Namassivayam M.K. Stalin
Party All India N.R. Congress BJP DMK
Alliance NDA NDA UPA
Leader since 2011 2020 2018
Leader's seat Thattanchavady Yanam (lost) Mannadipet Not Contesting
Last election 8 0 2
Seats before 7[lower-alpha 1] 3 2
Seats won 10 6 6
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 3 Increase 4
Popular vote 216,249 114,298 154,858
Percentage 25.85% 13.66% 18.51%
Swing Decrease 3% Increase 11.26% Increase 9.61%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader V. Narayanasamy A. Anbalagan
Party INC AIADMK
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since 2016 2019
Leader's seat Nellithope (Not Contesting) Oupalam (lost)
Last election 15 4
Seats before 9[lower-alpha 2] 4
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 4
Popular vote 131,393 34,623
Percentage 15.71% 4.14%
Swing Decrease 14.89% Decrease 12.66%
Chief Minister before election

President's rule
Nonpartisan

Elected Chief Minister

TBD

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]

Campaigning

Issues

Campaign controversies

Party campaigns

Party manifestos

Campaign finance

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

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

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC V. Narayanasamy 14
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK M. K. Stalin 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 Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India N.R. Congress AINRC Jug 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
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

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 & Surveys

Opinion polls

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA Others
03 April 2021 Thanthi TV[6] 21-27 3-9 0 12-24
24 March 2021 Patriotic Voter [7] 18 12 0 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 [10] 19 11 0 8

Exit Polls

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA Others
29 April 2021 Republic TV-CNX[11] 16-20 11-13 - 5-7
29 April 2021 Patriotic Voter [12] 18 12 - 6
29 April 2021 ABP-C Voter[13] 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[14]
4. Mahé 73.53[15]
Total 81.69[16]

Result

Results by Party and Alliance[17]

NDA SEATS UPA SEATS Others SEATS
AINRC 10 INC 2 AMMK 0 NTK 0
BJP 6 DMK 6 DMDK 0
AIADMK 0 CPI 0 MNM 0
VCK 0 IJK 0
IND 1 CPI(M) 0
IND 5
Total 16 Total 9 Total 0 Total 5
Change Increase 4 Change Decrease 8 Change Steady Change Increase 4

Results by District

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

Results by constituency

Results
Assembly Constituency Turnout
(%) 		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 J. Saravana Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 14121 48.78% P. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress 12241 42.29% 1880
4 Mangalam C. Jayakumar All India N.R. Congress 16972 50.89% Sankumaravel 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 V. Arumugam A.K.D. 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 V. Anipaul 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% 2214
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. Nagathiyagarajan 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 Srinivasa Ashok Independent (UPA) 16874 49.07 N. Rangasamy All India N.R. Congress 16228 47.20 646
Nominated MLAs
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2
3

Government Formation

See also

References

  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".
  7. ↑ https://sites.google.com/view/puducherry2021/puducherry-scurvey
  8. ↑ "ABP CVoter Opinion Poll 2021: Voters' Mood Not In Favour Of Congress-Led Alliance In Puducherry, NDA Likely To Form Govt".
  9. ↑ "Puducherry pre-poll survey 2021: 'Congress likely to lose its grip; NDA projected to form govt'". www.timesnownews.com.
  10. ↑ https://sites.google.com/view/puducherry2021/puducherry-scurvey
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ https://sites.google.com/view/puducherry2021/puducherry-scurvey
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ 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/
  15. ↑ 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/
  16. ↑ https://www.thehindu.com/elections/assembly-elections-peaceful-polling-in-tn-kerala-puducherry-assam-and-bengal/article34256847.ece
  17. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

Notes

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