Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2016

Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2016

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All 30 seats in the Legislature of Puducherry 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader V. Narayanasamy N. Rangaswamy Party INC AINRC Alliance Congress-DMK None Leader's seat Kamaraj Nagar Indira Nagar Last election 7 seats, 25.06% 15 seats, 31.75% Seats won INC: 15 (Alliance: 17) 8 Seat change 8 7 Popular vote 244,886 225,082 Percentage 30.6% 28.1% Swing 5.54% 3.65%
2016 Election Map (by Constituencies)
Chief Minister before election N. Rangaswamy AINRC Elected Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy INC

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

V. Narayanasamy
INC

The legislative assembly election in the Indian union territory of Puducherry was held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory.

By the requirement, the election must be held at an interval of five years or whenever it is dissolved by the President. The previous election was conducted on 13 April 2011 and its term would have naturally expired on 2 June 2016. The election was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian National Congress were in an alliance and contested 9 and 21 seats respectively. Ruling AINRC, BJP & ADMK will contest separately.

The polling booths in three Assembly constituencies in Puducherry (out of total 30 segments) were equipped with Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines along with EVMs.

The election was held on 16 May 2016 in a single phase and 84.11% voting was recorded. The votes were counted on 19 May and results were declared on same day.