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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
| country           = India
| type              = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2006 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year     = 2006
| previous_mps      = 
| election_date     = {{Start date|df=yes|2011|04|13}}
| elected_mps       = 
| next_election     = 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
| next_year         = 2016
| next_mps          = 
| seats_for_election= All 30 seats to the [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats    = 16
| opinion_polls     = 
| turnout           = 86.19%
<!-- NR Congress -->
| image1            = [[File:N_Rangaswamy.jpg|160x150px]]
| leader1           = [[N. Rangaswamy]]
| party1            = All India N.R. Congress
| leader_since1     = 7 February 2011
| leaders_seat1     = Indira Nagar
| last_election1    = ''New''
| seats_before1     = ''New''
| seats1            = 15
| seat_change1      = {{increase}} 15
| popular_vote1     = 
| percentage1       = 31.75%
| swing1            = 
<!-- Congress -->
| image2            = [[File:Vaithilingam.jpg|160x150px]]
| leader2           = [[V. Vaithilingam]]
| party2            = Indian National Congress
| leader_since2     = 4 September 2008
| leaders_seat2     = Kamraj Nagar
| last_election2    = 10
| seats_before2     = 10
| seats2            = 7
| seat_change2      = {{decrease}} 3
| popular_vote2     = 
| percentage2       = 25.06%
| swing2            = 
<!-- map -->
| map_image         = Puducherry-Assembly-Constituencies-1-30-assembly-election-2011.png
| map_size          = 250px
| map_caption       =  Green = [[Indian National Congress]], Red = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], Yellow = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], Blue = [[All India N.R Congress]], Grey = Independent
<!-- bottom -->
| title             = Chief Minister
| before_election   = [[V. Vaithilingam]]
| before_party      = Indian National Congress
| after_election    = [[N. Rangaswamy]]
| after_party       = All India N.R. Congress
}}

A '''[[Vidhan Sabha|legislative assembly]] election''' was held in the [[India]]n [[union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] 13 April 2011 to elect members from thirty constituencies in the non-contiguous territory.<ref name="eci">[[Election Commission of India]]. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/puducherry.pdf Schedule for holding General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry]''</ref>

==Candidates==
26 March 2011 marked the last day to complete nominations for the elections. 30 March 2011 was the last day for possible withdrawal of nominations.<ref name="eci"/> In total, 187 candidates contested the polls. In [[Yanam district|Yanam]] there was a total of ten candidates, the highest number in any constituency in this election. In the Indira Nagar constituency there were just two candidates, former chief minister [[N. Rangaswamy]] (who also contested the Kadirkamam constituency, this was the first time in the history of the territory that a candidate contested two different assembly constituencies) and [[Indian National Congress]] candidate A.K.D. Aroumougame.<ref name="hin"/> The counting of the votes was scheduled for 13 May 2011.<ref name="eci"/>

==Campaign==
Amongst the contending parties, there were two major coalitions. On one side, there was an alliance backing the incumbent chief minister [[V. Vaithilingam]], consisting of the Indian National Congress (which contested 17 seats), the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (10 seats), [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (2 seats) and the [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi]] (1 seat). The other main bloc contesting the election was an alliance consisting of the [[All India N.R Congress]] of N. Rangaswamy (contesting 17 seats), the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (10 seats), the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1 seat), the [[Communist Party of India]] (1 seat) and the [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]] (1 seat). A third force was the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], which did not align with any of the two big bloc and contested twenty seats on its own. There were also 78 independent candidates in the fray.<ref name="hin"/>

Several high-profile national politicians took part in the campaigning: [[Sonia Gandhi]] (president of the Indian National Congress), [[Rahul Gandhi]] (Indian National Congress general secretary), [[Pranab Mukherjee]] (Indian National Congress union minister), [[Nitin Gadkari]] (BJP president), [[Sushma Swaraj]] (BJP MP), [[Venkaiah Naidu]] (former BJP president), [[M. Karunanidhi]] (DMK chief minister of [[Tamil Nadu]]), [[J. Jayalalithaa]] (general secretary of AIADMK) and [[Vijayakanth]] (general secretary of DMDK).<ref name="hin"/>

==Election==
Over 810,000 voters were eligible to take part in the polls.<ref name="hin">{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Campaigning-ends-in-Puducherry/article14679652.ece | title=Campaigning ends in Puducherry | date=11 April 2011 | agency=PTI | accessdate=17 February 2020 }}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="2"
|- valign="top"
!Colspan=2|Parties and Coalitions 
! Votes 
! Vote % 
! Vote swing
! Contested
! Won
! Change
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|2,21,552
|31.75
|
|17
|15
|{{increase}}15
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]] 
|1,85,149
|26.53
|
|17
|7
|{{Decrease}}3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| style="text-align:left;"|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] 
|95,960
|13.75
|
|10
|5
|{{Increase}}2
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|74,552
|10.68
|
|10
|2
|{{Decrease}}5
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|17,342
|2.48
|
|2
|0
|{{Decrease}}2
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|9,183
|1.32
|
|20
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|7,840
|1.12
|
|2
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|6,541
|0.94
|
|1
|0
|{{Decrease}}1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|70,595
|10.12
|
|79
|1
|{{Decrease}}2
|-
| colspan=2|'''Total'''
| '''6,97,900'''
|'''100.0'''
| 
|
| '''30'''
|
|-
|}

== Results by constituency ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Results
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
! colspan="4" |Winner
! colspan="4" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! #
! Name
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Puducherry district|<span style="color:white;">'''Puducherry District'''</span>]]
|-
| 1
| [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
|[[T. P. R. Selvame]]
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12412
| K.P.K. Arul Murugan
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|7696
|4716
|-
| 2
| [[Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirubuvanai]]
|P. Angalane
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|13733
| K. Jayaraj
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|8965
|4768
|-
| 3
| [[Ossudu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ossudu]]
|P. Karthikeyan
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|13327
|A. Elumalai
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8169
|5158
|-
|4
| [[Mangalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mangalam]]
|C.Djeacoumar
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|14052
| P. Anandabaskaran
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11759
|2293
|-
| 5
| [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villianur]]
|[[A. Namassivayam]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|13105
|K. Nadarajan
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11564
|1541
|-
| 6
| [[Ozhukarai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ozhukarai]]
|N.G. Pannirselvam
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|9071
|A.N. Balane
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|7505
|1566
|-
| 7
| [[Kadirkamam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kadirkamam]]
|[[N. Rangaswamy]]
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|16323
| V. Pethaperumal
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|6566
|9757
|-
| 8
| [[Indira Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Indira Nagar]]
|[[N. Rangaswamy]]
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|20685
|V. Aroumougam
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|4008
|16677
|-
|9
| [[Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thattanchavady]]
|[[Ashok Anand]]
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|14597
|N. Arjunan
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|4091
|10506
|-
|10
| [[Kamaraj Nagar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kamaraj Nagar]]
|[[V. Vaithilingam]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|12570
|Nara. Kalainathan
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Communist Party Of India]]
|6541
|6029
|-
| 11
| [[Lawspet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Lawspet]]
|M. Vaithianathan
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|10189
|V.P. Sivakolundhu
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|4757
|5432
|-
|12
|[[Kalapet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Kalapet]]
|P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|14132
|[[M. O. H. F. Shahjahan]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|7766
|6366
|-
| 13
| [[Muthialpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Muthialpet]]
|Nandha. T. Saravanan
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|10364
| A. Kasilingam
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|7388
|2976
|-
| 14
| [[Raj Bhavan (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Raj Bhavan]]
|K. Lakshminarayan
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|11398
| M. Saravanakumar
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|4327
|7071
|-
| 15
| [[Oupalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Oupalam]]
|A. Anbalagan
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|9536
|N. Anand
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|6332
|3204
|-
| 16
| [[Orleampeth (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Orleampeth]]
|G.Nehru
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|10986
|R. Siva
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8368
|2618
|-
| 17
| [[Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nellithope]]
|Omsakthi Sekar
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|13301
|[[R. V. Janakiraman]]
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8783
|4518
|-
| 18
| [[Mudaliarpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mudaliarpet]]
|A. Baskar
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|17016
|M.A.S. Subramanian
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|7289
|9727
|-
| 19
| [[Ariankuppam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ariankuppam]]
|V.Sabapathy
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|13381
|T. Djeamourthy
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|10750
|2631
|-
| 20
| [[Manavely (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Manavely]]
|[[P. Purushothaman]]
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|13979
|R. K. R. Anantharaman
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|9646
|4333
|-
| 21
| [[Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Embalam]]
| P. Rajavelu
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12933
|M. Candassamy
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|11465
|1468
|-
| 22
| [[Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nettapakkam]]
|L. Periyasamy
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|14686
|S. Muthukumarasamy
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|9219
|5467
|-
| 23
| [[Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Bahour]]
|T. Thiagarajan
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12284
|[[R. Radhakrishnan (politician)|R. Radhakrishnan]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|10229
|2055
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Karaikal district|<span style="color:white;">'''Karaikal District'''</span>]]
|-
| 24
| [[Nedungadu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nedungadu]]
|M.Chandhrakasu
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|12474
|A. Marimottou
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|4984
|7490
|-
| 25
| [[Thirunallar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Thirunallar]]
|P. R. Siva
|bgcolor=#FFD311|
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|11702
|[[R. Kamalakannan]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|10862
|840
|-
| 26
| [[Karaikal North (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal North]]
|P. R. N. Thirumurugan
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|12155
|M.V.Omalingam
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8795
|3360
|-
| 27
| [[Karaikal South (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal South]]
|A.M.H. Nazeem
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8377
|V.K. Ganapathy
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|6801
|1576
|-
| 28
| [[Neravy T R Pattinam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Neravy T R Pattinam]]
|[[V.M.C. Sivakumar]]
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|8860
|[[Anandan Geetha]]
|bgcolor=#DD1100|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|8502
|358
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Mahé district|<span style="color:white;">'''Mahe District'''</span>]]
|-
| 29
|  [[Mahe (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mahe]]
|E. Valsaraj
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|13297
|T.K.Gangadharan
|bgcolor=#FF0000|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|7193
|6104
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Yanam district|<span style="color:white;">'''Yanam District'''</span>]]
|-
| 30
| [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]]
|[[Malladi Krishna Rao]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|23985
|Manchala Satya Sai Kumar
|bgcolor=#007500|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|4867
|19118

|}

==References==
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