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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 to constitute Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.[1]
Background
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.[2][3][4][5][6]
| Assembly constituencies of Puducherry having VVPAT facility with EVMs[7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oupalam | ||
| Orleampeth | ||
| Karaikal South | ||
Voting
The election was held on 16 May 2016 in a single phase and 84.11% voting was recorded.[8] The votes were counted on 19 May and results were declared on same day.[1]
Result
<section begin=Results />Template:Election table |- valign="top" !Colspan=2|Parties and Coalitions ! Votes ! Vote % ! Vote swing ! Contested ! Won ! Change |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| |Indian National Congress | 2,44,886 | 30.60 | Template:Increase 5.54 |21 |15 |Template:Increase8 |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| |All India N.R. Congress | 2,25,082 | 28.1 | Template:Decrease 3.65 | 30 | 8 |Template:Decrease7 |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | style="text-align:left;"|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 134,597 | 16.8 | Template:Increase 3.05 | 30 | 4 |Template:Decrease1 |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 70,836 | 8.9 | Template:Decrease 1.78 | 9 | 2 |Template:Steady |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| |Bharatiya Janata Party | 19,303 | 2.4 | Template:Increase 1.08 | 30 | 0 |Template:Steady |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| |Independents | 62,884 | 7.9 | – | |1 |Template:Steady |- | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| |None of the above | 13,240 | 1.7 | – | – | – | – |- | colspan=2|Total | 8,00,343 | | | | 30 | |- |- ! colspan="9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes |8,00,343 |99.86 | colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes |1,099 |0.14 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout |8,01,442 |85.08 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Abstentions | 1,43,490 | 14.92 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters | 9,41,935 |colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |align=left colspan=8|Source: International Business Times |}<section end=Results />
Results by constituency
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16. The Hindu(4 March 2016).
- ↑ VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry..
- ↑ EC holds first phase of training programme(6 March 2016).
- ↑ Around 20,000 VVPAT machines to be used in assly polls: CEC(10 February 2016).
- ↑ CEC asks poll officials to remain neutral, Sivaraman, R.(11 February 2016).
- ↑ Parties seek single phase polls. Deccan Chronicle(11 February 2016).
- ↑ EC to tighten grip on cash for votes(12 February 2016).
- ↑ Brisk voting in Union Territory, Prasad, S.(17 May 2016).
External links
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