2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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Template:Infobox election 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]

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

File:Puducherry 2021 SPA.png
Constituency sharing of UPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress INC File:Hand INC.svg V. Narayanasamy 14
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK File:Indian Election Symbol Rising Sun.png R. Siva 13
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Communist Party of India CPI File:Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png A. M. Saleem 1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK File:Pot Symbol.png 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.

File:Puducherry 2021 NDA.png
Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| All India N.R. Congress AINRC Jug N. Rangaswamy 16
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party BJP File:BJP election symbol.png A. Namassivayam 9
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK File:AIADMK Two Leaves.png A. Anbalagan 5

PMK supports this alliance without contesting in any seat.

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Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Naam Tamilar Katchi NTK File:Indian Election Symbol sugarcane farmer.svg Seeman 28
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDK

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Vijayakanth 26
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM

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Kamal Haasan 22
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi IJK File:Indian Election Symbol Auto Rickshaw.png T. R. Paarivendhar 21
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png K. Balakrishnan 1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L Dipankar Bhattacharya 1

Candidates

List Of Candidates[5]
Assembly Constituency colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|UPA colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |NDA colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |MNM colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |NTK colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |AMMK colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |DMDK colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |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 bgcolor=Template:Party color | 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 style="background:Template:Party color" | style="background:Template:Party color" | style="background:Template:Party color" | Lead
NDA UPA Others
3 April 2021 Thanthi TV[6] 21-27 3-9 0 style="background:Template:Party color;" |Template:Font color
24 March 2021 Patriotic Voter [7] 17-18 10-12 0-3 style="background:Template:Party color;" |Template:Font color
15 March 2021 ABP News - CVoter[8] 16-20 10-14 0 style="background:Template:Party color;" |Template:Font color
8 March 2021 Times Now - CVoter[9] 18 12 0 style="background:Template:Party color;" |Template:Font color
1 March 2021 Patriotic Voter [7] 19 11 0 style="background:Template:Party color;" |Template:Font color

Exit Polls

Date published Polling agency style="background:Template:Party color" | style="background:Template:Party color" | style="background:Template:Party color" | Lead
NDA UPA Others
29 April 2021 Republic TV-CNX[10] Template:Party shading/BJP |16-20 11-13 - Template:Party shading/BJP |5-7
29 April 2021 Patriotic Voter [11] Template:Party shading/BJP |18 12 - Template:Party shading/BJP |6
29 April 2021 ABP-C Voter[10] Template:Party shading/BJP |19-23 6-10 1-2 Template:Party shading/BJP |9-17

Voter Turnout

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]

Result

Results By Party

Party Votes Vote % Swing Conts Won Strike Rate Change
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| All India N.R. Congress 2,16,249 25.85 Template:Decrease 2.3 16 10 62.50% Template:Increase 2
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 1,14,298 13.66 Template:Increase 11.3 9 6 66.67% Template:Increase 6
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,54,858 18.51 Template:Increase 9.6 13 6 46.15% Template:Increase 4
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Independents 1,06,098 12.68 6 - Template:Increase 5
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 1,31,393 15.71 Template:Decrease 14.9 14 2 8.33% Template:Decrease 13
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 34,623 4.14 Template:Decrease 12.7 5 0 0.00% Template:Decrease 4
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Naam Tamilar Katchi 28,189 3.37 Template:Increase 2.9 28 0 0.00% Template:Steady
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Makkal Needhi Maiam 15,825 1.89 Template:Increase 1.89 22 0 0.00% New Party
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| Communist Party of India 7,522 0.90 Template:Decrease 0.2 1 0 0.00% Template:Steady
style="background-color:Template:Party color"| None of the above 10,803 1.29 Template:Decrease 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]
style="background:Template:Party color; width:53.33%;" | 16 style="background:Template:Party color; width:30.00%;" | 9 style="background:Template:Party color; width:16.67;" | 5
NDA UPA IND

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Results by Party and Alliance

colspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|NDA style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|SEATS colspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|UPA style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|SEATS Others SEATS
AINRC width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| 10 INC width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| 2 IND 5
BJP width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| 6 DMK width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| 6
IND 1
Total 16 Total 9 Total 5
Change Template:Increase 4 Change Template:Decrease 8 Change Template:Increase 4

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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

File:2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election result.png
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 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

References

  1. ↑ Puducherry CM Narayanasamy brokers truce between DMK, Congress. The New Indian Express(19 January 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 2021-03-26.
  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(2021-04-29). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  11. ↑ PUDUCHERRY 2020.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 {{{title}}}.Template: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(2021-05-02). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-02.

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