Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in April 1996, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote, and R. V. Janakiraman was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.
1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election ← 1991
27 April 1996
2001 →
Registered 633,635 Turnout 75.33% Majority party Minority party Leader V. Vaithilingam R. V. Janakiraman Party INC DMK Seats before 15 4 Seats won 9 7 Seat change Popular vote 28.39% 25.65%
CM before election V. Vaithilingam
Elected CM R. V. Janakiraman
List of Candidates Constituency INC+ DMK+ 1 Muthialpet AIADMK S. Anandavelu DMK G. Palaniraja 2 Cassicade INC S. Narayanasamy Ind. P. Kannan 3 Raj Bhavan INC A. Gandhirasu DMK S.P. Sivakumar 4 Bussy INC C.M. Achraff CPI Abdul Rachide 5 Oupalam AIADMK U.C. Arumugham TMC(M) S. Rathinam @ Manohar 6 Orleampeth AIADMK K. Parasuraman DMK R. Siva 7 Nellithope AIADMK D. Ramachandiren DMK R.V. Janakiraman 8 Modeliarpeth INC V. Kothandaraman Sababathy CPI M. Manjini 9 Ariankuppam AIADMK S. Sreedharan DMK T. Jayamoorthy 10 Embalom (SC) INC K. Pakkiriammal DMK P. Muthukrishnan 11 Nettapakkam INC V. Vaithilingam DMK P.M. Mathy @ Subbarayan 12 Kuruvinatham INC T. Thiagarajan DMK A. Annapoorni 13 Bahour (SC) INC P. Rajavelu TMC(M) M. Kandasamy 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) AIADMK S. Arasi DMK K. Jayaraj 15 Mannadipet INC N. Rajaram TMC(M) K. Rajasegaran 16 Ossudu (SC) INC N. Marimuthu TMC(M) V. Nagarathinam 17 Villenour INC P. Anandbaskaran TMC(M) C. Jayakumar 18 Ozhukarai AIADMK K. Natarajan DMK R.R. Somasundaram 19 Thattanchavady INC N. Rangasamy DMK V. Rathinavelu 20 Reddiarpalayam AIADMK Na. Manimaran CPI R. Viswanathan 21 Lawspet INC M.O.H.F. Shajahan DMK N. Kesavan 22 Cotchery INC R. Nalamagarajan DMK S. Shanmugam 23 Karaikal AIADMK H.M. Abdul Kader DMK A.M.H. Nazeem 24 Karaikal South INC A.V. Subramanian DMK S. Savarirajan 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee AIADMK A.M.K. Balu DMK V.M.C. Sivakkumar 26 Tirunallar INC R. Kamalakannan DMK A. Soundarengan 27 Neduncadu (SC) INC M. Chandirakasu DMK A. Marimuthu 28 Mahe INC E. Valsaraj Ind. Manoly Muhammad 29 Palloor INC A.V. Sreedharan Ind. P.K. Sathyanandan 30 Yanam INC Velaga Rajeswara Rao Ind. Malladi Krishna Rao
Results Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 116,618 25.34 9 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 105,392 22.90 7 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 57,678 12.53 3 Tamil Maanila Congress 42,485 9.23 5 New Communist Party of India 29,964 6.51 2 Janata Dal 20,360 4.42 1 0 Pattali Makkal Katchi 11,544 2.51 1 New Others 29,126 6.33 0 0 Independents 47,126 10.24 2 Total 460,293 100.00 30 0 Valid votes 460,293 96.43 Invalid/blank votes 17,036 3.57 Total votes 477,329 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 633,635 75.33 Source: ECI
Elected members Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin #k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Muthialpet 69.96% S. Anandavelu AIADMK 11,009 56.26% G. Palani Raja DMK 8,098 41.39% 2,911 2 Cassicade 66.08% P. Kannan IND 6,501 63.21% S. Narayanasamy INC 3,195 31.06% 3,306 3 Raj Bhavan 65.39% S. P. Sivakumar DMK 2,697 58.54% A. Gandhirasu INC 1,159 25.16% 1,538 4 Bussy 60.37% C. M. Achraff INC 2,208 46.26% A. Abdul Rachide CPI 1,378 28.87% 830 5 Oupalam 72.39% S. Rathinam @ Manohar TMC(M) 6,866 50.79% U. C. Arumugam AIADMK 5,866 43.39% 1,000 6 Orleampeth 68.14% R. Siva DMK 8,105 49.16% K. Parasuraman AIADMK 5,107 30.97% 2,998 7 Nellithope 69.88% R. V. Janakiraman DMK 8,803 52.31% D. Ramachandiren AIADMK 7,354 43.70% 1,449 8 Mudaliarpet 71.54% M. Manjini CPI 11,380 49.69% V. Sababady Kothandraman INC 8,278 36.15% 3,102 9 Ariankuppam 79.25% S. Ramsingh PMK 7,382 37.86% T. Jayamoorthy DMK 6,329 32.46% 1,053 10 Embalam 78.31% R. Rajaraman JD 8,311 62.73% K. Pakkiriammal INC 3,454 26.07% 4,857 11 Nettapakkam 83.58% V. Vaithilingam INC 7,563 54.86% V. Muthunarayana Reddiar IND 5,036 36.53% 2,527 12 Kuruvinatham 87.32% T. Thiagarajan INC 7,209 48.85% R. Ramanathan MDMK 7,022 47.58% 187 13 Bahour 83.48% M. Kandasamy TMC(M) 7,921 51.95% P. Rajavelu INC 7,221 47.36% 700 14 Thirubuvanai 79.23% S. Arasi AIADMK 5,707 37.08% K. Jayaraj DMK 5,586 36.29% 121 15 Mannadipet 82.77% K. Rajasegaran TMC(M) 8,113 51.63% N. Rajaram INC 6,866 43.69% 1,247 16 Ossudu 80.14% V. Nagarathinam TMC(M) 7,380 53.78% N. Marimuthu INC 5,232 38.13% 2,148 17 Villianur 83.35% C. Jayakumar TMC(M) 12,205 64.56% P. Anandabaskaran INC 6,509 34.43% 5,696 18 Ozhukarai 75.71% K. Natarajan AIADMK 7,794 41.10% R. R. Somasundaram DMK 6,252 32.97% 1,542 19 Thattanchavady 72.14% N. Rangaswamy INC 9,989 42.95% V. Pethaperumal JD 7,699 33.11% 2,290 20 Reddiarpalayam 62.82% R. Viswanathan CPI 17,206 65.58% Na. Manimaran AIADMK 5,966 22.74% 11,240 21 Lawspet 71.79% N. Kesavan DMK 16,442 54.40% M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC 10,211 33.78% 6,231 22 Cotchery 78.37% R. Nalamagarajan INC 7,630 47.53% G. Panjavarnam IND 5,968 37.17% 1,662 23 Karaikal North 67.73% A. M. H. Nazeem DMK 9,474 71.01% H. M. Abdul Kader AIADMK 2,946 22.08% 6,528 24 Karaikal South 75.45% A. V. Subramanian INC 6,676 57.48% S. Savarirajan DMK 4,717 40.61% 1,959 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 78.01% V. M. C. Sivakumar DMK 7,595 53.44% S. T. P. Diravidamani IND 4,385 30.85% 3,210 26 Thirunallar 78.92% R. Kamalakannan INC 6,063 48.53% A. Soundarengan DMK 4,938 39.53% 1,125 27 Nedungadu 83.17% A. Marimuthu DMK 6,899 54.93% M. Chandirakasu INC 5,116 40.74% 1,783 28 Mahe 76.06% E. Valsaraj INC 4,184 45.58% Manoli Muhammad IND 3,915 42.65% 269 29 Palloor 74.44% A. V. Sreedharan INC 4,253 45.40% Panangatil Khader JD 2,929 31.27% 1,324 30 Yanam 86.68% Malladi Krishna Rao IND 8,445 62.31% Velaga Rajeshwara Rao INC 3,602 26.58% 4,843
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