2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the 15th Puducherry Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India. The National Democratic Alliance won a simple majority in the elections.

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
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All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.38%(1.7pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
DMK
Leader N. Rangaswamy R. Siva
Party AINRC DMK
Alliance NDA SPA+UPA
Leader since 2011 2021
Leader's seat Thattanchavady (won)
Yanam (lost) 		Villianur
Last election 8 2
Seats before 7 2
Seats won 10 6
Seat change 2 4
Popular vote 216,249 154,858
Percentage 25.85% 18.51%
Swing 2.25pp 9.61pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader A. Namassivayam V. Narayanasamy
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA SPA+UPA
Leader since 2021 2016
Leader's seat Mannadipet Did not contest
Last election 0 15
Seats before 3 9
Seats won 6 2
Seat change 6 13
Popular vote 114,298 131,393
Percentage 13.66% 15.71%
Swing 11.26pp 14.89pp
Chief Minister before election

V. Narayanasamy
INC

Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

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 with 15 seats, with the support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) the government was formed. However, a trust vote was called after five MLAs of the Congress, including two ministers, and one DMK MLA resigned from the Assembly. Two of the Congress leaders had joined the BJP which is in alliance with Opposition NR Congress in the Union Territory. The ruling party lost the trust vote after the speaker decided to accept votes from nominated MLAs on equal standing to the elected ones. The outgoing chief minister Narayanasamy commented that the Lieutenant Governor, who was a former president of BJP, had appointed members of her own party for all nominated seats, including one who garnished only 174 votes when he contested in regular elections.

After the 2021 election, the Lt Governor once again granted all the non-elected MLAs to BJP, and thus making it the second largest party with 1/3rd of the seats solely from nominated members rather than directly elected by the people.

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

United Progressive Alliance

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress INC V. Narayanasamy 14
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK R. Siva 13
Communist Party of India CPI A. M. Saleem 1
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi VCK Thol. Thirumavalavan 1
Independent IND Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok 1

CPIM contested the Muthialpet seat and supported the alliance in all other seats.

National Democratic Alliance (India)

  National Democratic Alliance (India)

Party Symbol Leader Seats contested
All India N.R. Congress AINRC N. Rangaswamy 16
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP A. Namassivayam 9
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK A. Anbalagan 5

PMK supports this alliance without contesting in any seat.

Parties not in any coalition

Party Symbol Leader Seats contested
Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM Kamal Haasan 22
Naam Tamilar Katchi NTK Seeman 28
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam DMDK

Vijayakanth 26
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi IJK T. R. Paarivendhar 21
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) K. Balakrishnan 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L Dipankar Bhattacharya 1

Candidates

List Of Candidates
Constituency UPA NDA
# Name Party Candidate Party Candidate
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet DMK A. Krishnan BJP A. Namassivayam
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) DMK A. Mugilan AINRC B.Gobika
3 Ossudu (SC) INC P. Karthikeyan BJP J. Saravana Kumar
4 Mangalam DMK Sankumaravel AINRC C. Jayakumar
5 Villianur DMK R. Siva AINRC S.V.Sugumaran
6 Ozhukarai VCK D.Angalane AINRC G.Pannirselvam
7 Kadirkamam INC P. Selvanathan AINRC S.Ramesh
8 Indira Nagar INC M. Kannan AINRC V. Arumugam A.K.D.
9 Thattanchavady CPI K. Sethu Selvam AINRC N. Rangaswamy
10 Kamaraj Nagar INC M. O. H. F. Shahjahan BJP A. Johnkumar
11 Lawspet INC M. Vaithianathan BJP V. Saminathan
12 Kalapet DMK S. Muthuvel BJP P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram
13 Muthialpet INC S. Senthil Kumaran AIADMK Vaiyapuri Manikandan
14 Raj Bhavan DMK S.P. Sivakumar AINRC K. Lakshminarayanan
15 Oupalam DMK V. Annibal Kennedy AIADMK A. Anbalagan
16 Orleampeth DMK S. Gopal AIADMK Omsakthi Sekar
17 Nellithope DMK V. Karthikeyan BJP Vivilian Richards Johnkumar
18 Mudaliarpet DMK L. Sampath AIADMK A. Baskar
19 Ariankuppam INC T. Jayamurthy AINRC R.Datchanamourtty
20 Manavely INC R. K. R. Anantharaman BJP Embalam R. Selvam
21 Embalam (SC) INC M. kandassamy AINRC U.LakshmiKandhan
22 Nettapakkam (SC) INC V.Vijayaveny AINRC P.Rajavelu
23 Bahour DMK R. Senthil Kumar AINRC N.Danavelu
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) INC A. Marimuthu AINRC S.ChandraPriyanga
25 Thirunallar INC R. Kamalakannan BJP G. N. S. Rajasekaran
26 Karaikal North INC A. V. Subramanian AINRC P.R.N Thirumurugan
27 Karaikal South DMK A.M.H. Nazeem AIADMK K. A. U. Asana
28 Neravy T R Pattinam DMK M. Nagathiyagarajan BJP V. M. C. S. Manokaran
Mahe District
29 Mahe INC Ramesh Parambath AINRC V. P. Abdul Rahman
Yanam District
30 Yanam IND Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok AINRC N. Rangaswamy

Polls and surveys

Opinion polls

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA Others
3 April 2021 Thanthi TV 21-27 3-9 0 12-24
24 March 2021 Patriotic Voter 17-18 10-12 0-3 6
15 March 2021 ABP News - CVoter 16-20 10-14 0 2-10
8 March 2021 Times Now - CVoter 18 12 0 6
1 March 2021 Patriotic Voter 19 11 0 8

Exit polls

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA Others
29 April 2021 Republic TV-CNX 16-20 11-13 - 5-7
29 April 2021 Patriotic Voter 18 12 - 6
29 April 2021 ABP-C Voter 19-23 6-10 1-2 9-17

Voter Turnout

S.No. District Vote %
1. Karaikal 80.07
2. Puducherry 82.01
3. Yanam 91.27
4. Mahé 73.53
Total 81.69

Result

16 9 5
NDA UPA IND
  1. NDA (43.6%)
  2. UPA (37.9%)
  3. Others (18.5%)
  1. NDA (53.3%)
  2. UPA (30.0%)
  3. IND (16.7%)
Party Votes Vote % Swing Conts Won Change
All India N.R. Congress 216,249 25.85 2.3 16 10 2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 154,858 18.51 9.6 13 6 4
Indian National Congress 131,393 15.71 14.9 14 2 13
Bharatiya Janata Party 114,298 13.66 11.3 9 6 6
Independents 106,098 12.68 6 5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 34,623 4.14 12.7 5 0 4
Naam Tamilar Katchi 28,189 3.37 2.9 28 0
Makkal Needhi Maiam 15,825 1.89 1.89 22 0 New Party
Communist Party of India 7,522 0.90 0.2 1 0
None of the above 10,803 1.29 0.4
Total 836,562 100 30 30
Valid votes 836,562 99.88
Invalid votes 981 0.12
Votes cast / turnout 837,543 83.38
Registered voters 1,004,507
Source:

Results by party and alliance

Source
NDA SEATS UPA SEATS Others SEATS
AINRC 10 INC 2 IND 5
BJP 6 DMK 6
IND 1
Total 16 Total 9 Total 5
Change 4 Change 8 Change 4

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

Results
Constituency & Turnout Winner Runner-up Margin
# Name % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet 89.10 A. Namassivayam BJP 14,939 51.82 A. Krishnan DMK 12,189 42.28 2,750
2 Thirubuvanai (SC) 87.61 P. Angalane IND 10,597 36.78 B. Kobiga AINRC 8,238 28.60 2,359
3 Ossudu (SC) 89.50 A. K. Saravanankumar BJP 14,121 48.78 P. Karthikeyan INC 12,241 42.29 1,880
4 Mangalam 87.75 C. Djeacoumar AINRC 16,972 50.89 Sun. Kumaravel DMK 14,221 42.64 2,751
5 Villianur 83.08 R. Siva DMK 19,653 55.73 S.V. Sugumaran AINRC 12,703 36.02 6,950
6 Ozhukarai 77.83 M. Sivasankar IND 11,940 36.50 N.G. Pannir Selvam AINRC 11,121 34.00 819
7 Kadirkamam 78.04 S. Ramesh AINRC 17,775 65.82 P. Selvanadane INC 5,529 20.47 12,246
8 Indira Nagar 82.04 A. K. D. Arumugam AINRC 21,841 74.77 M. Kannan INC 3,310 11.33 18,531
9 Thattanchavady 76.89 N. Rangasamy AINRC 12,978 55.02 K. Sethu Selvam CPI 7,522 31.89 5,456
10 Kamaraj Nagar 78.65 A. Johnkumar BJP 16,687 56.11 M. O. H. F. Shahjahan INC 9,458 31.80 7,229
11 Lawspet 80.67 M. Vaithianathan INC 14,592 55.60 V. Saminathan BJP 8,891 33.88 5,701
12 Kalapet 85.87 P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram BJP 13,277 44.63 A. Senthil Ramesh IND 9,769 32.84 3,508
13 Muthialpet 78.64 J. Prakash Kumar IND 8,778 37.48 Vaiyapuri Manikandan AIADMK 7,844 33.49 934
14 Raj Bhavan 73.93 K. Lakshminarayanan AINRC 10,096 51.86 S.P. Sivakumar DMK 6,364 32.69 3,732
15 Oupalam 85.06 Annibal Kennedy DMK 13,433 56.64 A. Anbalagan AIADMK 8,653 36.48 4,780
16 Orleampeth 81.95 G. Nehru Kuppusamy IND 9,580 47.29 S. Gopal DMK 7,487 36.96 2,093
17 Nellithope 82.56 V. R. Johnkumar BJP 11,757 42.26 V. Karthikeyan DMK 11,261 40.47 496
18 Mudaliarpet 83.01 L. Sambath DMK 15,151 51.30 A. Baskar AIADMK 10,972 37.15 4,179
19 Ariankuppam 84.23 R. Baskar Datchanamourtty AINRC 17,858 54.32 T. Jayamoorthy INC 11,440 34.80 6,418
20 Manavely 86.74 Embalam R. Selvam BJP 17,225 57.54 R. K. R. Anantharaman INC 9,093 30.37 8,132
21 Embalam (SC) 88.76 U. Lakshmikandhan AINRC 15,624 50.85 M. Candassamy INC 13,384 43.56 2,240
22 Nettapakkam (SC) 86.93 P. Rajavelu AINRC 15,978 56.82 V. Vijayaveny INC 9,340 33.21 6,638
23 Bahour 89.60 R. Senthilkumar DMK 11,789 44.56 N. Dhanavelou AINRC 11,578 43.76 201
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC) 84.92 S. Chandra Priyanga AINRC 10,774 40.20 A. Marimuthu INC 8,560 31.94 2,214
25 Thirunallar 85.93 P. R. Siva IND 9,551 36.45 S. Rajasekaran BJP 8,416 31.32 1,380
26 Karaikal North 79.43 P. R. N. Thirumurugan AINRC 12,704 44.85 A. V. Subramanian INC 12,569 44.38 135
27 Karaikal South 76.54 A. M. H. Nazeem DMK 17,401 71.15 K. A. U. Asana AIADMK 5,367 21.95 12,034
28 Neravy T R Pattinam 83.40 M. Nagathiyagarajan DMK 14,496 55.74 V. M. C. S. Manokaran BJP 8,985 34.55 5,511
Mahe District
29 Mahe 75.29 Ramesh Parambath INC 9,744 41.63 N. Haridasan Master IND 9,444 40.35 300
Yanam District
30 Yanam 92.31 Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok IND 17,131 49.04 N. Rangasamy AINRC 16,475 47.17 655

Government formation

Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the government formation was finalized 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 NDA 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 MLAs affiliated to the BJP, thereby taking NDA to 19 seats and BJP to 9. Furthermore, before the swearing in of the government, 3 Independent MLAs pledged support to AIRNC and 2 Independent MLAs pledged support to BJP, also the 1 Independent MLA backed by UPA during election later switched allegiance to BJP. The NDA MLAs increased to 25 and UPA decreased to 8. Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on cabinet composition and assembly speaker continued for more than a month. On 8 June the alliance announced that the BJP would get 2 ministers and the post of assembly speaker, while AIRNC will get 3 ministers.

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