2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)
All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.08%( 1.11%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader V. Narayanasamy N. Rangaswamy
Party INC AINRC
Alliance UPA+DPA Independent
Leader's seat Nellithope(by-poll) Indira Nagar
Last election 7 seats, 25.06% 15 seats, 31.75%
Seats won 15 8
Seat change 8 7
Popular vote 244,886 225,082
Percentage 30.6% 28.1%
Swing 5.54% 3.65%
  Third party Fourth party
 
AIADMK
DMK
Leader A. Anbazhagan R. Siva
Party AIADMK DMK
Alliance - DPA+UPA
Leader's seat Oupalam Orleampeth
Last election 5 seats, 13.65% 2 seats, 10.68%
Seats won 4 2
Seat change 1
Popular vote 134,597 70,836
Percentage 16.8% 8.9%
Swing 3.05% 1.78%
Chief Minister before election

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

Elected Chief Minister

V. Narayanasamy
INC

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 the Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.

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