2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
6 April 2021
All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,004,507
Turnout83.42%(1.66pp)
  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 (won)
Last election 8 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 (won) Did not contest
Last election 0 15
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

The elections to elect the members of the 15th Puducherry Assembly was held on 6 April 2021. The elections were held for all the 30 constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly.

The National Democratic Alliance won a simple majority in the elections, and N. Rangaswamy of the All India N.R. Congress was sworn in as the chief minister for the fourth time.

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