Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election 2016

Highlights

1. NO OF CONSTITUENCIES

TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY	GEN	SC	ST	TOTAL
NO OF CONSTITUENCIES	25	5	0	30

2. NO OF CONTESTANTS

NO. OF CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY	1	2	3	4	5	6-10	11-15	Above 15
NO. OF SUCH CONSTITUENCIES	0	0	0	0	0	9	20	1

TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN FRAY : 344
AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY : 11
MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 8
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY : 17

3. ELECTORS

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
i. NO. OF ELECTORS (Including Service Electors)	447444	494412	79	941935
ii. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED AT POLLING STATIONS	368981	422427	69	791477
iii. POLLING PERCENTAGE	82.46%	85.44%	87%	84.03%

4. NO. OF VALID VOTES (EVM Valid+Postal Valid): 787103
5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED (Postal): 503
6. NO. OF VOTES NOT RETRIEVED FROM EVM,TEST VOTES, REJECTED VOTES DUE TO OTHER REASON AND NOTA VOTES : 13836
7. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS: 930
8. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION: 1013

9. PERFORMANCE OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
i. NO. OF CONTESTANTS	322	21	1	344
ii. ELECTED	26	4	0	30
iii. FORFEITED DEPOSITS	258	16	1	275

Participating Political Parties

ABBREVIATION	PARTY
NATIONAL PARTIES
1 . BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2 . BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party
3 . CPI	Communist Party of India
4 . CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5 . INC	Indian National Congress
STATE PARTIES
6 . ADMK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
7 . AINRC	All India N.R. Congress
8 . DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9 . PMK	Pattali Makkal Katchi
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
10 . DMDK	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
11 . JD(U)	Janata Dal (United)
12 . RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
REGISTERED(Unrecognised) PARTIES
13 . AgIMK	Agila India Makkal Kazhagam
14 . CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
15 . IJK	Indiya Jananayaka Katchi
16 . MDMK	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17 . ntk	Naam Tamilar Katchi
18 . SDPI	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIA
19 . tavk	Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi
20 . VCK	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
INDEPENDENTS
21 . IND	Independent
22 . NOTA	None of the Above

Successful Candidates

CONSTITUENCY	WINNER	SEX	PARTY
1 Mannadipet	T.P.R. Selvame	M	AINRC
2 Thirubhuvanai (SC)	B. Kobiga	F	AINRC
3 Oussudu (SC)	E. Theeppainthan	M	INC
4 Mangalam	S.V. Sugumaran	M	AINRC
5 Villianur	A. Namassivayam	M	INC
6 Ozhukarai	Mnr. Balan	M	INC
7 Kadirgamam	N.S.J. Jayabal @ Ayyanar	M	AINRC
8 Indira Nagar	N. Rangasamy	M	AINRC
9 Thattanchavady	Ashok Anand	M	AINRC
10 Kamaraj Nagar	Ve. Vaithilingam	M	INC
11 Lawspet	V.P. Sivakolundhu	M	INC
12 Kalapet	M.O.H.F. Shahjahan	M	INC
13 Muthialpet	Vaiyapuri Manikandan	M	ADMK
14 Raj Bhavan	K. Lakshminarayanan	M	INC
15 Oupalam	A. Anbalagan M	ADMK
16 Orleampeth	R. Siva	M	DMK
17 Nellithope	A. Johnkumar	M	INC
18 Mudaliarpet	A. Baskar	M	ADMK
19 Ariankuppam	T. Djeamourthy	M	INC
20 Manavely	R.K.R. Anantharaman	M	INC
21 Embalam (SC)	Candassamy, M.	M	INC
22 Nettapakkam (SC)	Vizeaveny, V.	F	INC
23 Bahour	Danavelou, N.	M	INC
24 Nedungadu (SC)	Chandirapriyanga	F	AINRC
25 Thirunallar	R. Kamalakkannan	M	INC
26 Karaikal North	P.R.N. Thirumurugan	M	AINRC
27 Karaikal South	K.A.U. Asana	M	ADMK
28 Neravy T.R. Pattinam	A.Geetha	F	DMK
29 Mahe	Dr. V.Ramachandran	M	IND
30 Yanam	Malladi Krishna Rao	M	INC

Partywise Summary

PARTY NAME	SEATS
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4
All India N.R. Congress	8
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2
Independent	1
Indian National Congress	15

Performance of Political Parties