Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election 2021

Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election 2021 was announced on February 26, 2021 for all 30 seats of the Legislative Assembly out of which 25 are general and the rest 5 are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC). The election to the legislative assembly of the state was held in a single phase on April 6, 2021. The five year term of the legislative assembly of the state was to expire on June 8, 2021.

As per the electoral roll published on 20-1-2021, there were 10,02,589 electors in the state out of which 10,01,934 were general electors, 303 were service voters, and 352 were overseas electors. Polling was announced to be held on 1,559 polling stations as against 930 in 2016, which was an increase of 67.63 per cent. EVMs were deployed for voting and it was announced that a total of 2000 BUs, 2000 CUs, and 2000 VVPATs would be deployed.

Election Schedule

Poll Events	Single Phase (All 30 ACs)
Date of Issue of Notification	12.03.2021 (Friday)
Last date of making nomination	19.03.2021 (Friday)
Date of Scrutiny	20.03.2021 (Saturday)
Last date of withdrawal	22.03.2021 (Monday)
Date of Poll	06.04.2021 (Tuesday)
Date of Counting	02.05.2021 (Sunday)
Date of completion	04.05.2021 (Tuesday)

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	15	13	2

TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN A FRAY: 324
AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY: 11
MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY: 6
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY: 16

3.ELECTORS

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
I. NO. OF ELECTORS (INCLUDING SERVICE ELECTORS)	472944	531447	116	1004507
II. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED (EXCLUDING POSTAL VOTES)	383388	436828	89	820305
III. POLLING PERCENTAGE (EXCLUDING POSTAL BALLOTS)	81.06	82.2	76.72	81.66

4. NO. OF VALID VOTES (EVM VALID+POSTAT VALID): 825759
5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED (POSTAL): 980
6. NO. OF TEST VOTES, REJECTED VOTES DUE TO OTHER REASON AND NOTA VOTES: 10804
7. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS: 1558
8. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION: 645

9.PERFORMANCE OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
I. NO. OF CONTESTANTS	288	36	0	324
II. ELECTED	29	1	0	30
III. FORFEITED DEPOSITS	227	33	0	260

Participating Political Parties

ABBREVIATION	PARTY
NATIONAL PARTIES
1. BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2. BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party
3. CPI	Communist Party of India
4. CPI(M)	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
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
9. CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
10. DMDK	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
11. JD(U)	Janata Dal (United)
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
12. AMMKMNKZ	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam
13. IJK	Indiya Jananayaka Katchi
14. MIDP	My India Party
15. MNM	Makkal Needhi Maiam
16. NTK	Naam Tamilar Katchi
17. PB	Puratchi Bharatham
18. PUDEP	Puducherry Development Party
19. SDPI	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIA
20. VCK	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
INDEPENDENTS
21. IND	Independent
22. NOTA	None of the Above

Successful Candidates

CONSTITUENCY	WINNER	SEX	PARTY
1 MANNADIPET	A. NAMASSIVAYAM	M	BJP
2 THIRUBHUVANAI	P. ANGALANE	M	IND
3 OUSSUDU	AK SAI J SARAVANAN KUMAR	M	BJP
4 MANGALAM	DJEACOUMAR .C	M	AINRC
5 VILLIANUR	R. SIVA	M	DMK
6 OZHUKARAI	M. SIVASANKAR	M	IND
7 KADIRGAMAM	K.S.P @ S. RAMESH	M	AINRC
8 INDIRA NAGAR	V. AROUMOUGAME @ AKD	M	AINRC
9 THATTANCHAVADY	N. RANGASAMY	M	AINRC
10 KAMARAJ NAGAR	A. JOHNKUMAR	M	BJP
11 LAWSPET	M. VAITHIANATHAN	M	INC
12 KALAPET	P.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAM	M	BJP
13 MUTHIALPET	J. PRAKASH KUMAR	M	IND
14 RAJ BHAVAN	K. LAKSHMINARAYANAN	M	AINRC
15 OUPALAM	ANNIBAL KENNEDY	M	DMK
16 ORLEAMPETH	G. NEHRU @ KUPPUSAMY	M	IND
17 NELLITHOPE	RICHARDS JOHNKUMAR	M	BJP
18 MUDALIARPET	L. SAMBATH	M	DMK
19 ARIANKUPPAM	R. BASKAR @ DATCHANAMOURTTY	M	AINRC
20 MANAVELY	EMBALAM SELVAM @ R.SELVAM	M	BJP
21 EMBALAM	U LAKSHMIKANDHAN	M	AINRC
22 NETTAPAKKAM	P RAJAVELU	M	AINRC
23 BAHOUR	R SENTHILKUMAR	M	DMK
24 NEDUNGADU	CHANDIRA PRIYANGA	F	AINRC
25 THIRUNALLAR	PR. SIVA	M	IND
26 KARAIKAL NORTH	P.R.N. THIRUMURUGAN	M	AINRC
27 KARAIKAL SOUTH	A.M.H. NAZIM	M	DMK
28 NERAVY-T.R.PATTINAM	M.NAGATHIYAGARAJAN	M	DMK
29 MAHE	RAMESH PARAMBATH	M	INC
30 YANAM	GOLLAPALLI SRINIVAS ASHOK	M	IND

Partywise Summary

PARTY NAME	SEATS
All India N.R. Congress	10
Bharatiya Janata Party	6
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6
Independent	6
Indian National Congress	2

Performance of Political Parties

PARTY	SEATS CONTESTED	WON	FD	VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
NATIONAL PARTIES
1. BJP	9	6	0	114298	13.66%
2. BSP	11	0	11	1169	0.14%
3. CPI	1	0	0	7522	0.9%
4. CPI(M)	1	0	1	321	0.04%
5. INC	14	2	1	131393	15.71%
	36	8	13	254703	30.45
STATE PARTIES
6. ADMK	5	0	1	34623	4.14%
7. AINRC	16	10	1	216249	25.85%
8. DMK	13	6	1	154858	18.51%
	34	16	3	405730	48.5
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
9. CPI(ML)(L)	1	0	1	158	0.02%
10. DMDK	26	0	26	2524	0.3%
11. JD(U)	4	0	4	141	0.02%
	31	0	31	2823	0.34
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
12. AMMKMNKZ	25	0	25	4637	0.55%
13. IJK	21	0	21	996	0.12%
14. MIDP	1	0	1	145	0.02%
15. MNM	22	0	22	15835	1.89%
16. NTK	28	0	28	28189	3.37%
17. PB	1	0	1	60	0.01%
18. PUDEP	4	0	4	199	0.02%
19. SDPI	4	0	4	711	0.08%
20. VCK	1	0	0	5633	0.67%
107	0	106	56405	6.74
INDEPENDENTS
21. IND	116	6	107	106098	12.68%
	116	6	107	106098	12.68
22. NOTA	-	-	-	10803	1.29%
	-	-	-	10803	1.29
Grand Total:	324	30	260	836562	100