2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
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All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.08%(Decrease1.11%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader A. Namassivayam N. Rangaswamy
Party INC AINRC
Alliance UPA+DPA Independent
Leader's seat Villianur[1] Indira Nagar[1]
Last election 7 seats, 25.06% 15 seats, 31.75%
Seats won INC: 15
(Alliance: 17) 		8
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 7
Popular vote 244,886 225,082
Percentage 30.6% 28.1%
Swing Increase 5.54% Decrease 3.65%
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 Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.[2]

  1. ^ a b Prakash Upadhyaya & S V Krishnamachari (19 May 2016). "Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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