1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in April 1996, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India.[1][2] The Indian National Congress won the most seats, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote, and R. V. Janakiraman was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.[3][4]
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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 633,635 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 75.33% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 116,618 | 25.34 | 9 | –6 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 105,392 | 22.90 | 7 | +3 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 57,678 | 12.53 | 3 | +3 | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress | 42,485 | 9.23 | 5 | New | |
| Communist Party of India | 29,964 | 6.51 | 2 | +1 | |
| Janata Dal | 20,360 | 4.42 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 11,544 | 2.51 | 1 | New | |
| Others | 29,126 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 47,126 | 10.24 | 2 | –1 | |
| Total | 460,293 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 460,293 | 96.43 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,036 | 3.57 | |||
| Total votes | 477,329 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 633,635 | 75.33 | |||
| Source: ECI[5] | |||||
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muthialpet | None | S. Anandavelu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Cassicade | None | P. Kannan | Independent | |
| Raj Bhavan | None | S.p. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Bussy | None | C.m. Achraff | Indian National Congress | |
| Oupalam | None | S. Rathinam @ Manohar | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Orleampeth | None | R. Siva | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Nellithope | None | R.v. Janakiraman | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Modeliarpeth | None | M. Manjini | Communist Party of India | |
| Ariankuppam | None | S. Ramsingh | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| Embalom | SC | R. Rajaraman | Janata Dal | |
| Nettapakkam | None | V. Vaithilingam | Indian National Congress | |
| Kuruvinatham | None | T. Thiagarajan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bahour | SC | M. Kandasamy | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Thirubuvanai | SC | S. Arasi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Mannadipeth | None | K. Rajasegaran | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Ossudu | SC | V. Nagarathinam | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Villenour | None | C. Jayakumar | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Ozhukarai | None | K. Natarajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Thattanchavady | None | N. Rangasamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Reddiarpalayam | None | R. Viswanathan | Communist Party of India | |
| Lawspet | None | N. Kesavan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Cotchery | None | R. Nalamagarajan | Indian National Congress | |
| Karaikal | None | A.m.h. Nazeem | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Karaikal South | None | A.v. Subramanian | Indian National Congress | |
| Neravy-grand Aldee | None | V.m.c. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tirunallar | None | R. Kamalakannan | Indian National Congress | |
| Neduncadu | SC | A. Marimuthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Mahe | None | E. Valsaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| Palloor | None | A.v. Sreedharan | Indian National Congress | |
| Yanam | None | Malladi Krishna Rao | Independent | |
References
- "Explained: Puducherry, the territory of coalitions and President's Rule". The Week (Indian magazine). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
9th election: 1996 - The Congress was the single-largest party in the 1996 election in Puducherry, winning nine seats with a vote share of 25 per cent. The DMK, its principle adversary, won seven seats, with a vote share of nearly 23 per cent
- "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- Bosco Dominique (10 June 2019). "Former Puducherry chief minister RV Janakiraman dead". Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
External links
- "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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