2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
13 April 2011 (2011-04-13)
All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout86.19%
  First party Second party
 
Leader N. RangaswamyV. Vaithilingam
Party AINRCINC
Alliance AINRC + AIADMKDPA+UPA
Leader since 7 February 2011 4 September 2008
Leader's seat Kadirkamam (retained) Kamaraj Nagar (won)
Last election New10
Seats before New10
Seats won 157
Seat change SteadyDecrease 3
Percentage 31.75%25.06%
  Third party Fourth party
 
AIADMK
DMK
Leader A. Anbazhagan R. Siva
Party AIADMKDMK
Alliance AIADMK + AINRCDPA+UPA
Leader's seat Oupalam (won) Orleampeth (lost)
Last election 3 7
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 5
Popular vote 95,960 74,552
Percentage 13.75% 10.68%
Chief Minister before election

V. VaithilingamINC

Elected Chief Minister

N. RangaswamyAINRC

A legislative assembly election was held in the Indianunion territory of Puducherry on 13 April 2011 to elect members from thirty constituencies in the non-contiguous territory. This election was meant to constitute the Thirteenth Assembly of Pondicherry.[1]

Candidates

26 March 2011 marked the last day to complete nominations for the elections. 30 March 2011 was the last day for possible withdrawal of nominations.[1] In total, 187 candidates contested the polls. In Yanam there was a total of ten candidates, the highest number in any constituency in this election. In the Indira Nagar constituency there were just two candidates, former chief minister N. Rangaswamy (who also contested the Kadirkamam constituency, this was the first time in the history of the territory that a candidate contested two different assembly constituencies) and Indian National Congress candidate A.K.D. Aroumougame.[2] The counting of the votes was scheduled for 13 May 2011.[1]

Campaign

Amongst the contending parties, there were two major coalitions. On one side, there was an alliance backing the incumbent chief minister V. Vaithilingam, consisting of the Indian National Congress (which contested 17 seats), the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (10 seats), Pattali Makkal Katchi (2 seats) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (1 seat). The other main bloc contesting the election was an alliance consisting of the All India N.R Congress of N. Rangaswamy (contesting 17 seats), the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (10 seats), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1 seat), the Communist Party of India (1 seat) and the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (1 seat). A third force was the Bharatiya Janata Party, which did not align with any of the two big bloc and contested twenty seats on its own. There were also 78 independent candidates in the fray.[2]

Several high-profile national politicians took part in the campaigning: Sonia Gandhi (president of the Indian National Congress), Rahul Gandhi (Indian National Congress general secretary), Pranab Mukherjee (Indian National Congress union minister), Nitin Gadkari (BJP president), Sushma Swaraj (BJP MP), Venkaiah Naidu (former BJP president), M. Karunanidhi (DMK chief minister of Tamil Nadu), J. Jayalalithaa (general secretary of AIADMK) and Vijayakanth (general secretary of DMDK).[2]

Election

Over 810,000 voters were eligible to take part in the polls.[2]

Parties and alliances

Source: [3]

  UPA+DPA Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National CongressINC V. Vaithilingam17
Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK R. Siva10
Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK S. Ramadoss2
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiVCK Thol. Thirumavalavan1

  AINRC-AIADMK Alliance

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India N.R. CongressAINRC N. Rangasamy17
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK A. Anbalagan 10
Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamDMDK R. Selvaraj 1
Communist Party of IndiaCPI Na. Ra. Kalainathan 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) V. Perumal 1

List of Candidates

Constituency
UPA + DPAAIADMK + AINRC
1 MannadipetPMKK. P. K. Arul Murugan AINRCT. P. R. Selvame
2 Thirubuvanai (SC)INCK. Jayaraj AINRCP. Angalane
3 Ossudu (SC)DMKA. Elumalai AINRCP. Karthikeyan
4 MangalamINCC. Djeacoumar AINRCP. Anandabaskaran
5 VillianurINCA. NamassivayamAINRCK. Nadarajan
6 OzhukaraiDMKA. JohnkumarAINRCN.G. Pannirselvam
7 KadirkamamINCV. Pethaperumal AINRCN. Rangaswamy
8 Indira NagarINCV. Aroumougam AINRCN. Rangaswamy
9 ThattanchavadyDMKA. Ilango AINRCAshok Anand
10 Kamaraj NagarINCV. VaithilingamCPINara. Kalainathan
11 LawspetINCV. P. SivakolundhuAINRCM. Vaithianathan
12 KalapetINCM. O. H. F. ShahjahanAINRCP. M. L. Kalyanasundaram
13 MuthialpetDMKNandha. T. Saravanan AIADMKA. Kasilingam
14 Raj BhavanINCK. Lakshminarayan AIADMKM. Saravanakumar
15 OupalamDMKAnnibal Kennedy AIADMKA. Anbalagan
16 OrleampethDMKR. Siva AINRCG. Nehru
17 NellithopeDMKR. V. Janakiraman AIADMKOmsakthi Sekar
18 MudaliarpetDMKM.A.S. Subramanian AIADMKA. Baskar
19 AriankuppamINCT. Djeamourthy AINRCV. Sabapathy
20 ManavelyPMKR. K. R. Anantharaman AIADMKP. Purushothaman
21 Embalam (SC)INCM. Candassamy AINRCP. Rajavelu
22 Nettapakkam (SC)INCS. Muthukumarasamy AIADMKL. Periyasamy
23 BahourINCR. Radhakrishnan AINRCT. Thiagarajan
24 Nedungadu (SC)Did not contestAINRCM. Chandhrakasu
25 ThirunallarINCR. Kamalakannan AINRCP. R. Siva
26 Karaikal NorthINCP. R. N. ThirumuruganAIADMKM. V. Omalingam
27 Karaikal SouthDMKA. M. H. NazeemDMDKK. A. U. Asana
28 Neravy T R PattinamDMKAnandan Geetha AIADMKEr. M. Selvaraj
29 MaheINCE. Valsaraj CPI(M)T. K. Gangadharan
30 YanamINCMalladi Krishna RaoAIADMKManchala Satya Sai Kumar

Results

Parties and Coalitions Votes Vote % Vote swing Contested Won Change
All India N.R. Congress2,21,552 31.75 17 15 Increase15
Indian National Congress1,85,149 26.53 17 7 Decrease3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam95,960 13.75 10 5 Increase2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam74,552 10.68 10 2 Decrease5
Pattali Makkal Katchi17,342 2.48 2 0 Decrease2
Bharatiya Janata Party9,183 1.32 20 0 Steady
Communist Party of India (Marxist)7,840 1.12 2 0 Steady
Communist Party of India6,541 0.94 1 0 Decrease1
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam5,966 0.85% 1 0 Steady
Independents70,595 10.12 79 1 Decrease2
Total6,97,900100.030

Aftermath results

N. Rangasamy of AINRC, who won 15 seats, formed government without consulting the AIADMK and was accused of betraying the coalition by J. Jayalalithaa. AINRC secured a majority with the support of an independent V. M. C. Sivakumar.[4] However, the AINRC's hastiness in forming the government and refusal to share power with pre-election alliance partner AIADMK proved costly in the subsequent elections in 2016.[5]

Results by constituency

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
Puducherry District
1 MannadipetT.P.R. Selvam AINRC12,412 49.56 K.P.K. Arul Murugan PMK7,696 30.73 4,716 18.83
2 Thirubhuvanai (SC)P. Angalane AINRC13,733 59.02 K. Jayaraj INC8,965 38.53 4,768 20.49
3 Oussudu (SC)P. Karthikeyan AINRC13,327 58.78 A. Elumalai DMK8,169 36.03 5,158 22.75
4 MangalamC. Djeacoumar INC14,052 52.59 P. Anandabaskaran AINRC11,759 44.01 2,293 8.58
5 VillianurA. Namassivayam INC13,105 52.03 Nadarajan .K AINRC11,564 45.91 1,541 6.12
6 OzhukaraiN.G. Pannir Selvam AINRC9,071 37.77 A.N. Balane IND 7,505 31.25 1,566 6.52
7 KadirgamamN. Rangasamy AINRC16,323 70.02 V. Pethaperumal INC6,566 28.16 9,757 41.86
8 Indira NagarN. Rangasamy AINRC20,685 83.77 V. Aroumougam INC4,008 16.23 16,677 67.54
9 ThattanchavadyAshok Anand AINRC14,597 67.99 N. Arjunan IND 4,091 19.05 10,506 48.94
10 Kamaraj NagarV. Vaithilingam INC12,570 59.01 Nara. Kalainathan CPI6,541 30.70 6,029 28.31
11 LawspetM. Vaithianathan AINRC10,189 51.79 V.P. Sivakolunthu INC4,757 24.18 5,432 27.61
12 KalapetP.M.L. Kalyana Sundaram AINRC14,132 62.43 M.O.H.F Shahjahan INC7,766 34.31 6,366 28.12
13 MuthialpetNandha. T. Saravanan DMK10,364 47.82 A. Kasilingam AIADMK7,388 34.09 2,976 13.73
14 Raj BhavanK. Lakshminarayanan INC11,398 59.57 M. Saravanakumar AIADMK4,327 22.62 7,071 36.95
15 OupalamA. Anbalagan AIADMK9,536 42.59 N. Anand IND 6,332 28.28 3,204 14.31
16 OrleampethG. Nehru @ Kuppusamy AINRC10,986 55.26 R. Siva DMK8,368 42.09 2,618 13.17
17 NellithopeOmsakthi Sekar AIADMK13,301 58.51 R.V. Janakiraman DMK8,783 38.63 4,518 19.88
18 MudaliarpetA. Baskar AIADMK17,016 67.15 Dr. M.A.S. Subramanian DMK7,289 28.76 9,727 38.39
19 AriankuppamV. Sabapathy @ Kothandaraman AINRC13,381 49.12 T. Djeamourthy INC10,750 39.47 2,631 9.65
20 ManavelyP. Purushothaman AIADMK13,979 57.98 R.K.R. Anantharaman PMK9,646 40.01 4,333 17.97
21 Embalam (SC)P. Rajavelu AINRC12,933 51.95 M. Candassamy INC11,465 46.06 1,468 5.89
22 Nettapakkam (SC)L. Periyasamy AIADMK14,686 59.80 S. Muthukumarasamy INC9,219 37.54 5,467 22.26
23 BahourT. Thiagarajan AINRC12,284 53.42 R. Radhakrishnan INC10,229 44.49 2,055 8.93
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu (SC)M. Chandhrakasu AINRC12,474 55.05 A. Marimuthu IND 4,984 22.00 7,490 33.05
25 ThirunallarP.R. Siva AINRC11,702 50.77 R. Kamalakannan INC10,862 47.12 840 3.65
26 Karaikal NorthP.R.N. Thirumurugan INC12,155 55.69 V. Omalingam AIADMK8,795 40.29 3,360 15.40
27 Karaikal SouthA.M.H. Nazeem DMK8,377 39.37 V.K. Ganapathy IND 6,801 31.96 1,576 7.41
28 Neravy T.R. PattinamV.M.C. Sivakkumar IND 8,860 39.30 A. Geetha DMK8,502 37.72 358 1.58
Mahe District
29 MaheE. Valsaraj INC13,297 60.51 T.K. Gangadharan CPI(M)7,193 32.73 6,104 27.78
Yanam District
30 YanamMalladi Krishna Rao INC23,985 80.95 Manchala Satya Sai Kumar AIADMK4,867 16.43 19,118 64.52

References

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