1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered| 633,635
Turnout| 75.33%
|   | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | V. Vaithilingam | R. V. Janakiraman
Party  | INC | DMK
Seats before  | 15  | 4
Seats won  | 9  | 7
Seat change  | 6  | 3
Popular vote  | 28.39%  | 25.65%

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| CM before election

V. Vaithilingam
INC

| Elected CM

R. V. Janakiraman
DMK

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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]

## 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

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* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

Assembly Constituency  | Turnout  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#k  | Names  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %
1 | Muthialpet | 69.96% | S. Anandavelu |  | AIADMK | 11,009 | 56.26% | G. Palani Raja |  | DMK | 8,098 | 41.39% | 2,911
2 | Cassicade | 66.08% | P. Kannan |  | Independent | 6,501 | 63.21% | S. Narayanasamy |  | INC | 3,195 | 31.06% | 3,306
3 | Raj Bhavan | 65.39% | S. P. Sivakumar |  | DMK | 2,697 | 58.54% | A. Gandhirasu |  | INC | 1,159 | 25.16% | 1,538
4 | Bussy | 60.37% | C. M. Achraff |  | INC | 2,208 | 46.26% | A. Abdul Rachide |  | CPI | 1,378 | 28.87% | 830
5 | Oupalam | 72.39% | S. Rathinam @ Manohar |  | TMC(M) | 6,866 | 50.79% | U. C. Arumugam |  | AIADMK | 5,866 | 43.39% | 1,000
6 | Orleampeth | 68.14% | R. Siva |  | DMK | 8,105 | 49.16% | K. Parasuraman |  | AIADMK | 5,107 | 30.97% | 2,998
7 | Nellithope | 69.88% | R. V. Janakiraman |  | DMK | 8,803 | 52.31% | D. Ramachandiren |  | AIADMK | 7,354 | 43.70% | 1,449
8 | Mudaliarpet | 71.54% | M. Manjini |  | CPI | 11,380 | 49.69% | V. Sababady Kothandraman |  | INC | 8,278 | 36.15% | 3,102
9 | Ariankuppam | 79.25% | S. Ramsingh |  | PMK | 7,382 | 37.86% | T. Jayamoorthy |  | DMK | 6,329 | 32.46% | 1,053
10 | Embalam | 78.31% | R. Rajaraman |  | JD | 8,311 | 62.73% | K. Pakkiriammal |  | INC | 3,454 | 26.07% | 4,857
11 | Nettapakkam | 83.58% | V. Vaithilingam |  | INC | 7,563 | 54.86% | V. Muthunarayana Reddiar |  | Independent | 5,036 | 36.53% | 2,527
12 | Kuruvinatham | 87.32% | T. Thiagarajan |  | INC | 7,209 | 48.85% | R. Ramanathan |  | MDMK | 7,022 | 47.58% | 187
13 | Bahour | 83.48% | M. Kandasamy |  | TMC(M) | 7,921 | 51.95% | P. Rajavelu |  | INC | 7,221 | 47.36% | 700
14 | Thirubuvanai | 79.23% | S. Arasi |  | AIADMK | 5,707 | 37.08% | K. Jayaraj |  | DMK | 5,586 | 36.29% | 121
15 | Mannadipet | 82.77% | K. Rajasegaran |  | TMC(M) | 8,113 | 51.63% | N. Rajaram |  | INC | 6,866 | 43.69% | 1,247
16 | Ossudu | 80.14% | V. Nagarathinam |  | TMC(M) | 7,380 | 53.78% | N. Marimuthu |  | INC | 5,232 | 38.13% | 2,148
17 | Villianur | 83.35% | C. Jayakumar |  | TMC(M) | 12,205 | 64.56% | P. Anandabaskaran |  | INC | 6,509 | 34.43% | 5,696
18 | Ozhukarai | 75.71% | K. Natarajan |  | AIADMK | 7,794 | 41.10% | R. R. Somasundaram |  | DMK | 6,252 | 32.97% | 1,542
19 | Thattanchavady | 72.14% | N. Rangaswamy |  | INC | 9,989 | 42.95% | V. Pethaperumal |  | JD | 7,699 | 33.11% | 2,290
20 | Reddiarpalayam | 62.82% | R. Viswanathan |  | CPI | 17,206 | 65.58% | Na. Manimaran |  | AIADMK | 5,966 | 22.74% | 11,240
21 | Lawspet | 71.79% | N. Kesavan |  | DMK | 16,442 | 54.40% | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan |  | INC | 10,211 | 33.78% | 6,231
22 | Cotchery | 78.37% | R. Nalamagarajan |  | INC | 7,630 | 47.53% | G. Panjavarnam |  | Independent | 5,968 | 37.17% | 1,662
23 | Karaikal North | 67.73% | A. M. H. Nazeem |  | DMK | 9,474 | 71.01% | H. M. Abdul Kader |  | AIADMK | 2,946 | 22.08% | 6,528
24 | Karaikal South | 75.45% | A. V. Subramanian |  | INC | 6,676 | 57.48% | S. Savarirajan |  | DMK | 4,717 | 40.61% | 1,959
25 | Neravy T R Pattinam | 78.01% | V. M. C. Sivakumar |  | DMK | 7,595 | 53.44% | S. T. P. Diravidamani |  | Independent | 4,385 | 30.85% | 3,210
26 | Thirunallar | 78.92% | R. Kamalakannan |  | INC | 6,063 | 48.53% | A. Soundarengan |  | DMK | 4,938 | 39.53% | 1,125
27 | Nedungadu | 83.17% | A. Marimuthu |  | DMK | 6,899 | 54.93% | M. Chandirakasu |  | INC | 5,116 | 40.74% | 1,783
28 | Mahe | 76.06% | E. Valsaraj |  | INC | 4,184 | 45.58% | Manoli Muhammad |  | Independent | 3,915 | 42.65% | 269
29 | Palloor | 74.44% | A. V. Sreedharan |  | INC | 4,253 | 45.40% | Panangatil Khader |  | JD | 2,929 | 31.27% | 1,324
30 | Yanam | 86.68% | Malladi Krishna Rao |  | Independent | 8,445 | 62.31% | Velaga Rajeshwara Rao |  | INC | 3,602 | 26.58% | 4,843

## See also

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* List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
* 1996 elections in India

## References

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1. ^ "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"
2. ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry Assembly - General Elections - 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
3. ^ Bosco Dominique (10 June 2019). "Former Puducherry chief minister RV Janakiraman dead". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
4. ^ "Pondicherry Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

## External links

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* "Record of all Puducherry Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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