2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

Legislative assembly election in Puducherry

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2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

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All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 83.38%(1.7%)
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | N. Rangaswamy | R. Siva
Party  | AINRC | DMK
Alliance  | NDA | SPA+UPA
Leader since  | 2011  | 2021
Leader's seat  | Thattanchavady (won)
Yanam (lost)  | Villianur
Last election  | 8  | 2
Seats before  | 7[a] | 2
Seats won  | 10  | 6
Seat change  |  2  |  4
Popular vote  | 216,249  | 154,858
Percentage  | 25.85%  | 18.51%
Swing  |  2.25%  |  9.61%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | A. Namassivayam | V. Narayanasamy
Party  | BJP | INC
Alliance  | NDA | SPA+UPA
Leader since  | 2021  | 2016
Leader's seat  | Mannadipet | Did not contest
Last election  | 0  | 15
Seats before  | 3[b] | 9[c]
Seats won  | 6  | 2
Seat change  |  6  |  13
Popular vote  | 114,298  | 131,393
Percentage  | 13.66%  | 15.71%
Swing  |  11.26%  |  14.89%

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| Chief Minister before election

V. Narayanasamy
INC

| Elected Chief Minister

N. Rangaswamy
AINRC

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The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the 15th Puducherry Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India. The National democratic alliance has won a simple majority[1][2]

## Background

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In the previous elections in 2016, the election brought a change of power as the All India N.R. Congress (AINRC), which had formed the government under N. Rangaswamy, lost its majority to the Indian National Congress (INC), led by V. Narayanasamy.

In the previous elections in 2016 Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as Single Largest Party[3] with 15 seats, with the support of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) the government was formed.[4] However, a trust vote was called after five MLAs of the Congress, including two ministers, and one DMK MLA resigned from the Assembly. Two of the Congress leaders had joined the BJP which is in alliance with Opposition NR Congress in the Union Territory.[5] The ruling party lost the trust vote after the speaker decided to accept votes from nominated MLAs on equal standing to the elected ones. The outgoing chief minister Narayanasamy commented that the Lieutenant Governor, who was a former president of BJP, had appointed members of her own party for all nominated seats, including one who garnished only 174 votes when he contested in regular elections. [6]

After the 2021 election, the Lt Governor once again granted all the non-elected MLAs to BJP, and thus making it the second largest party [7] with 1/3rd of the seats solely from nominated members rather than directly elected by the people.[8]

## Schedule

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Event  | Date

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Date for Nominations  | 12 March 2021
Last Date for filing Nominations  | 19 March 2021
Date for scrutiny of nominations  | 20 March 2021
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures  | 22 March 2021
Date of poll  | 6 April 2021
Date of counting  | 2 May 2021
Date before which the election shall be completed  | 24 May 2021

## Parties and alliances

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Constituency sharing of SPA+UPA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

###  Secular Progressive Alliance+United Progressive Alliance

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Party  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| Indian National Congress | INC  |  | V. Narayanasamy | 14
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK  |  | R. Siva | 13
| Communist Party of India | CPI  |  | A. M. Saleem  | 1
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | VCK  |  | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 1
| Independent  | IND  |  | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok | 1[note 1]

CPIM contested the Muthialpet seat and supported the alliance in all other seats.

Constituency sharing of NDA allies for the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

###  National Democratic Alliance

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| All India N.R. Congress | AINRC  |  | N. Rangaswamy | 16
| Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP  |  | A. Namassivayam | 9
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | AIADMK  |  | A. Anbalagan  | 5

PMK supports this alliance without contesting in any seat.

###  Parties not in any coalition

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Party  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| Makkal Needhi Maiam | MNM  |  | Kamal Haasan | 22
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | NTK  |  | Seeman | 28
| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | DMDK  |

| Vijayakanth | 26
| Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi | IJK  |  | T. R. Paarivendhar | 21
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M)  |  | K. Balakrishnan | 1
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | CPI(ML)L  |  | Dipankar Bhattacharya | 1

## Candidates

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List Of Candidates[10] Constituency  | UPA | NDA | MNM | NTK | AMMK | DMDK | IJK

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#  | Name  | Party  | Candidate  | Party  | Candidate  | Party  | Candidate  | Party  | Candidate  | Party  | Candidate  | Party  | Candidate  | Party  | Candidate
Puducherry District
1  | Mannadipet |  | DMK | A. Krishnan  |  | BJP | A. Namassivayam |  | MNM | P. Gopalakrishnan  |  | NTK | Chitra  |  | AMMK | C. Dhanavelu  |  | DMDK | S. Manikandan  |  | IJK | \-
2  | Thirubuvanai (SC) |  | DMK | A. Mugilan  |  | AINRC | B.Gobika  |  | MNM | Durai Ramesh  |  | NTK | Ranjith  |  | AMMK | K. Silambarasan  |  | DMDK | T. Vinayagamoorthy  |  | IJK | \-
3  | Ossudu (SC) |  | INC | P. Karthikeyan  |  | BJP | J. Saravana Kumar  |  | MNM | K. Sankar  |  | NTK | Geetha Priya  |  | AMMK | Muthalu Venkatesan  |  | DMDK | R. Babou  |  | IJK | \-
4  | Mangalam |  | DMK | Sankumaravel  |  | AINRC | C. Jayakumar  |  | MNM | M. Subramani  |  | NTK | Bharath Kalai  |  | AMMK | M. Ganapathi  |  | DMDK | S. Patchaiappan  |  | IJK | \-
5  | Villianur |  | DMK | R. Siva |  | AINRC | S.V.Sugumaran  |  | MNM | A. Banumathi  |  | NTK | Praveena  |  | AMMK | K. Kumaravel  |  | DMDK | A. Fazil  |  | IJK | \-
6  | Ozhukarai |  | VCK | D.Angalane  |  | AINRC | G.Pannirselvam  |  | MNM | R. Pazhanivelan  |  | NTK | Priya  |  | AMMK | R.K. Raja (A) Ezhumalai  |  | DMDK | Gilbert  |  | IJK | \-
7  | Kadirkamam |  | INC | P. Selvanathan  |  | AINRC | S.Ramesh  |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | Subhasri  |  | AMMK | Selva Ganesan  |  | DMDK | S. Motcharajan  |  | IJK | \-
8  | Indira Nagar |  | INC | M. Kannan  |  | AINRC | V. Arumugam A.K.D.  |  | MNM | P. Sakthivel  |  | NTK | Devika  |  | AMMK | D. Mohan  |  | DMDK | K. Ezhumalai  |  | IJK | \-
9  | Thattanchavady |  | CPI | K. Sethu Selvam  |  | AINRC | N. Rangaswamy |  | MNM | R. Rajendhiran  |  | NTK | Ramesh  |  | AMMK | Vimala Sri  |  | DMDK | S. T. Narassingam  |  | IJK | \-
10  | Kamaraj Nagar |  | INC | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan |  | BJP | A. Johnkumar |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | Sharmila Begum  |  | AMMK | Munnuswamy  |  | DMDK | N.Nadarajan  |  | IJK | \-
11  | Lawspet |  | INC | M. Vaithianathan |  | BJP | V. Saminathan |  | MNM | D. Sathiya Moorthi  |  | NTK | Nirmal Singh  |  | AMMK | L. Kamachi  |  | DMDK | A. Boopalan  |  | IJK | \-
12  | Kalapet |  | DMK | S. Muthuvel  |  | BJP | P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram  |  | MNM | R. Chandra Mohan  |  | NTK | Kamaraj  |  | AMMK | P. Kaliamurthy  |  | DMDK | S. Hariharan  |  | IJK | \-
13  | Muthialpet |  | INC | S. Senthil Kumaran  |  | AIADMK | Vaiyapuri Manikandan  |  | MNM | K. Saravanan  |  | NTK | FarithaBegum  |  | AMMK | K.Murugan  |  | DMDK | A. Arunagiri  |  | IJK | \-
14  | Raj Bhavan |  | DMK | S.P. Sivakumar  |  | AINRC | K. Lakshminarayanan  |  | MNM | S. Paruvadha Vardhnie  |  | NTK | Anthony Sharmila  |  | AMMK | G. Satishkumar  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
15  | Oupalam |  | DMK | V. Anipaul Kennedy  |  | AIADMK | A. Anbalagan  |  | MNM | P. Santhosh Kumar  |  | NTK | Devi Priya  |  | AMMK | Baskar  |  | DMDK | V. Sasikumar  |  | IJK | \-
16  | Orleampeth |  | DMK | S. Gopal  |  | AIADMK | Omsakthi Sekar  |  | MNM | S. Saktivel  |  | NTK | Karunanidhi  |  | AMMK | A. Siraj (A) Kanimuhammed  |  | DMDK | R. Cadiressan  |  | IJK | \-
17  | Nellithope |  | DMK | V. Karthikeyan  |  | BJP | Vivilian Richards Johnkumar  |  | MNM | P.Murugesan  |  | NTK | Sasikumar  |  | SDPI | R.Anifa  |  | DMDK | A. Poovaragavan  |  | IJK | \-
18  | Mudaliarpet |  | DMK | L. Sampath  |  | AIADMK | A. Baskar  |  | MNM | M. Ari Krishnan  |  | NTK | Velavan  |  | AMMK | M. Manikandan  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
19  | Ariankuppam |  | INC | T. Jayamurthy  |  | AINRC | R.Datchanamourtty  |  | MNM | V. RuthraKumaran  |  | NTK | Sundaravadivelu  |  | SDPI | A.Mohamad Kassim  |  | DMDK | Lourdusamy  |  | IJK | \-
20  | Manavely |  | INC | R. K. R. Anantharaman  |  | BJP | Embalam R. Selvam  |  | MNM | Sundarambal Malarvizhi  |  | NTK | Elangovan  |  | AMMK | R. Veerapudhiran  |  | DMDK | V. Thirunavukarasu  |  | IJK | \-
21  | Embalam (SC) |  | INC | M. kandassamy  |  | AINRC | U.LakshmiKandhan  |  | MNM | N. Somanathan  |  | NTK | Kumaran  |  | AMMK | E. Balashankar  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
22  | Nettapakkam (SC) |  | INC | V.Vijayaveny  |  | AINRC | P.Rajavelu  |  | MNM | B. Gnana Oly  |  | NTK | Gowri  |  | AMMK | Selvam  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
23  | Bahour |  | DMK | R. Senthil Kumar  |  | AINRC | N.Danavelu  |  | MNM | C Dinesh  |  | NTK | Gnanaprakash  |  | AMMK | Velmurugan  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
Karaikal District
24  | Nedungadu (SC) |  | INC | A. Marimuthu  |  | AINRC | S.ChandraPriyanga  |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | Nivedha  |  | AMMK | Rajendran  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
25  | Thirunallar |  | INC | R. Kamalakannan |  | BJP | G. N. S. Rajasekaran  |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | Sikkandar Badsha  |  | AMMK | Dharbaranyam  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
26  | Karaikal North |  | INC | A. V. Subramanian  |  | AINRC | P.R.N Thirumurugan  |  | MNM | K. Suresh  |  | NTK | Anushya  |  | SDPI | M. Thameem Kani  |  | DMDK | Lourdusamy  |  | IJK | \-
27  | Karaikal South |  | DMK | A.M.H. Nazeem |  | AIADMK | K. A. U. Asana  |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | Maari Anthuvan  |  | AMMK | S. Mohamed Seedique  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | A. Nepoliean
28  | Neravy T R Pattinam |  | DMK | M. Nagathiyagarajan  |  | BJP | V. M. C. S. Manokaran  |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | Muhammed Yusuf  |  | AMMK | C. Dhandapani  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
Mahe District
29  | Mahe |  | INC | Ramesh Parambath  |  | AINRC | V. P. Abdul Rahman  |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | \-  |  | SDPI | \-  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-
Yanam District
30  | Yanam |  | IND | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok |  | AINRC | N. Rangaswamy |  | MNM | \-  |  | NTK | \-  |  | AMMK | Peddapatti Rajeshbabu  |  | DMDK | \-  |  | IJK | \-

## Polls and surveys

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### Opinion polls

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Date published  | Polling agency  |  |  |  | Lead

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NDA | UPA | Others
3 April 2021  | Thanthi TV[11] | 21-27 | 3-9  | 0  | 12-24
24 March 2021  | Patriotic Voter [12] | 17-18 | 10-12  | 0-3  | 6
15 March 2021  | ABP News - CVoter[13] | 16-20 | 10-14  | 0  | 2-10
8 March 2021  | Times Now - CVoter[14] | 18 | 12  | 0  | 6
1 March 2021  | Patriotic Voter [12] | 19 | 11  | 0  | 8

### Exit polls

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Date published  | Polling agency  |  |  |  | Lead

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29 April 2021  | Republic TV-CNX[15] | 16-20 | 11-13  | \-  | 5-7
29 April 2021  | Patriotic Voter [16] | 18 | 12  | \-  | 6
29 April 2021  | ABP-C Voter[15] | 19-23 | 6-10  | 1-2  | 9-17

## Voter Turnout

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S.No.  | District  | Vote %

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1\.  | Karaikal  | 80.07
2\.  | Puducherry  | 82.01
3\.  | Yanam  | 91.27[17]
4\.  | Mahé  | 73.53[17]
Total  | 81.69[18]

## Result

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### Results by party

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Party  | Votes  | Vote %  | Swing  | Conts  | Won  | Strike rate  | Change
| All India N.R. Congress | 216,249  | 25.85  |  2.3  | 16  | 10  | 62.50%  |  2
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 154,858  | 18.51  |  9.6  | 13  | 6  | 46.15%  |  4
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 114,298  | 13.66  |  11.3  | 9  | 6  | 66.67%  |  6
| Independents | 106,098  | 12.68  |  |  | 6  | \-  |  5
| Indian National Congress | 131,393  | 15.71  |  14.9  | 14  | 2  | 8.33%  |  13
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 34,623  | 4.14  |  12.7  | 5  | 0  | 0.00%  |  4
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | 28,189  | 3.37  |  2.9  | 28  | 0  | 0.00%  |
| Makkal Needhi Maiam | 15,825  | 1.89  |  1.89  | 22  | 0  | 0.00%  | New Party
| Communist Party of India | 7,522  | 0.90  |  0.2  | 1  | 0  | 0.00%  |
| None of the above | 10,803  | 1.29  |  0.4  |
Total | 8,36,562  | 100  |  | 30 | 30 |  |
Valid votes  | 8,36,562  | 99.88  |
Invalid votes  | 981  | 0.12
Votes cast / turnout | 8,37,543 | 83.38%
Registered voters | 10,04,507 |
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16 | 9 | 5

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NDA | UPA | IND

Vote share by alliance

NDA (43.6%)

UPA (37.9%)

Others (18.5%)

Seat share by alliance

NDA (53.33%)

UPA (30.00%)

IND (16.67%)

### Results by party and alliance

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NDA  | SEATS  | UPA  | SEATS  | Others  | SEATS

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AINRC |  | 10 | INC |  | 2 | IND |  | 5
BJP |  | 6 | DMK |  | 6 |  |  |
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Total  | 16 | Total  | 9 | Total  | 5
Change  |  4  | Change  |  8 | Change  |  4

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### Results by district

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District  | Seats  |  |  |

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Puducherry  | 23 | 14  | 5  | 4
Karaikal  | 5 | 2  | 2  | 1
Mahe  | 1 | 0  | 1  | 0
Yanam  | 1 | 0  | 1  | 0
Total  | 30  | 16  | 9  | 5

## Results by constituency

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Results[21][22] Assembly Constituency  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#  | Name  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | % | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %
Puducherry District
1  | Mannadipet | A. Namassivayam |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 14939  | 51.82  | A. Krishnan  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 12189  | 42.28  | 2750
2  | Thirubuvanai (SC) | P. Angalane |  | Independent | 10597  | 36.78  | B. Kobiga  |  | All India N.R. Congress | 8238  | 28.6  | 2359
3  | Ossudu (SC) | A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 14121  | 48.78  | P. Karthikeyan  |  | Indian National Congress | 12241  | 42.29  | 1880
4  | Mangalam | C. Djeacoumar |  | All India N.R. Congress | 16972  | 50.89  | Sun. Kumaravel  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 14221  | 42.64  | 2751
5  | Villianur | R. Siva |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 19653  | 55.73  | S.V. Sugumaran  |  | All India N.R. Congress | 12703  | 36.02  | 6950
6  | Ozhukarai | M. Sivasankar |  | Independent | 11940  | 36.5  | N.G. Pannir Selvam  |  | All India N.R. Congress | 11121  | 34  | 819
7  | Kadirkamam | S. Ramesh |  | All India N.R. Congress | 17775  | 65.82  | P. Selvanadane  |  | Indian National Congress | 5529  | 20.47  | 12246
8  | Indira Nagar | A.K.D. Arumugam |  | All India N.R. Congress | 21841  | 74.77  | M. Kannan  |  | Indian National Congress | 3310  | 11.33  | 18531
9  | Thattanchavady | N. Rangasamy |  | All India N.R. Congress | 12978  | 55.02  | K. Sethu Selvam  |  | Communist Party of India | 7522  | 31.89  | 5456
10  | Kamaraj Nagar | A. Johnkumar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 16687  | 56.11  | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan |  | Indian National Congress | 9458  | 31.8  | 7229
11  | Lawspet | M. Vaithianathan |  | Indian National Congress | 14592  | 55.6  | V. Saminathan |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8891  | 33.88  | 5701
12  | Kalapet | P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 13277  | 44.63  | A. Senthil Ramesh  |  | Independent | 9769  | 32.84  | 3508
13  | Muthialpet | J. Prakash Kumar |  | Independent | 8778  | 37.48%  | Vaiyapuri Manikandan  |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7844  | 33.49  | 934
14  | Raj Bhavan | K. Lakshminarayanan |  | All India N.R. Congress | 10096  | 51.86  | S.P. Sivakumar  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 6364  | 32.69  | 3732
15  | Oupalam | Annibal Kennedy  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 13433  | 56.64  | A. Anbalagan |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 8653  | 36.48  | 4780
16  | Orleampeth | G. Nehru Kuppusamy |  | Independent | 9580  | 47.29  | S. Gopal  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7487  | 36.96  | 2093
17  | Nellithope | Vivilian Richards Johnkumar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 11757  | 42.26  | V. Karthikeyan  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 11261  | 40.47  | 496
18  | Mudaliarpet | L. Sambath |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 15151  | 51.3  | A. Baskar  |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10972  | 37.15  | 4179
19  | Ariankuppam | R. Baskar Datchanamourtty |  | All India N.R. Congress | 17858  | 54.32  | T. Jayamoorthy |  | Indian National Congress | 11440  | 34.8  | 6418
20  | Manavely | Embalam R. Selvam |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 17225  | 57.54  | R. K. R. Anantharaman  |  | Indian National Congress | 9093  | 30.37  | 8132
21  | Embalam (SC) | U. Lakshmikandhan |  | All India N.R. Congress | 15624  | 50.85  | M. Candassamy  |  | Indian National Congress | 13384  | 43.56  | 2240
22  | Nettapakkam (SC) | P. Rajavelu |  | All India N.R. Congress | 15978  | 56.82  | V. Vijayaveny  |  | Indian National Congress | 9340  | 33.21  | 6638
23  | Bahour | R. Senthilkumar |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 11789  | 44.56  | N. Dhanavelou  |  | All India N.R. Congress | 11578  | 43.76  | 201
Karaikal District
24  | Nedungadu (SC) | S. Chandra Priyanga |  | All India N.R. Congress | 10774  | 40.2  | A. Marimuthu  |  | Indian National Congress | 8560  | 31.94  | 2214
25  | Thirunallar | P. R. Siva |  | Independent | 9551  | 36.45  | S. Rajasekaran  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8416  | 31.32  | 1380
26  | Karaikal North | P. R. N. Thirumurugan |  | All India N.R. Congress | 12704  | 44.85  | A. V. Subramanian  |  | Indian National Congress | 12569  | 44.38  | 135
27  | Karaikal South | A.M.H. Nazeem |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 17401  | 71.15  | K. A. U. Asana  |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5367  | 21.95  | 12034
28  | Neravy T R Pattinam | M. Nagathiyagarajam  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 14496  | 55.74  | V. M. C. S. Manokaran  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8985  | 34.55  | 5511
Mahe District
29  | Mahe | Ramesh Parambath  |  | Indian National Congress | 9744  | 41.63  | N. Haridasan Master  |  | Independent | 9444  | 40.35  | 300
Yanam District
30  | Yanam | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok |  | Independent | 17131  | 49.04  | N. Rangasamy |  | All India N.R. Congress | 16475  | 47.17  | 655
Nominated MLAs
31  | K. Venkatesan |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
32  | V. P. Ramalingam |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
33  | R. B. Ashok Babu |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

## Government formation

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Main article: Fourth Rangaswamy ministry

Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the government formation was finalized on 8 June. The results were with NDA winning 16 seats (AIRNC :- 10, BJP :- 6) and UPA winning 9 seats (DMK :- 6, INC :- 2, Independent :- 1) and 5 Independents not backed by either of the alliance won. Immediately the NDA unanimously elected N. Rangaswamy from AIRNC as the CM, and the UPA elected R.Siva from the DMK as the Leader Of Opposition. Post results the central government nominated 3 MLAs affiliated to the BJP, thereby taking NDA to 19 seats and BJP to 9. Furthermore, before the swearing in of the government, 3 Independent MLAs pledged support to AIRNC and 2 Independent MLAs pledged support to BJP, also the 1 Independent MLA backed by UPA during election later switched allegiance to BJP. The NDA MLAs increased to 25 and UPA decreased to 8. Even after the swearing in ceremony of the CM, the talks between AIRNC and BJP on cabinet composition and assembly speaker continued for more than a month. On 8 June the alliance announced that the BJP would get 2 ministers and the post of assembly speaker, while AIRNC will get 3 ministers.

## See also

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* 2021 elections in India
* 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
* 2019 Indian general election in Puducherry

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## Notes

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1. ^ includes by–election results, NR Congress lost 1 seats and DMK gained 1 seat
2. ^ Nominated MLAs
3. ^ Includes 1 Congress MLA who defected from the party

1. ^ Congress did not contest in Yanam and extended support to the independent.[9]

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