2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
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All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 86.19% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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]
Democratic Progressive Alliance
Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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Indian National Congress | INC | V. Vaithilingam | 17 | ||
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK | R. Siva | 10 | ||
Pattali Makkal Katchi | PMK | S. Ramadoss | 2 | ||
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | VCK | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 1 |
AINRC-AIADMK Alliance
Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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All India N.R. Congress | AINRC | N. Rangasamy
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17 | ||
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | AIADMK | A. Anbalagan | 10 | ||
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | DMDK | Vijayakant
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1 | ||
Communist Party of India | CPI | 1 | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) | 1 |
Results
Parties and Coalitions | Votes | Vote % | Vote swing | Contested | Won | Change | |||
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All India N.R. Congress | 2,21,552 | 31.75 | 17 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Indian National Congress | 1,85,149 | 26.53 | 17 | 7 | 3 | ||||
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 95,960 | 13.75 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 74,552 | 10.68 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Pattali Makkal Katchi | 17,342 | 2.48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 9,183 | 1.32 | 20 | 0 | |||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 7,840 | 1.12 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Communist Party of India | 6,541 | 0.94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 5,966 | 0.85% | 1 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 70,595 | 10.12 | 79 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Total | 6,97,900 | 100.0 | 30 |
Aftermath results
N. Rangasamy of AINRC, who won 15 seats, formed government without consulting the
Results by constituency
References
- ^ a b c Election Commission of India. Schedule for holding General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry
- ^ a b c d "Campaigning ends in Puducherry". The Hindu. PTI. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "AINRC-AIADMK front secures majority in Puducherry". The Hindu. India Today. PTI. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Jayalalithaa accuses Puducherry CM of betrayal". The Hindu. Economic Times. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu polls 2016: No alliance with AINRC, says AIADMK in Puducherry". DNA. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.