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Puducherry Vidhan Sabha 1996

Results board · 30 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StatePuducherry
Seats
30
Constituencies
Majority
16
Seats needed of 30
Electors
6.34L
On the roll
Votes polled
4.77L
75.3% of electors
Median turnout
76.5%
Median of 30 seats
INC short
−7
Below majority · 9 − 16

[01]Seat matrix

30 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 30 seats: INC 9, DMK 7, TMC(M) 5, AIADMK 3, CPI 2, IND 2, PMK 1, JD 1. Majority line at 16 seats. Hemicycle of 30 seats: INC 9, DMK 7, TMC(M) 5, AIADMK 3, CPI 2, IND 2, PMK 1, JD 1. Majority line at 16 seats.
Majority · 16 of 30INC 9 · 7 short of majority
INC 930.0% Indian National Congress
DMK 723.3% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
TMC(M) 516.7% Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
AIADMK 310.0% All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
CPI 26.7% Communist Party of India
IND 26.7% Independents
PMK 13.3% Pattali Makkal Katchi
JD 13.3% Janata Dal

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 25.3%9 seats · 30.0%
DMK 22.9%7 seats · 23.3%
AIADMK 12.5%3 seats · 10.0%
TMC(M) 9.2%5 seats · 16.7%
CPI 6.5%2 seats · 6.7%
Others 23.6%4 seats · 13.3%

Vote share not published

  • IND2 seats
  • PMK1 seat
  • JD1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 25.3% of votes into 30.0% of seats, a seat premium of 4.7 pp.

    9 ÷ 30 = 30.0% · 30.0 − 25.3 = +4.7

  2. Thirubuvanai was decided by 121 votes, the closest of 30 seats; Reddiarpalayam had the widest margin, 11,240.

    min / max of margin over 30 seats with a recorded margin

  3. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; AIADMK won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 30 · AIADMK 1

  4. In SC-reserved seats INC won 0 of 5 (0.0%), against 30.0% of all seats.

    0 ÷ 5 = 0.0% · 9 ÷ 30 = 30.0%

  5. Turnout ran from 60.9% in Bussy to 87.5% in Kuruvinatham; the median seat polled 76.5%.

    min / median / max over 30 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

30 of 30 seats carry a turnout
025507510076.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 620.0% of seats
70–80 1653.3% of seats
≥ 80% 826.7% of seats
  • LowestBussy60.9%
  • HighestKuruvinatham87.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

30 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Puducherry Vidhan Sabha 1996, all 30 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Muthialpet S. Anandavelu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 20,141 2,911 14.5 70.4
02 Cassicade P. Kannan Independent 10,623 3,306 31.1 66.5
03 Raj Bhavan S.P. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4,721 1,538 32.6 66.0
04 Bussy C.M. Achraff Indian National Congress 4,940 830 16.8 60.9
05 Oupalam S. Rathinam @ Manohar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 14,032 1,000 7.1 72.7
06 Orleampeth R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 17,129 2,998 17.5 68.6
07 Nellithope R.V. Janakiraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 17,279 1,449 8.4 70.4
08 Modeliarpeth M. Manjini Communist Party of India 23,760 3,102 13.1 72.1
09 Ariankuppam S. Ramsingh Pattali Makkal Katchi 20,304 1,053 5.2 79.7
10 EmbalomSC R. Rajaraman Janata Dal 14,107 4,857 34.4 78.5
11 Nettapakkam V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress 14,396 2,527 17.6 83.8
12 Kuruvinatham T. Thiagarajan Indian National Congress 15,394 187 1.2 87.5
13 BahourSC M. Kandasamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 15,658 700 4.5 83.9
14 ThirubuvanaiSCCLOSEST S. Arasi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 16,439 121 0.7 79.4
15 Mannadipeth K. Rajasegaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 16,344 1,247 7.6 82.9
16 OssuduSC V. Nagarathinam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 14,484 2,148 14.8 80.3
17 Villenour C. Jayakumar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 19,403 5,696 29.4 83.8
18 Ozhukarai K. Natarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 20,018 1,542 7.7 75.9
19 Thattanchavady N. Rangasamy Indian National Congress 23,936 2,290 9.6 73.0
20 ReddiarpalayamWIDEST R. Viswanathan Communist Party of India 27,396 11,240 41.0 63.3
21 Lawspet N. Kesavan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 31,249 6,231 19.9 72.3
22 Cotchery R. Nalamagarajan Indian National Congress 16,628 1,662 10.0 79.3
23 Karaikal A.M.H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 13,835 6,528 47.2 68.6
24 Karaikal South A.V. Subramanian Indian National Congress 11,936 1,959 16.4 76.2
25 Neravy-Grand Aldee V.M.C. Sivakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 14,668 3,210 21.9 78.5
26 Tirunallar R. Kamalakannan Indian National Congress 12,796 1,125 8.8 79.4
27 NeduncaduSC A. Marimuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 12,937 1,783 13.8 83.7
28 Mahe E. Valsaraj Indian National Congress 9,339 269 2.9 76.8
29 Palloor A.V. Sreedharan Indian National Congress 9,679 1,324 13.7 75.2
30 Yanam Malladi Krishna Rao Independent 13,758 4,843 35.2 86.8
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 11,240 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1996 · Puducherry · 30 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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