Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
politics

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

Indian union territory election


Indian union territory election

FieldValue
election_name2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
countryIndia
typeparliamentary
previous_election2006 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
previous_year2006
election_date
next_election2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
next_year2016
seats_for_electionAll 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
majority_seats16
turnout86.19%
{{CSS image cropImageN_Rangaswamy.jpgbSize=100cWidth=100cHeight=120oLeft=0oTop=0}}
leader1N. Rangaswamy
party1All India N.R. Congress
leader_since17 February 2011
last_election1New
seats_before1New
seats115
seat_change1
leaders_seat1Kadirkamam
(retained)
percentage131.75%
image2
leader2V. Vaithilingam
party2Indian National Congress
leaders_seat2Kamaraj Nagar
(won)
leader_since24 September 2008
last_election210
seats_before210
seats27
seat_change23
percentage225.06%
map_imagePuducherry-Assembly-Constituencies-1-30-assembly-election-2011.png
map_size250px
map_captionGreen = Indian National Congress, Red = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Yellow = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Blue = All India N.R Congress, Grey = Independent
image5DMK
leader5R. Siva
party5Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
leaders_seat5Orleampeth
(lost)
alliance5DPA+UPA
last_election57
seats52
seat_change55
popular_vote574,552
percentage510.68%
image4AIADMK
leader4A. Anbazhagan
party4All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
leaders_seat4Oupalam
(won)
last_election43
seats45
seat_change42
popular_vote495,960
percentage413.75%
alliance4AIADMK + AINRC
alliance1AINRC + AIADMK
alliance2DPA+UPA
titleChief Minister
before_electionV. Vaithilingam
before_partyIndian National Congress
after_electionN. Rangaswamy
after_partyAll India N.R. Congress

(retained) (won) (lost) (won)

A legislative assembly election was held in the Indian union 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.

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. 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. The counting of the votes was scheduled for 13 May 2011.

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.

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).

Election

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

Parties and alliances

Source:

{{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]+[[Democratic Progressive Alliance|DPA]] Alliance}}

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressINC[[File:Hand INC.svg50x50px]]
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg41x41px]]
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK[[File:Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg34x34px]]
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi}}"Viduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiVCK

{{legend2|{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}|[[AIADMK-led Alliance|AINRC-AIADMK Alliance]]}}

PartySymbolLeaderContesting Seats
All India N.R. Congress}}"All India N.R. CongressAINRC[[File:Indian Election Symbol Jug.svg50x50px]]
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK[[File:AIADMK_Two_Leaves.png50x50px]]
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}"Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamDMDK[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Nagara.svg50x50px]]
Communist Party of India}}"Communist Party of IndiaCPI[[File:CPI symbol.svg50x50px]]
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg50x50px]]

List of Candidates

ConstituencyIndian National Congress}}"UPA + DPAAll India N.R. Congress}}"AINRC + AIADMKNo.NamePartyCandidatePartyCandidate
1MannadipetK. P. K. Arul MuruganT. P. R. Selvame
2Thirubuvanai (SC)K. JayarajP. Angalane
3Ossudu (SC)A. ElumalaiP. Karthikeyan
4MangalamC. DjeacoumarP. Anandabaskaran
5VillianurA. NamassivayamK. Nadarajan
6OzhukaraiA. JohnkumarN.G. Pannirselvam
7KadirkamamV. PethaperumalN. Rangaswamy
8Indira NagarV. AroumougamN. Rangaswamy
9ThattanchavadyA. IlangoAshok Anand
10Kamaraj NagarV. VaithilingamNara. Kalainathan
11LawspetV. P. SivakolundhuM. Vaithianathan
12KalapetM. O. H. F. ShahjahanP. M. L. Kalyanasundaram
13MuthialpetNandha. T. SaravananA. Kasilingam
14Raj BhavanK. LakshminarayanM. Saravanakumar
15OupalamAnnibal KennedyA. Anbalagan
16OrleampethR. SivaG. Nehru
17NellithopeR. V. JanakiramanOmsakthi Sekar
18MudaliarpetM.A.S. SubramanianA. Baskar
19AriankuppamT. DjeamourthyV. Sabapathy
20ManavelyR. K. R. AnantharamanP. Purushothaman
21Embalam (SC)M. CandassamyP. Rajavelu
22Nettapakkam (SC)S. MuthukumarasamyL. Periyasamy
23BahourR. RadhakrishnanT. Thiagarajan
24Nedungadu (SC)Did not contestM. Chandhrakasu
25ThirunallarR. KamalakannanP. R. Siva
26Karaikal NorthP. R. N. ThirumuruganM. V. Omalingam
27Karaikal SouthA. M. H. NazeemK. A. U. Asana
28Neravy T R PattinamAnandan GeethaEr. M. Selvaraj
29MaheE. ValsarajT. K. Gangadharan
30YanamMalladi Krishna RaoManchala Satya Sai Kumar

Results

[[File:India Puducherry Legislative Assembly 2011.svg]]Parties and CoalitionsVotesVote %Vote swingContestedWonChange
All India N.R. Congress}}"All India N.R. Congress2,21,55231.75171515
Indian National Congress}}"Indian National Congress1,85,14926.531773
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam95,96013.751052
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam74,55210.681025
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"Pattali Makkal Katchi17,3422.48202
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Bharatiya Janata Party9,1831.32200
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"Communist Party of India (Marxist)7,8401.1220
Communist Party of India}}"Communist Party of India6,5410.94101
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}"Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam5,9660.85%10
Independent politician}}"Independents70,59510.127912
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. 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.

Results by constituency

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%1All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"4,716All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"18.832All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"4,768All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"20.493All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"5,158All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"22.754Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"2,293Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"8.585Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"1,541Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"6.126All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"1,566All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"6.527All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"9,757All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"41.868All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"16,677All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"67.549All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"10,506All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"48.9410Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"6,029Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"28.3111All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"5,432All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"27.6112All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"6,366All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"28.1213Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"2,976Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"13.7314Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"7,071Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"36.9515All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"3,204All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"14.3116All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"2,618All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"13.1717All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4,518All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"19.8818All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"9,727All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"38.3919All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"2,631All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"9.6520All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4,333All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"17.9721All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"1,468All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"5.8922All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"5,467All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"22.2623All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"2,055All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"8.9324All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"7,490All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"33.0525All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"840All India N.R. Congress}} ; color:white;"3.6526Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"3,360Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"15.4027Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"1,576Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"7.41283581.5829Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"6,104Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"27.7830Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"19,118Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"64.52
Puducherry District
MannadipetT.P.R. SelvamAINRC12,41249.56K.P.K. Arul MuruganPMK7,69630.73
Thirubhuvanai (SC)P. AngalaneAINRC13,73359.02K. JayarajINC8,96538.53
Oussudu (SC)P. KarthikeyanAINRC13,32758.78A. ElumalaiDMK8,16936.03
MangalamC. DjeacoumarINC14,05252.59P. AnandabaskaranAINRC11,75944.01
VillianurA. NamassivayamINC13,10552.03Nadarajan .KAINRC11,56445.91
OzhukaraiN.G. Pannir SelvamAINRC9,07137.77A.N. BalaneIND7,50531.25
KadirgamamN. RangasamyAINRC16,32370.02V. PethaperumalINC6,56628.16
Indira NagarN. RangasamyAINRC20,68583.77V. AroumougamINC4,00816.23
ThattanchavadyAshok AnandAINRC14,59767.99N. ArjunanIND4,09119.05
Kamaraj NagarV. VaithilingamINC12,57059.01Nara. KalainathanCPI6,54130.70
LawspetM. VaithianathanAINRC10,18951.79V.P. SivakolunthuINC4,75724.18
KalapetP.M.L. Kalyana SundaramAINRC14,13262.43M.O.H.F ShahjahanINC7,76634.31
MuthialpetNandha. T. SaravananDMK10,36447.82A. KasilingamAIADMK7,38834.09
Raj BhavanK. LakshminarayananINC11,39859.57M. SaravanakumarAIADMK4,32722.62
OupalamA. AnbalaganAIADMK9,53642.59N. AnandIND6,33228.28
OrleampethG. Nehru @ KuppusamyAINRC10,98655.26R. SivaDMK8,36842.09
NellithopeOmsakthi SekarAIADMK13,30158.51R.V. JanakiramanDMK8,78338.63
MudaliarpetA. BaskarAIADMK17,01667.15Dr. M.A.S. SubramanianDMK7,28928.76
AriankuppamV. Sabapathy @ KothandaramanAINRC13,38149.12T. DjeamourthyINC10,75039.47
ManavelyP. PurushothamanAIADMK13,97957.98R.K.R. AnantharamanPMK9,64640.01
Embalam (SC)P. RajaveluAINRC12,93351.95M. CandassamyINC11,46546.06
Nettapakkam (SC)L. PeriyasamyAIADMK14,68659.80S. MuthukumarasamyINC9,21937.54
BahourT. ThiagarajanAINRC12,28453.42R. RadhakrishnanINC10,22944.49
Karaikal District
Nedungadu (SC)M. ChandhrakasuAINRC12,47455.05A. MarimuthuIND4,98422.00
ThirunallarP.R. SivaAINRC11,70250.77R. KamalakannanINC10,86247.12
Karaikal NorthP.R.N. ThirumuruganINC12,15555.69V. OmalingamAIADMK8,79540.29
Karaikal SouthA.M.H. NazeemDMK8,37739.37V.K. GanapathyIND6,80131.96
Neravy T.R. PattinamV.M.C. SivakkumarIND8,86039.30A. GeethaDMK8,50237.72
Mahe District
MaheE. ValsarajINC13,29760.51T.K. GangadharanCPI(M)7,19332.73
Yanam District
YanamMalladi Krishna RaoINC23,98580.95Manchala Satya Sai KumarAIADMK4,86716.43

References

References

  1. [[Election Commission of India]]. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/puducherry.pdf Schedule for holding General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry]''
  2. (11 April 2011). "Campaigning ends in Puducherry". [[The Hindu]].
  3. (13 May 2011). "AINRC-AIADMK front secures majority in Puducherry". India Today.
  4. (20 May 2011). "Jayalalithaa accuses Puducherry CM of betrayal". Economic Times.
  5. (18 April 2016). "Tamil Nadu polls 2016: No alliance with AINRC, says AIADMK in Puducherry". DNA.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report