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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1996

30 seats · 17 changed party since 1991

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Party standings

Puducherry Assembly Election, 1996 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 9 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 7 seatsTMCM — 5 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 3 seatsIndependent — 2 seatsCommunist Party of India — 2 seatsJanata Dal — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat1630of 30 seats
  • INC9
  • DMK7
  • TMCM5
  • AIADMK3
  • IND2
  • CPI2
  • JD1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress930%1,16,61825.3%20
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam723%1,05,39222.9%18
TMCMTMCM517%42,4859.2%5
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam310%57,67812.5%10
INDIndependent27%47,12610.2%157
CPICommunist Party of India27%29,9646.5%3
JDJanata Dal13%20,3604.4%6
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi13%11,5442.5%5
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam00%14,6573.2%6
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%5,9961.3%3
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%5,2171.1%14

+ 5 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Puducherry Assembly Election, 1996 · winner by seat

30 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 16

1996 · selected
Majority 16
INC9DMK7TMCM5AIADMK3IND2CPI2JD1PMK1
1991 · previous
Majority 16

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1991 → 1996

1991 1996· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
30.0
25.3
24.7
22.9
0.0
9.2
17.3
12.5
9.1
10.2
5.0
6.5
6.7
4.4
INCDMKTMCMAIADMKINDCPIJD

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1991 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
15 → 9
−6
DMK
4 → 7
+3
TMCM
0 → 5
+5
AIADMK
6 → 3
−3
IND
3 → 2
−1
CPI
1 → 2
+1
JD
1 → 1
0
PMK
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1991 → 1996

share lostshare gained
TMCM
0.0% → 9.2%
+9.2%
MDMK
0.0% → 3.2%
+3.2%
CPI
5.0% → 6.5%
+1.5%
IND
9.1% → 10.2%
+1.1%
BJP
0.8% → 1.1%
+0.4%
JP
0.5% → 0.2%
−0.3%
PMK
2.9% → 2.5%
−0.4%
CPM
2.7% → 1.3%
−1.4%
DMK
24.7% → 22.9%
−1.8%
JD
6.7% → 4.4%
−2.3%

Biggest INC–DMK swings

Seats where the INC-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 1991 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − DMK share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward DMK.

toward DMKtoward INC
Lawspet
−82.1%
Thattanchavady
−49.2%
Bahour
+47.4%
Oupalam
+41.2%
Mannadipeth
+37.7%
Raj Bhavan
−34.4%
Tirunallar
+28.2%
Cotchery
+28.2%
Bussy
+26.4%
Kuruvinatham
+25.7%
Ossudu
−24.9%
Neduncadu
−24.7%

Closest races · 1996

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1996

30 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1991