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Puducherry Assembly Election, 2006

30 seats · 17 changed party since 2001

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Party standings

Puducherry Assembly Election, 2006 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 10 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 7 seatsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 3 seatsIndependent — 3 seatsPMC — 3 seatsPattali Makkal Katchi — 2 seatsCommunist Party of India — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat1630of 30 seats
  • INC10
  • DMK7
  • AIADMK3
  • IND3
  • PMC3
  • PMK2
  • CPI1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress1033%1,69,07129.9%16
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam723%71,17312.6%11
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam310%90,69916.0%18
INDIndependent310%78,66613.9%76
PMCPMC310%53,1399.4%9
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi27%21,5073.8%2
CPICommunist Party of India13%17,3143.1%1
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam13%13,9772.5%3
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%17,3563.1%27
DMDKDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam00%15,4052.7%24
CPIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00%10,8561.9%3

+ 8 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Puducherry Assembly Election, 2006 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 16

2006 · selected
Majority 16
INC10DMK7AIADMK3IND3PMC3PMK2CPI1MDMK1
2001 · previous
Majority 16

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2001 → 2006

2001 2006· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
22.8
29.9
17.5
12.6
12.6
16.0
10.8
13.9
10.2
9.4
7.7
3.8
1.9
3.1
INCDMKAIADMKINDPMCPMKCPI

Seat change

2006 seats minus 2001 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
11 → 10
−1
DMK
7 → 7
0
AIADMK
3 → 3
0
IND
2 → 3
+1
PMC
4 → 3
−1
PMK
0 → 2
+2
CPI
0 → 1
+1
MDMK
0 → 1
+1
BJP
1 → 0
−1
TMCM
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2001 → 2006

share lostshare gained
INC
22.8% → 29.9%
+7.1%
AIADMK
12.6% → 16.0%
+3.5%
IND
10.8% → 13.9%
+3.1%
DMDK
0.0% → 2.7%
+2.7%
CPIM
0.0% → 1.9%
+1.9%
MDMK
1.0% → 2.5%
+1.4%
CPI
1.9% → 3.1%
+1.2%
JDS
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
PMC
10.2% → 9.4%
−0.8%
CPM
1.2% → 0.0%
−1.2%

Biggest INC–DMK swings

Seats where the INC-vs-DMK vote gap moved most, 2001 → 2006. 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
Ozhukarai
+73.3%
Yanam
+63.3%
Bahour
+60.1%
Muthialpet
−51.3%
Cassicade
+46.9%
Embalom
−44.9%
Villenour
+43.1%
Thirubuvanai
+42.2%
Tirunallar
+41.7%
Raj Bhavan
−39.7%
Oupalam
−38.7%
Lawspet
+37.2%

Closest races · 2006

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

All constituencies · 2006

30 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2001