Pondicherry Assembly Election Results in 1996

Pondicherry Legislative Assembly Election in 1996 Party Wise

Party Name	Seats
Communist Party of India (CPI)	2
Indian National Congress (INC)	9
Janta Dal (JD)	1
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)	3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	7
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)	1
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (TMC)(M)	5
Independent (IND)	2
Total	30

List of Successful Candidates in Pondicherry Assembly Election in 1996

A. C. NO.	Assembly Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Gender	Party	vote
1	Muthialpet	GEN	S. Anandavelu	M	ADMK	11009	G. Palaniraja	M	DMK	8098
2	Cassicade	GEN	P. Kannan	M	IND	6501	S. Narayanasamy	M	INC	3195
3	Raj Bhavan	GEN	S.P. Sivakumar	M	DMK	2697	A. Gandhirasu	M	INC	1159
4	Bussy	GEN	C.M. Achraff	M	INC	2208	Abdul Rachide	M	CPI	1378
5	Oupalam	GEN	S. Rathinam	M	TMC(M)	6866	U.C. Arumugham	M	ADMK	5866
6	Orleampeth	GEN	R. Siva	M	DMK	8105	K. Parasuraman B.A.B.L	M	ADMK	5107
7	Nellithope	GEN	R.V. Janakiraman	M	DMK	8803	D. Ramachandiren	M	ADMK	7354
8	Modeliarpeth	GEN	M. Manjini	M	CPI	11380	V. Kothandaraman Sababathy	M	INC	8278
9	Ariankuppam	GEN	S. Ramsingh	M	PMK	7382	T. Jayamoorthy	M	DMK	6329
10	Embalom	(SC)	R. Rajaraman	M	JD	8311	K. Pakkiriammal	F	INC	3454
11	Nettapakkam	GEN	V. Vaithilingam	M	INC	7563	V. Muthunarayana Reddiar	M	IND	5036
12	Kuruvinatham	GEN	T. Thiagarajan	M	INC	7209	R. Ramanathan	M	MDMK	7022
13	Bahour	(SC)	M. Kandasamy	M	TMC(M)	7921	P. Rajavelu	M	INC	7221
14	Thirubuvanai	(SC)	S. Arasi	F	ADMK	5707	K. Jayaraj	M	DMK	5586
15	Mannadipet	GEN	K. Rajasegaran	M	TMC(M)	8113	N. Rajaram	M	INC	6866
16	Ossudu	(SC)	V. Nagarathinam	M	TMC(M)	7380	N. Marimuthu	M	INC	5232
17	Villenour	GEN	C. Jayakumar	M	TMC(M)	12205	P. Anandbaskaran	M	INC	6509
18	Ozhukarai	GEN	K. Natarajan	M	ADMK	7794	R.R. Somasundaram	M	DMK	6252
19	Thattanchavady	GEN	N. Rangasamy	M	INC	9989	V. Pethaperumal	M	JD	7699
20	Reddiarpalayam	GEN	R. Viswanathan	M	CPI	17206	N.A. Manimaran	M	ADMK	5966
21	Lawspet	GEN	N. Kesavan	M	DMK	16442	M.O.H.F. Shajahan	M	INC	10211
22	Cotchery	GEN	R. Nalamagarajan	M	INC	7630	G. Panjavarnam	M	IND	5968
23	Karaikal	GEN	A.M.H. Nazeem	M	DMK	9474	H.M. Abdul Kader	M	ADMK	2946
24	Karaikal South	GEN	A.V. Subramanian	M	INC	6676	S. Savarirajan	M	DMK	4717
25	Neravy Grand Aldee	GEN	V.M.C. Sivakumar	M	DMK	7595	S.T.P. Diravidamani	M	IND	4385
26	Tirunallar	GEN	R. Kamalakannan	M	INC	6063	A. Soundarengan	M	DMK	4938
27	Neduncadu	(SC)	A. Marimuthu	M	DMK	6899	M. Chandirakasu	M	INC	5116
28	Mahe	GEN	E. Valsaraj	M	INC	4184	Manoly Muhammad	M	IND	3915
29	Palloor	GEN	A.V. Sreedharan	M	INC	4253	Panangatil Khader	M	JD	2929
30	Yanam	GEN	Malladi Krishna Rao	M	IND	8445	Velaga Rajeswara Rao	M	INC	3602
By Polls in 2000	Yanam	GEN	P.Shanmugam	M	INC	8888	G.Gangadhara Pratap	M	BJP	4659

List of Participating Political Parties in Pondicherry Assembly Election in 1996

S.No.	Party Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	AIIC(T)	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
2	BJP	Bharatiya Janta Party
3	CPI	Communist Party Of India
4	CPM	Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
5	INC	Indian National Congress
6	JD	Janata Dal
7	JP	Janata Party
State Parties
8	ADMK	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9	BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party
10	DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
11	MDMK	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
12	PMK	Pattali Makkal Katchi
13	TMC(M)	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
14	CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party Of India (Marxist-leninist) (Liberation)
15	MGRK	XXX
Independents
16	IND	Independent