Elections to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly were held in April 1996, to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Puducherry (then known as Pondicherry), in India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats, but the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the popular vote, and R. V. Janakiraman was appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.

Seat allotments Congress Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1.

V. Vaithilingam 202. J. Jayalalithaa 10

DMK-led Alliance No. Party Election Symbol Leader Seats1. M. Karunanidhi 182. G. K. Moopanar 53. Indrajit Gupta 34. 4

List of Candidates ConstituencyINC+DMK+ 1 Muthialpet S. Anandavelu G. Palaniraja 2 Cassicade S. Narayanasamy P. Kannan 3 Raj Bhavan A. Gandhirasu S.P. Sivakumar 4 Bussy C.M. Achraff Abdul Rachide 5 Oupalam U.C. Arumugham S. Rathinam @ Manohar 6 Orleampeth K. Parasuraman R. Siva 7 Nellithope D. Ramachandiren R.V. Janakiraman 8 Modeliarpeth V. Kothandaraman Sababathy M. Manjini 9 Ariankuppam S. Sreedharan T. Jayamoorthy 10 Embalom (SC) K. Pakkiriammal P. Muthukrishnan 11 Nettapakkam V. Vaithilingam P.M. Mathy @ Subbarayan 12 Kuruvinatham T. Thiagarajan A. Annapoorni 13 Bahour (SC) P. Rajavelu M. Kandasamy 14 Thirubuvanai (SC) S. Arasi K. Jayaraj 15 Mannadipet N. Rajaram K. Rajasegaran 16 Ossudu (SC) N. Marimuthu V. Nagarathinam 17 Villenour P. Anandbaskaran C. Jayakumar 18 Ozhukarai K. Natarajan R.R. Somasundaram 19 Thattanchavady N. Rangasamy V. Rathinavelu 20 Reddiarpalayam Na. Manimaran R. Viswanathan 21 Lawspet M.O.H.F. Shajahan N. Kesavan 22 Cotchery R. Nalamagarajan S. Shanmugam 23 Karaikal H.M. Abdul Kader A.M.H. Nazeem 24 Karaikal South A.V. Subramanian S. Savarirajan 25 Neravy-Grand Aldee A.M.K. Balu V.M.C. Sivakkumar 26 Tirunallar R. Kamalakannan A. Soundarengan 27 Neduncadu (SC) M. Chandirakasu A. Marimuthu 28 Mahe E. Valsaraj Manoly Muhammad 29 Palloor A.V. Sreedharan P.K. Sathyanandan 30 Yanam Velaga Rajeswara Rao Malladi Krishna Rao

Results

Elected members Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes% 1 Muthialpet 69.96% S. Anandavelu 11,009 56.26% G. Palani Raja 8,098 41.39% 2,911 2 Cassicade 66.08% P. Kannan 6,501 63.21% S. Narayanasamy 3,195 31.06% 3,306 3 Raj Bhavan 65.39% S. P. Sivakumar 2,697 58.54% A. Gandhirasu 1,159 25.16% 1,538 4 Bussy 60.37% C. M. Achraff 2,208 46.26% A. Abdul Rachide 1,378 28.87% 830 5 Oupalam 72.39% S. Rathinam @ Manohar 6,866 50.79% U. C. Arumugam 5,866 43.39% 1,000 6 Orleampeth 68.14% R. Siva 8,105 49.16% K. Parasuraman 5,107 30.97% 2,998 7 Nellithope 69.88% R. V. Janakiraman 8,803 52.31% D. Ramachandiren 7,354 43.70% 1,449 8 Mudaliarpet 71.54% M. Manjini 11,380 49.69% V. Sababady Kothandraman 8,278 36.15% 3,102 9 Ariankuppam 79.25% S. Ramsingh 7,382 37.86% T. Jayamoorthy 6,329 32.46% 1,053 10 Embalam 78.31% R. Rajaraman 8,311 62.73% K. Pakkiriammal 3,454 26.07% 4,857 11 Nettapakkam 83.58% V. Vaithilingam 7,563 54.86% V. Muthunarayana Reddiar 5,036 36.53% 2,527 12 Kuruvinatham 87.32% T. Thiagarajan 7,209 48.85% R. Ramanathan 7,022 47.58% 187 13 Bahour 83.48% M. Kandasamy 7,921 51.95% P. Rajavelu 7,221 47.36% 700 14 Thirubuvanai 79.23% S. Arasi 5,707 37.08% K. Jayaraj 5,586 36.29% 121 15 Mannadipet 82.77% K. Rajasegaran 8,113 51.63% N. Rajaram 6,866 43.69% 1,247 16 Ossudu 80.14% V. Nagarathinam 7,380 53.78% N. Marimuthu 5,232 38.13% 2,148 17 Villianur 83.35% C. Jayakumar 12,205 64.56% P. Anandabaskaran 6,509 34.43% 5,696 18 Ozhukarai 75.71% K. Natarajan 7,794 41.10% R. R. Somasundaram 6,252 32.97% 1,542 19 Thattanchavady 72.14% N. Rangaswamy 9,989 42.95% V. Pethaperumal 7,699 33.11% 2,290 20 Reddiarpalayam 62.82% R. Viswanathan 17,206 65.58% Na. Manimaran 5,966 22.74% 11,240 21 Lawspet 71.79% N. Kesavan 16,442 54.40% M. O. H. F. Shahjahan 10,211 33.78% 6,231 22 Cotchery 78.37% R. Nalamagarajan 7,630 47.53% G. Panjavarnam 5,968 37.17% 1,662 23 Karaikal North 67.73% A. M. H. Nazeem 9,474 71.01% H. M. Abdul Kader 2,946 22.08% 6,528 24 Karaikal South 75.45% A. V. Subramanian 6,676 57.48% S. Savarirajan 4,717 40.61% 1,959 25 Neravy T R Pattinam 78.01% V. M. C. Sivakumar 7,595 53.44% S. T. P. Diravidamani 4,385 30.85% 3,210 26 Thirunallar 78.92% R. Kamalakannan 6,063 48.53% A. Soundarengan 4,938 39.53% 1,125 27 Nedungadu 83.17% A. Marimuthu 6,899 54.93% M. Chandirakasu 5,116 40.74% 1,783 28 Mahe 76.06% E. Valsaraj 4,184 45.58% Manoli Muhammad 3,915 42.65% 269 29 Palloor 74.44% A. V. Sreedharan 4,253 45.40% Panangatil Khader 2,929 31.27% 1,324 30 Yanam 86.68% Malladi Krishna Rao 8,445 62.31% Velaga Rajeshwara Rao 3,602 26.58% 4,843

See also List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1996 elections in India

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