Puducherry Election Result 2021 Live: NDA wins Puducherry, bags 15 seats, leading in 1

According to Election Commission, as of 10.30 PM, the All India NR Congress won 10 seats, BJP won 5 seats and leading on 1, comprising the NDA. With this, the NDA has reached the halfway mark to form its government in Puducherry.

From the UPA alliance, DMK has also won 3 seats and is leading on 3, while Congress has won 2 seats. The Independents have won 4 seats and leading on 2.

NDA - won 15, leading on 1

UPA - won 5, leading on 3

According to Election Commission, as of 10.00 PM, the All India NR Congress won 10 seats, BJP won 3 seats and leading on three, comprising the NDA. From the UPA alliance, DMK has also won 3 seats and is leading on 3, while Congress has won 2 seats. The Independent have won 4 seats and leading on 2.

NDA - won 13, leading on 3

UPA - won 5, leading on 3 

According to Election Commission, as of 7.50 PM, the All India NR Congress has bagged 9 seats, BJP won 3, while the NDA allies are leading on one seat each.

DMK has won 3 seats and is leading on 1 seat, while Congress has won 2 seats. 3 seats have been grabbed by the Independent, while they are leading in 2.

The AINRC has won 6 seats amid the ongoing counting of votes. Additionally, it is also leading in 2 other seats while it ally BJP has won 3 seats and it leading in 1. 

The NDA coalition of AINRC and BJP continue to win in Puducherry. Both parties have won 5 and 3 seats respectively while leading in 2 other seats. The Congress-led UPA on the other hand is trailing with 1 seat while leading in 4 other seats. 

As per ECI, the NDA coalition has won 7 seats (AINRC - 4, BJP - 3) while it leads in 2 other seats. The opposition DMK has managed to win 1 seat while the Congress is leading with 2 seats

According to ECI's latest trends, the AINRC has won 4 seats while the BJP has won 2. Both parties are leading in one seat each. Meanwhile, the DMK has won 1 seat while its ally Congress is leading in 2. 

As per ECI's data at 2:20 pm, the AINRC has won two seats while its NDA ally BJP has won one seat. Both parties are leading in 3 and 2 seats respectively. In addition, the DMK has won one seat. On the other hand, the Congress is leading in two seats. 

The NDA is leading in 8 seats as counting for Puducherry assembly elections continues. The rival UPA alliance is trailing in 3 seats. 

Counting continues in Puducherry as BJP leads in 3 seats. Overall, the NDA has taken lead in 8 seats

The ECI's official trends project BJP's lead in 3 seats in Puducherry

As per the ECI, NDA allies AINRC and BJP are currently leading in 6 and 2 seats respectively. Meanwhile, DMK, Congress and Independent candidates are trailing with one seat each. 

The NDA is currently leading in 9 seats while the UPA leads in 2 seats 

The NDA alliance in Puducherry is leading  with 7 seats so far even as counting of votes continues. The Congress-led UPA is trailing with 3 seats. 

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As per ECI's latest numbers, the NDA is still leading with alliance parties AINRC and BJP gaining two constituencies each. On the other hand, the opposition DMK and independent canidates have bagged one constituency each

The AINRC's NDA ally, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has taken lead in two constituencies in Puducherry. 

The NDA alliance in Puducherry continues to take the lead. As per the latest numbers, both alliances are engaged in a close fight with NDA leading on 5 seats while the UPA on 3 seats. 

As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Congress is leading on one seat in Puducherry

As counting of votes continues in Puducherry, the latest trends indicate NDA's lead with 7 seats. Meanwhile, the UPA has bagged 2 seats so far. 

As per the initial trends, the NDA is ahead of the UPA. Counting of votes continues for the 30-seat Puducherry assembly 

Meanwhile, as per the initial trends, West Bengal's incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing in Nandigram constituency. Mamata Banerjee is facing her former aide Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. Follow all Live Updates for West Bengal results here: 

The counting of votes begins for Puducherry Assembly Elections

The counting of votes for the Puducherry Assembly Elections has began. 

The counting of votes for the Puducherry assembly elections is set to begin at 8 am. The electoral battle for the 30-seat assembly has two coalitions in fray - the  National Democractic Alliance (NDA) and the Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA). The NDA comprises of the NR Congress (AINRC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). On the hand, the SDA consists of Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK). 

The counting of votes for 30-seat Puducherry assembly elections will begin at 8 am on Sunday at the three Centres in the Puducherry region which cover 23 assembly constituencies. The other counting Centres include Karaikal which covers five constituencies. Additionally, the other two counting Centres include Mahe and Yanam which cover one constituency each. The counting will be undertaken across 31 halls in the six counting Centres. 

As per the election Commission of India (ECI), the postal votes will be counted first, followed by Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The counting will be conducted in three phases and in the first phase, 12 constituencies will be taken up, followed by 10 in the second phase and the remaining eight in the third phase. The Chief Electoral Officer for the UT, Shurbir Singh, said that the process is expected to be completed by 11 pm. 

Witnessing a battle between alliances helmed by two national parties, the Republic-CNX Exit Poll has predicted a close competition in Puducherry projecting the BJP-led NDA to bag close to 16-20 seats, just crossing the halfway mark in the 30-seat assembly constituency. The Congress-led SDA is expected to give a tough fight to the BJP, and as per the Republic-CNX Exit Poll is projected to hit somewhere between the 11-13 mark. Others are expected to win no seats. 

• NDA: 16-20
• SDA: 11-13

Puducherry held its Assembly Elections on April 6. In the single-phased election that were to decide the fate of 324 candidates across 30 Assembly segments, polling took place across 1,558 polling stations, including 952 main and 606 auxiliary polling stations in 635 locations. A total of 10,04,507 people were registered as eligible voters for the elections, of which  10,04,197 voters exercised their vote and set the voter turnout at 81.70 percent. 

In the Union Territory, the war for power is between two alliances. A conglomeration of four political parties- Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) that stands with the name of Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) have been pitched against another conglomeration but this time, of three parties- the NR Congress (AINRC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) that goes by the name of National Democratic Alliance. 

The SDA alliance has Congress contesting from 15 seats, followed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which will fight on 13 seats along with the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), each of which will be contesting on one seat.NDA, on the other hand, has the NR Congress (AINRC) contesting 16 seats while the BJP is contesting on 9 seats and AIADMK with 14.

Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party is also contesting on seats in Puducherry.

Who Won Puducherry Election 2016?

In 2016, the Congress-DMK alliance had defeated N Rangaswamy's All India NR Congress by winning 17 seats against 8 seats in the 30 constituency assembly.  If a government is formed after these results and completes its tenure, then the next elections will be held in 2026. 

This year, all eyes will be on the Puducherry Assembly Elections 2021 since they were held months after the Congress-DMK government collapsed in the UT after failing to prove their majority. 

Earlier, Puducherry was ruled by the Congress-led Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) with V Narayanasamy at the helm as the Chief Minister. However, weeks before the assembly's tenure was to end, crisis struck the Congress as opposition leader N Rangasamy and 13 other MLAs called on Raj Nivas and submitted a letter claiming that the Narayanasamy-led government has lost majority. This came after four Congress MLAs - A Namassivayam, E Theeppainjan, John Kumar, Malladi Krishna Rao tendered their resignations.

Moreover, another MLA, N Dhanavelou was disqualified while Namassivayam and Theeppainjan had already jumped ship to join the saffron camp. The turbulent political crisis further escalated when Leader of Opposition N Rangasamy met L-G Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan along with AIADMK MLA A Anbalagan and nominated MLA V Saminathan. The three leaders requested the L-G to direct the incumbent government to prove its majority on the floor of the House. 

However, the Congress government in Puducherry eventually collapsed as it garnered the support of just 12 legislators. The Congress on its part has blamed the BJP for the nomination of three of its MLAs to the house, threats of probe through Central agencies and sparking crisis by luring some legislators as being responsible for the collapse.