2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|
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| Turnout | 85.08%( 1.11%) | 
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|  | Majority party | Minority party |  
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| Leader | A. Namassivayam | N. Rangaswamy |  
| Party | INC | AINRC |  
| Alliance | UPA+DPA | Independent |  
| Leader's seat | Villianur | Indira Nagar |  
| Last election | 7 seats, 25.06% | 15 seats, 31.75% |  
| Seats won | 15 | 8 |  
| Seat change | 8 | 7 |  
| Popular vote | 244,886 | 225,082 |  
| Percentage | 30.6% | 28.1% |  
| Swing | 5.54% | 3.65% |  
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|  | Third party | Fourth party |  
|  |  AIADMK |  DMK |  
| Leader | A. Anbazhagan | R. Siva |  
| Party | AIADMK | DMK |  
| Alliance | - | DPA+UPA |  
| Leader's seat | Oupalam | Orleampeth |  
| Last election | 5 seats, 13.65% | 2 seats, 10.68% |  
| Seats won | 4 | 2 |  
| Seat change | 1 |  |  
| Popular vote | 134,597 | 70,836 |  
| Percentage | 16.8% | 8.9% |  
| Swing | 3.05% | 1.78% |  |
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The legislative assembly election in the Indian union territory of Puducherry was held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory to constitute Fourteenth Puducherry Legislative Assembly.