Puducherry Assembly Elections 2016 Results: Counting of votes begins

A total of 344 candidates, including 96 independents, are in the fray in the polls held on May 16.

Written by: Press Trust of India

Published: May 19, 2016, 8:42 AM IST

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Puducherry, May 19: Counting of votes polled for the 30-member Puducherry Assembly began here this morning amid tight security. A total of 344 candidates, including 96 independents, are in the fray in the polls held on May 16.

Three-tier security has been put in place at the counting centres.Prominent among the contestants are Chief Minister N Rangasamy (AINRC), his cabinet colleagues, leader of the opposition V Vaithilingam (Congress), Speaker V Sbapathy, former Rajya Sabha member P Kannan (AIADMK) and PCC leader A Namassivayam.(Also Read: Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016 Results: Counting of votes begin)

AINRC, AIADMK, BJP and PMK have contested on their own while the Congress in alliance with DMK. Puducherry registered 84.8 per cent polling, 2.11 per cent less than the turnout in 2011.