Ozhukarai Assembly constituency

Ozhukarai is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Ozhukarai Assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

Oulgaret
Constituency No. 6 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1974
Total electors	41,890
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Sivasankar
Party	Independent
Elected year	2001

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	G. Perumal Raja		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	G. Perumal Raja		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	R. Somasundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	M. Rasan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Natarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Natarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Namassivayam		Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	A. Namassivayam		Indian National Congress
2011	N. G. Pannir Selvam		All India N.R. Congress
2016	M. N. R. Balan		Indian National Congress
2021	M. Sivasankar		Independent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			36.50%
2016			47.66%
2011			37.77%
2006			48.10%
2001			45.49%
1996			41.10%
1991			56.82%
1990			54.08%
1985			53.78%
1980			65.98%
1977			31.68%
1974			39.44%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Sivasankar	11,940	36.50%
	AINRC	N. G. Pannir Selvam	11,121	34.00%
	VCK	Angalane @ Deva Pozhilan	5,633	17.22%
	MNM	R. Pazhanivelan	1,185	3.62%
	NTK	S. Priya	1,157	3.54%
	NOTA	Nota	444	1.36%	−0.52%
	Independent	Sivasankaran	282	0.86%
	Independent	N. Jeevanandam	188	0.57%
	CPI(ML)L	S. Mothilal	158	0.48%
	AMMK	Ejoumale	147	0.45%
Margin of victory			819	2.50%	−20.53%
Turnout			32,710	77.83%	−4.73%
Registered electors			42,027		12.47%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-11.16%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. N. R. Balan	14,703	47.66%
	AINRC	N. G. Pannir Selvam	7,596	24.62%
	AIADMK	M. Sivasankar	3,958	12.83%
	Independent	T. Sampathkumar	1,406	4.56%
	CPI	A. Devasagayam	1,199	3.89%
	BJP	K. Akilan	629	2.04%	1.14%
	NOTA	None of the Above	579	1.88%
	NTK	A. Irudayanathan	193	0.63%
	PMK	R. Murugan	174	0.56%
Margin of victory			7,107	23.04%	16.52%
Turnout			30,851	82.56%	−3.12%
Registered electors			37,366		33.30%
	INC gain from AINRC		Swing	9.89%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	N. G. Pannir Selvam	9,071	37.77%
	Independent	A. N. Balane	7,505	31.25%
	DMK	A. Johnkumar	6,833	28.45%
	BJP	V. Santhi	216	0.90%	−0.15%
Margin of victory			1,566	6.52%	2.25%
Turnout			24,017	85.68%	−2.66%
Registered electors			28,031		−15.36%
	AINRC gain from INC		Swing	-10.33%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Namassivayam	14,072	48.10%
	AIADMK	K. Natarajan	12,824	43.83%	16.89%
	DMDK	R. Selvaraj	1,408	4.81%
	BJP	Dr. N. Dharmaraj	307	1.05%
	Independent	R. Mathivanan	168	0.57%
Margin of victory			1,248	4.27%	−14.28%
Turnout			29,256	88.34%	16.38%
Registered electors			33,116		6.57%
	INC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	2.61%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. Namassivayam	10,164	45.49%
	AIADMK	K. Natarajan	6,021	26.95%	−14.15%
	DMK	N. Balane	5,624	25.17%	−7.79%
	Independent	G. Radha Krishnan	154	0.69%
	MDMK	T. N. Parthiban	106	0.47%
Margin of victory			4,143	18.54%	10.41%
Turnout			22,343	71.96%	0.82%
Registered electors			31,075		17.87%
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.32%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Natarajan	7,794	41.10%	−15.72%
	DMK	R. R. Somasundaram	6,252	32.97%	−8.68%
	MDMK	A. Namassivayam	4,301	22.68%
	Independent	A. Jaya	274	1.44%
	BSP	A. Mohamadou Ibrahim	116	0.61%
	Independent	G. Adhimoolam	97	0.51%
Margin of victory			1,542	8.13%	−7.04%
Turnout			18,965	75.71%	4.56%
Registered electors			26,363		21.25%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.72%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Natarajan	8,566	56.82%	13.82%
	DMK	M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni	6,279	41.65%	−12.43%
	Independent	A. Mohamed Yousuf	87	0.58%
	JP	P. Perumal	69	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,287	15.17%	4.09%
Turnout			15,077	71.15%	−5.38%
Registered electors			21,742		2.15%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.74%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Rasan Alias Vazhumuni	8,749	54.08%	12.51%
	AIADMK	M. Padmanabhan	6,956	43.00%	−10.78%
	PMK	Abdul Rayub Alias Syed Chand	438	2.71%
Margin of victory			1,793	11.08%	−1.13%
Turnout			16,178	76.53%	−6.34%
Registered electors			21,285		64.20%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.30%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Somasundaram	5,729	53.78%	21.53%
	DMK	G. Perumal Raja	4,428	41.57%	−24.42%
	JP	V. Chandrasekaran	348	3.27%
	BJP	B. Azhagannandem	75	0.70%
	Independent	R. Abbaye	53	0.50%
Margin of victory			1,301	12.21%	−21.52%
Turnout			10,653	82.87%	−1.52%
Registered electors			12,963		22.32%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-12.20%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Perumal Raja	5,493	65.98%	34.31%
	AIADMK	R. Somasundaram	2,685	32.25%	3.91%
	JP(S)	Mohamed Ilyas	97	1.17%
Margin of victory			2,808	33.73%	30.39%
Turnout			8,325	84.39%	3.44%
Registered electors			10,598		8.29%
	DMK hold		Swing	34.31%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Perumal Raja	2,477	31.68%	1.54%
	AIADMK	G. Venugopal	2,216	28.34%	−11.11%
	CPI	N. Gurusamy	1,685	21.55%
	JP	P. Devaraj	1,442	18.44%
Margin of victory			261	3.34%	−5.97%
Turnout			7,820	80.95%	−6.19%
Registered electors			9,787		9.01%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.77%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Ozhukarai^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Venugopal Alias G. Mannathan	2,982	39.44%
	DMK	S. Muthu	2,278	30.13%
	INC	P. Ramachandran	1,784	23.60%
	Independent	A. Lazar Their	516	6.83%
Margin of victory			704	9.31%
Turnout			7,560	87.15%
Registered electors			8,978
	AIADMK win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district