As results for 22 out of the total 30 segments in Puducherry trickled in, the AINRC-led NDA looked all set to capture power in Pud🍬ucherry by winning 13 assembly seats and leadin💯g in two.
According to the Elect🍸ion Commission, the AINRC secured 10, BJP three, DMK three, Congress tw🔯o and the independents four.
The Congre🔥ss-led front emerged victorious in five constituencies and the independents in four as the counting for votes polled in the April 6 elections, was still underway.
AINRC Chief and former Chief Minister N Rangasamy triumphed in Thattanchavady constituency and wrested the seat🦂 f💙rom DMK.
Rangasamy aspired for annexing two segments- Thattanchavady anꦜd Yanam- in the Aprඣil 6 polls.
However, his move to get e𒊎lected from 👍Yanam seemed to be a far cry to him as the Independent candidate Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok backed by the Congress turned out to be a formidable rival.
The Thattanchavady segment in Puducherry brought Rangasamy cheers as he 𝕴annexed the seat with a margin of 5,456 votes over his immediate CPI rival K Set🔯hu alias Sethu Selvam.
A Namassivayam of BJP emerged victorious from Mannadiꦡpet constitu♔ency after defeating his DMK rival A Krishnan.
Namassivayam, who shifted his allegiance to the saffron part🉐y in January this yearꦆ after quitting the Congress, contested the April 6 poll from Mannadipet seat as BJP nominee.
The former minist🐠er polled 14,939 votes w💯hile his rival secured 12,189 votes.
A green horn in poll battle, U Lakshmikandhan of AINRC wrested the Embalam (reserved) segment from Congress by defeating its candidate and🌄 former Welfare Minister M Kandasamy.
Chief Electoral Officer Shurbir Singh told PTI t🧸hat the BJP nominee A John Kumar was declared elected from Kamaraj Nagar.
Kumar defeated his immediate Congress rival and꧂ former Industries Minister ﷺM O H F Shah Jahan.
John Kumar was elected from Kam♈araj Nagar in the by-election held in November 2019♋ on Congress ticket.
He has now retained the൩ segment but on different party ticket.
Kumar joined BJ💟P in February after quitting Congress and🌸 contested the April 6 poll locking horns with former Industries Minister.
M Vaithianathan of Congress defe💎ated BJP's V Saminathan, who is president of Puducherry unit of the party, by a margin of 5,652 votes in the Lawspet♕ constituency.
Saminathan was one 🐼of the nominated legislators in the outgoing Assembly.
Vaithianathan ꦓquꦫit the AINRC a few months ago and joined the Congress.
Sixteen seats are required for a simple majority𝓰 in the 30-member assembly.
