The standard din and bustle of electioneering was lacking in most constituencies in Puducherry, hours earlier than the curtains got here down on ballot marketing campaign on Sunday. Puducherry and its outlying areas of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam go to Assembly polls on April 6 in single part.
There are 30 Assembly segments, together with 5 reserved constituencies. The election marketing campaign drew to an in depth at 7pm.
The election is a eager contest between the Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance and the AINRC-led NDA. The chief contestants are AINRC founder chief N Rangasamy looking for election from Thattanchavady in Puducherry and the lone seat in Yanam an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh.
He has no robust adversary in the hustings in Yanam, ballot observers stated. The PCC president AV Subramanian is looking for election from his dwelling city of Karaikal (north).
The AIADMK convenors A Anbalagan and Om Sakthi Segar are testing their luck in Uppalam and Orleanpet segments, respectively. Anbalagan has been holding the Uppalam constituency consecutively since 2001. Om Sakthi Segar who was elected to the Assembly on two events in the previous from Nellithope has now moved to Orleanth which is a brand new turf for him.
Four former ministers MOHF Shah Jahan, M Kandasamy and R Kamalakannan are contesting from Kamaraj Nagar, Embalam (reserved) and Tirunallar, respectively. Shahjahan had been contesting from Kalapet section all alongside however now he’s fielded by the Congress in Kamaraj Nagar and he’s pitted in opposition to the BJP candidate A John Kumar.
The election witnesses John Kumar and his son Richards combating the ballot on BJP ticket. Richards is contesting from Nellithope constituency.
Narayanasamy who headed the Congress authorities right here since 2016 has now opted out of the ballot battle. The Congress has re-fielded its girl nominee Vijayaveny in Nettapakkam and equally the AINRC has re-fielded B.
Kobika and Chandrapriyanka in Thirubhuvai (reserved) and Neduncadu (reserved) constituencies respectively. The AINRC is looking for election from 16 seats after sharing the remaining 14 seats with BJP (9) and AIADMK (4).
Similarly, the Congress is contesting in 14 seats and supporting an Independent in Yanam whereas its allies the DMK is looking for election from 13 seats. VCK and CPI constituents of the alliance led by Congress are wooing voters in Oulgaret and Thattanchavady constituencies respectively.
Yanam is a star constituency as the AINRC chief Rangasamy is contesting there. It is anticipated that Yanam would register the very best proportion of polling due to the exhausting work Malladi Krishna Rao, who had been holding the seat since 1996 will not be nevertheless contesting now .
Malladi Krishna Rao was Health Minister in the final ministry. He, nevertheless, stop the submit of the MLA and the Minister intensifying the disaster for the Congress rule.
Anbalagan of AIADMK and his brother A Baskar (additionally belonging to AIADMK) are looking for re-election from the Uppalam and Mudaliarpet constituencies respectively. Anbalagan is dealing with the problem from the DMK nominee Annibal Kennedy, a former legislator.
Baskar is locking horns with an advocate L Sampath (DMK) a inexperienced horn in ballot battle in Mudaliarpet. Mannadipet is one other essential section as the earlier PWD Minister A Namassivayam is contesting on BJP ticket.
This is a brand new turf for him as he had all alongside been getting elected from Villianoor his dwelling city. He has been on in depth electioneering in Mannadipet.
