AINRC-led NDA wins Puducherry

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the All India NR Congress (AINRC), retained the 30-member Puducherry assembly after winning 18 of the 30 seats in the Union Territory.

- HT Correspondent

The AINRC won 12 seats, the BJP four, and the AIADMK and Latchiya Jananayaka Katchi (LJK) one seat each.

Chief minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy won from Thattanchavady and Mangalam, the two seats from which he contested the April 9 Assembly elections in the Union Territory.

While the CM trounced Neyam Makkal Kazhagam rival E Vinayagam by 4,441 votes in Thattanchavady, his pocket borough seat, Rangasamy also emerged victorious in Managalam, defeating DMK’s SS Rangan by 7,050 votes.