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All India N.R. Congress

{{short description|Political party in Puducherry, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox Indian political party

|party_name = All India N.R. Congress

|abbreviation = AINRC

|logo =

|colorcode = {{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}

|president = N. Rangasamy

|loksabha_leader =

|rajyasabha_leader =

|foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2011|02|07}}

|founder = N. Rangasamy

|split = Indian National Congress

|headquarters = 65/6, E.C.R. Salai, Pakkamudayanpet, Pondicherry – 605008, Puducherry, India.

|eci = State Party

|alliance = *NDA
(2014-2016)
(2019-present)

  • AIADMK+
    (2011-2014, 2021-2023 and 2025-present)

|loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex={{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|state_seats_name = Puducherry Legislative Assembly

|state_seats = {{Composition bar|10|33|hex={{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|no_states = {{Composition bar|1|31|hex={{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|students = AINRC Student Wing

|women = AINRC Women's Wing

|labour = AINRC Labour Wing

|peasants = AINRC Peasant's Wing

|symbol = File:Indian Election Symbol Jug.svg

|flag = All India N.R. Congress.png

|website = {{url|http://allindianrcongress.com}}

}}

The All India N.R. Congress (abbr. AINRC){{cite web |url =https://fullforms.com/AINRC|title=What does AINRC mean?|access-date =21 September 2020}} is a regional political party formed by the Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangaswamy in the Indian union territory of Puducherry.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly-polls/aiadmk-reaches-poll-pact-with-all-india-n-r-congress-94407|title=ADMK reaches poll pact|access-date=14 May 2016|work=NDTV}} He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's head office in Pondicherry as a breakaway from the Indian National Congress. It fought the 2011 elections by allying with AIADMK and won the majority.{{Cite news|editor=ITGB Bureau|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2011/puducherry/story/puducherry-poll-results-133717-2011-05-13|date=13 May 2011|title=AINRC-AIADMK alliance ousts Cong-DMK in Puducherry|access-date=19 October 2024|work=India Today}} Since 2014, it is part of the National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP.{{Cite news|editor=Debjani Dutta|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2014/Mar/13/rangasamy-in-nda-names-ex-speaker-as-ls-candidate-585591.html|date=13 March 2014|title=Rangasamy in NDA, Names Ex-Speaker as LS Candidate|access-date=19 October 2024|work=The New Indian Express}} NDA alliance won the majority in the 2021 elections and is currently the ruling party of the union territory.{{Cite news|editor=India Today Web Desk|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/puducherry-assembly-polls-2021/story/puducherry-election-results-2021-full-list-of-winners-1798043-2021-05-02|date=3 May 2021|title=Puducherry Election Results 2021: NDA wins in Pondy by bagging 16 seats, here's the list of winners|access-date=19 October 2024|work=India Today}}

The official website states expansion of "N.R." in the party's nயம்}}' ({{transliteration|ta|ISO|Namatu rājjiyam}}, {{literal translation|our rule}}). These letters are also the initials of the party founder N. Rangasamy. The party's official motto is Simplicity, Fairness and Transparency.

2011 Assembly elections

In the 2011 assembly election, the AINRC is allied with J. Jayalalithaa's All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Rangasamy formed the government by winning 15 seats in the election without consulting the AIADMK and refusing to share power with the pre-election alliance partner. So Jayalalithaa accused Rangasamy of betraying the coalition.

2014 Lok Sabha election

Chief Minister N Rangaswamy announced that R. Radhakrishnan, former Speaker of Puducherry Assembly, would be the AINRC candidate for the Puducherry constituency for 2014 Lok Sabha Election.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/ainrc-names-candidate-for-puducherry-constituency/article5777429.ece|title=AINRC names candidate|access-date=14 May 2016|work=NDTV}} Radhakrishnan won the lone Lok Sabha seat from Puducherry.

2016 Assembly elections

AINRC won eight seats in the 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election while Congress has emerged as the single largest party with 15 seats.{{Cite web|last=Upadhyaya|first=Prakash|date=2016-05-19|title=Pondicherry (Puducherry) Assembly elections 2016 result: Congress emerges single largest party|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/puducherry-assembly-elections-2016-result-live-updates-679282|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.ibtimes.co.in|language=en}} Therefore, Congress, along with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam which won two seats, forms government.

== 2019 Lok Sabha election==

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2021 Assembly elections

AINRC along with BJP won a clear majority of seats in the 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election which paved way for the NDA to form a government in the Union Territory for the first time.{{cite news |title=NDA shifts focus to government formation in Puducherry |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/puducherry-assembly/nda-shifts-focus-to-government-formation-in-puducherry/article34470475.ece |work=The Hindu |date=3 May 2021 |language=en-IN}}

Electoral performance

=Indian general elections=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Lok Sabha Elections

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Year

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Lok Sabha

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Party leader

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Seats contested

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Seats won

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Change in seats

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Percentage of votes

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Vote swing

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Popular vote

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Outcome

2014

|16th

|rowspan=3|N. Rangasamy

|1

|{{Composition bar compact|1|543|{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|0.04%

|{{steady}}

|255,826

|{{won|Government}}

2019

|17th

|1

|{{Composition bar compact|0|543|{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|{{decrease}} 1

|0.04%

|{{Steady}}

|247,956

|{{lost|Lost}}

2024

|18th

|0

!colspan="6"|Did not contest, as to support NDA candidate in Puducherry

=State legislative assembly elections=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Puducherry Legislative Assembly Elections{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-puducherry/|title=Puducherry Assembly Election Results|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 April 2022}}

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Year

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assembly

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Party leader

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Seats contested

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Seats won

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Change in seats

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Percentage of votes

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Vote swing

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Popular vote

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Outcome

2011

|13th

|rowspan=4|N. Rangasamy

|17

|{{Composition bar compact|15|30|{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 15

|31.75%

|{{steady}}

|221,552

|{{won|Government}}

2016

|14th

|30

|{{Composition bar compact|8|30|{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|{{decrease}} 7

|28.12%

|{{decrease}} 3.63%

|225,082

|style="background:#FFA07A;"|Opposition

2021

|15th

|16

|{{Composition bar compact|10|30|{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 2

|25.85%

|{{decrease}} 2.27%

|216,249

|{{won|Government}}

2026

|16th

|colspan=7|TBD

|+Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/87-tamilnadu/|title=Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=}}

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Year

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assembly

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Party leader

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Seats contested

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Seats won

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Change in seats

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Percentage of votes

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Vote swing

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Popular vote

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Outcome

2026

|15th

|N. Rangasamy

|colspan=7|TBD

List of party leaders

=Presidents=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|No.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Portrait

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Term in office

style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assumed office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Left office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Time in office

1

|100px

|N. Rangasamy
(1950–)

|7 February 2011

|Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2011|02|07}}

Legislative leaders

=List of chief ministers=

==Chief ministers of Puducherry==

{{see|List of chief ministers of Puducherry}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|No.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Portrait

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Term in office

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Puducherry Legislative Assembly
{{small|(Elections in Puducherry)}}

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Constituency

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Ministry

style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assumed office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Left office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Time in office

rowspan=2|1

|rowspan=2|100px

|rowspan=2|N. Rangasamy
(1950–)

|16 May 2011

|5 June 2016

|rowspan=2|{{age in years and days|2016|04|17}}

|13th
{{small|(2011)}}

|Kadirkamam

|Rangasamy III

7 May 2021

|Incumbent

|15th
{{small|(2021)}}

|Thattanchavady

|Rangasamy IV

=List of speakers=

==Speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly==

{{see|List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|No.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Portrait

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Term in office

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Puducherry Legislative Assembly
{{small|(Elections in Puducherry)}}

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Constituency

style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assumed office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Left office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Time in office

1

|100px

|V. Sabapathy
(1944–)

|29 June 2011

|21 May 2016

|4 years, 327 days

|13th
{{small|(2011)}}

|Ariankuppam

=List of deputy speakers=

==Deputy speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|No.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Portrait

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Term in office

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Puducherry Legislative Assembly
{{small|(Elections in Puducherry)}}

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Constituency

!rowspan=2 colspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|List of speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assumed office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Left office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Time in office

1

|100px

|T. P. R. Selvame
(1971–)

|3 November 2011

|21 May 2016

|4 years, 200 days

|13th
{{small|(2011)}}

|Mannadipet

|V. Sabapathy

|style="background:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}};"|

2

|100px

|P. Rajavelu
(1961–)

|26 August 2021

|Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2021|08|26}}

|15th
{{small|(2021)}}

|Nettapakkam

|Embalam R. Selvam

|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};"|

=List of leaders of the opposition=

==Leaders of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly==

{{see|List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|No.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Portrait

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Term in office

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Puducherry Legislative Assembly
{{small|(Elections in Puducherry)}}

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Constituency

style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assumed office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Left office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Time in office

1

|100px

|N. Rangasamy
(1950–)

|24 August 2016

|22 February 2021

|4 years, 182 days

|14th
{{small|(2016)}}

|Indira Nagar

=List of deputy leaders of the opposition=

==Deputy leaders of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|No.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Portrait

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

!colspan=3 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Term in office

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Puducherry Legislative Assembly
{{small|(Elections in Puducherry)}}

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Constituency

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Assumed office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Left office

!style="background-color:#FDA209;color:black"|Time in office

1

|100px

|P. R. N. Thirumurugan
(1972–)

|24 August 2016

|22 February 2021

|4 years, 182 days

|14th
{{small|(2016)}}

|Karaikal North

|N. Rangasamy

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Indian political parties}}

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Category:Indian National Congress breakaway groups

Category:Member parties of the National Democratic Alliance

Category:Political parties established in 2011

Category:Populist parties

Category:Recognised state political parties in India

Category:Social democratic parties in India

Category:State political parties in Puducherry

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