The All India N.R. Congress (abbr. AINRC) is a regional

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formed by the

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, N. Rangaswamy in the

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. He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's head office in

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as a breakaway from the

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. It fought the 2011 elections by allying with AIADMK and won the majority. Since 2014, it is part of the

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led by the

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. NDA alliance won the majority in the 2021 elections and is currently the ruling party of the union territory. The official website states expansion of "N.R." in the party's nயம்' (, ). 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

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(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

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. Radhakrishnan won the lone

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from Puducherry.

2016 Assembly elections

AINRC won eight seats in the

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while

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has emerged as the single largest party with 15 seats. Therefore, Congress, along with

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which won two seats, forms government.

2019 Lok Sabha election

2021 Assembly elections

AINRC along with BJP won a clear majority of seats in the

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which paved way for the

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to form a government in the Union Territory for the first time.

Electoral performance

Indian general elections

State legislative assembly elections

List of party leaders

Presidents

Legislative leaders

List of chief ministers

Chief ministers of Puducherry

List of speakers

Speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

List of deputy speakers

Deputy speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

List of leaders of the opposition

Leaders of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

List of deputy leaders of the opposition

Deputy leaders of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

References

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