BAHOUR
Assembly seat no. 23 in Puducherry · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1964.
Winner, 2026
R. Senthil Kumar
DMK
Elections held
15
1964–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 3 of 15
Margin, 2026
2,397
8.73% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AINRCT. Thiagarajan
- Votes
- 8,123
- Vote share
- 29.59%
- Behind by
- 2,397
Electors
28,665
Total votes polled
27,456
Valid votes
27,456
NOTA votes
147
0.54% of votes polled
Turnout
95.8%
Full result, 2026
9 candidates · 27,456 valid votes
R. Senthil KumarDMKwon
10,520
38.3%
T. ThiagarajanAINRC
8,123
29.6%
N. DhanavelouTVK
8,043
29.3%
S. NaveenaNTK
265
1.0%
A. Arulprakash @ Arul OliIND
135
0.5%
Sathiyamoorthy. GTMTHK
94
0.3%
M. VengatesanIND
69
0.3%
K. KirubanidhiPMK
49
0.2%
M. MugilanIND
11
0.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | R. Senthil Kumar | DMK | 10,520 | 38.32% | T. Thiagarajan | 2,397 |
| 2021 | R SENTHILKUMAR | DMK | 11,789 | 44.56% | N DHANAVELOU | 211 |
| 2016 | DANAVELOU, N. | INC | 11,278 | 45.70% | THIAGARAJAN, T. | 2,807 |
| 2011 | T. THIAGARAJAN | AINRC | 12,284 | 53.42% | R. RADHAKRISHNAN | 2,055 |
| 2006 | M. KANDASAMY | INC | 11,164 | 60.11% | P. RAJAVELU | 4,276 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
