KALAPET
Assembly seat no. 12 in Puducherry · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2016
M.O.H.F. SHAHJAHAN
INC
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 1 of 4
Margin, 2016
634
2.26% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
INDP.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAM
- Votes
- 9,205
- Vote share
- 32.83%
- Behind by
- 634
Electors
32,009
Total votes polled
28,042
Valid votes
28,042
NOTA votes
377
1.34% of votes polled
Turnout
87.6%
Full result, 2016
14 candidates · 28,042 valid votes
M.O.H.F. SHAHJAHANINCwon
9,839
35.1%
P.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAMIND
9,205
32.8%
N. VISWANATHANAINRC
3,841
13.7%
V.C. EZHUMALAI@KASILINGAMADMK
3,694
13.2%
P. SELVARASSOUPMK
271
1.0%
S. ARUNACHALAMDMDK
219
0.8%
I.M.S. BALAJIBJP
184
0.7%
FAROOKIND
118
0.4%
V. KUMARINTK
89
0.3%
A. MOHANASUNDARAMIND
73
0.3%
DR. M. HARIHARANIND
42
0.1%
N. PERIYANNAN @ THANGAVELIND
36
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Senthil @ Ramesh | DMK | 12,069 | 38.26% | P.m.l. Kalyanasundaram | 447 |
| 2021 | P.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAM | BJP | 13,277 | 44.63% | A. SENTHIL @ RAMESH | 3,508 |
| 2016 | M.O.H.F. SHAHJAHAN | INC | 9,839 | 35.09% | P.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAM | 634 |
| 2011 | P.M.L. KALYANA SUNDARAM | AINRC | 14,132 | 62.43% | M.O.H.F SHAHJAHAN | 6,366 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above