RAJ BHAVAN
Assembly seat no. 14 in Puducherry · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1974.
Winner, 2026
Vignesh Kannan
DMK
Elections held
13
1974–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 6 of 13
Margin, 2026
287
1.53% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
BJPV. P. Ramalingame
- Votes
- 7,017
- Vote share
- 37.49%
- Behind by
- 287
Electors
21,053
Total votes polled
18,716
Valid votes
18,716
NOTA votes
209
1.12% of votes polled
Turnout
88.9%
Full result, 2026
7 candidates · 18,716 valid votes
Vignesh KannanDMKwon
7,304
39.0%
V. P. RamalingameBJP
7,017
37.5%
V.j. ChandranTVK
2,361
12.6%
R KumaranINC
1,538
8.2%
S. KarpagavalliNTK
213
1.1%
RamalingamIND
42
0.2%
P. KodeswaranTMTHK
32
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vignesh Kannan | DMK | 7,304 | 39.02% | V. P. Ramalingame | 287 |
| 2021 | K. LAKSHMINARAYANAN | AINRC | 10,096 | 51.86% | S.P. SIVAKUMAR | 3,732 |
| 2016 | K. LAKSHMINARAYANAN | INC | 9,445 | 47.23% | P. KANNAN | 2,225 |
| 2011 | K. LAKSHMINARAYANAN | INC | 11,398 | 59.57% | M. SARAVANAKUMAR | 7,071 |
| 2006 | S.P. SIVAKUMAR | DMK | 2,590 | 66.07% | P.K. DEVADOSS. | 1,496 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above