Puducherry assembly election, May 2026

The 15th Puducherry legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

16 needed for a majority

Largest party

AINRC

12 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

294

40 women, 0 elected

Turnout

91.11%

8.66 lakh of 9.51 lakh

The house

30 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

AINRC12
DMK5
BJP4
IND3
TVK2
INC1
LJK1
NYMK1
Others1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Puducherry assembly election (2021)

IND

-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
AINRC AINRC	12	+2	16	41.0%	2,00,292	23.13%	-2.73	0
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5	-1	13	32.9%	1,19,036	13.74%	-4.77	1
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	4	-2	10	37.9%	1,05,583	12.19%	-1.47	1
IND Independent	3	-3	117	2.2%	75,185	8.68%	-4.00	111
TVK TVK	2	—	28	17.6%	1,44,817	16.72%	—	15
INC Indian National Congress	1	-1	22	23.5%	1,51,934	17.54%	+1.84	8
LJK LJK	1	—	2	35.5%	19,903	2.30%	—	1
NYMK NYMK	1	—	2	36.0%	15,543	1.79%	—	0
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	+1	2	22.1%	9,399	1.08%	-3.05	1
NTK NTK	0	0	28	1.5%	11,813	1.36%	-2.01	28
VCK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	0	0	2	1.8%	1,232	0.14%	-0.53	2
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	0	—	19	0.2%	1,057	0.12%	—	19
IUML Indian Union Muslim League	0	—	1	3.4%	800	0.09%	—	1
TMTHK TMTHK	0	—	8	0.3%	695	0.08%	—	8
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	2	1.0%	556	0.06%	+0.03	2
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	1	1.1%	402	0.05%	-0.85	1
SUCI SUCI	0	—	1	1.0%	299	0.04%	—	1
AIPTMMK AIPTMMK	0	—	4	0.2%	270	0.03%	—	4
NADLMMKLK NADLMMKLK	0	—	5	0.1%	225	0.03%	—	5
LJD LJD	0	—	1	0.4%	127	0.01%	—	1
AJPK AJPK	0	—	3	0.1%	126	0.01%	—	3
DMMK DMMK	0	—	3	0.1%	102	0.01%	—	3
RTSMJD RTSMJD	0	—	2	0.1%	47	0.01%	—	2
AMM AMM	0	—	1	0.2%	39	0.01%	—	1
PRJNTIP PRJNTIP	0	—	1	0.1%	24	0.00%	—	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Puducherry at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 2026

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
THIRUNALLAR	Puducherry	BJPG.n.s. Rajasekaran	INCR. Kamalakannan	9,52634.06%
KAMARAJ NAGAR	Puducherry	LJKJose Charles Martin	INCP.k. Devadoss	10,20532.68%
KADIRGAMAM	Puducherry	INDAzhagu @ Azhaganantham	AINRCK.s.p @ S. Ramesh	7,00424.58%
NETTAPAKKAM	Puducherry	AINRCP. Rajavelu	INCG. Anbarasan	6,68923.29%
KARAIKAL SOUTH	Puducherry	DMKA.m.h. Nazeem	INCAvs Sakthivel Prabu	5,86222.97%
MANNADIPET	Puducherry	BJPA. Namassivayam	INCT.p.r. Selvame	6,11020.71%
MANGALAM	Puducherry	AINRCN. Rangasamy	DMKS.s. Rangan	7,05019.91%
THATTANCHAVADY	Puducherry	AINRCN. Rangasamy	NYMKE. Vinayagam	4,44118.84%
NEDUNGADU	Puducherry	INDDr. V. Vigneswaran	AINRCC. Chandira Priyanga	4,49915.82%
EMBALAM	Puducherry	AINRCE. Mohandoss	INCM. Candassamy	4,06112.88%

Closest results of May 2026

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
KALAPET	Puducherry	DMKSenthil @ Ramesh	BJPP.m.l. Kalyanasundaram	4471.42%
RAJ BHAVAN	Puducherry	DMKVignesh Kannan	BJPV. P. Ramalingame	2871.53%
ARIANKUPPAM	Puducherry	AINRCC. Aiyappan @ Mouttayappan	INCVizayalakshmy Djeamourthy	6031.75%
INDIRA NAGAR	Puducherry	AINRCP.v. Aroumougame @ Akd	TVKS. Mourougane	5841.95%
THIRUBHUVANAI	Puducherry	TVKAk. Sai J Saravanan Kumar	AINRCB. Kobiga	7012.31%
NELLITHOPE	Puducherry	DMKV. Cartigueyane	INDOmsakthisekar	8503.43%
MUTHIALPET	Puducherry	AINRCVaiyapuri Manikandan	INCEeram G. Rajendran	9524.04%
OUPALAM	Puducherry	ADMKA Anbalagan	TVKS Siva	1,0264.46%
MAHE	Puducherry	INDAdv. T. Ashok Kumar	INCRamesh Parambath	1,1154.68%
VILLIANUR	Puducherry	AINRCB.ravicoumar	DMKR.siva	1,9705.01%