Constituency
12. Kalapet
Community mirrorPuducherry · Puducherry Assembly Election, 2021
PY-KALAPET
BJP 44.6%won by 11.8%IND 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.7% to 44.6% of the vote here (+44.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.5% of the vote between them, up from 67.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 84.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
35,220
Turnout
84.5%
Valid votes
29,751
Margin
3,508
11.79%
Candidates
13 contested · winner BJP- 1P.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,27744.6%
- 2A. SENTHIL @ RAMESHIndependent · IND9,76932.8%
- 3S. MOUTTOUVELDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,76912.7%
- 4K. KAMARAJNTK · NTK1,3214.4%
- 5R. CHANDRAMOHANMNM · MNM6852.3%
- 6None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA4531.5%
- 7S. HARIHARANDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK1570.5%
- 8C. ASOKUMAR @ RAJKUMARIndependent · IND970.3%
- 9E. VIGNESHIndependent · IND630.2%
- 10S. VENGADESSAPEROUMALIndependent · IND540.2%
- 11P. KALIAMURTHYAnaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam · AMMK390.1%
- 12BALASOUBREMANIANE. AIndependent · IND360.1%
- 13L. SUBBULAKSHMIIndependent · IND310.1%
Since 2016
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–IND swing
- +44.0%
- BJP share
- 0.7% → 44.6%
- IND share
- 32.8% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- 87.6% → 84.5%