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Puducherry · Puducherry Assembly Election, 2026

PY-KALAPET

DMK 38.3%won by 1.4%BJP 36.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 1.4%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 12.7% to 38.3% of the vote here (+25.6%).
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
31,545
Margin
447
1.42%

Candidates

8 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1SENTHIL @ RAMESHDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK12,06938.3%
  2. 2P.M.L. KALYANASUNDARAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,62236.8%
  3. 3D. SASIKUMARTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK4,77515.1%
  4. 4M.O.H.F. SHAHJAHANIndian National Congress · INC1,9906.3%
  5. 5K. KAMARAJNTK · NTK6392.0%
  6. 6NOTANOTA · NOTA2930.9%
  7. 7J. GUNASEKARANIndependent · IND960.3%
  8. 8OUTTRADAMEPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK610.2%

Since 2021

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–BJP swing
+33.4%
DMK share
12.7% → 38.3%
BJP share
44.6% → 36.8%
Turnout
84.5% → —
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