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17. Nellithope

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Puducherry · Puducherry Assembly Election, 2026

PY-NELLITHOPE

DMK 33.2%won by 3.4%IND 29.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 3.4%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 40.5% to 33.2% of the vote here (−7.3%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.8% — it polled just 0.6% in 2021.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% between them, down from 82.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
24,770
Margin
850
3.43%

Candidates

15 contested · winner DMK
  1. 1V. CARTIGUEYANEDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK8,22633.2%
  2. 2OMSAKTHISEKARIndependent · IND7,37629.8%
  3. 3S. VIGNESHWARANTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK4,76319.2%
  4. 4A. JAYAKUMARLatchiya Jananayaka Katchi (Ljk) · LJK3,31113.4%
  5. 5MUTH. AM. SIVAKUMARNTK · NTK3921.6%
  6. 6NOTANOTA · NOTA2371.0%
  7. 7R. SHANMUGAMIndependent · IND880.4%
  8. 8JANAKIRAMANPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK800.3%
  9. 9M. MOHAN RAJIndependent · IND550.2%
  10. 10E. IRUDHAYARAJIndependent · IND510.2%
  11. 11G. SATHEESHKUMARIndependent · IND480.2%
  12. 12S. KAMATCHIIndependent · IND400.2%
  13. 13S. GOMATHI ROJAAMK · AMK390.2%
  14. 14DR. C. ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND360.1%
  15. 15N. DELHIBABUIndependent · IND280.1%

Since 2021

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMK–IND swing
−36.4%
DMK share
40.5% → 33.2%
IND share
0.6% → 29.8%
Turnout
81.3% → —
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