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Puducherry · Assembly Constituency 9

ThattanchavadyAssembly by-election result, 2026

Ashok Anand (AINRC) won Thattanchavady in the 2026 assembly by-election with 61.8% of the vote, beating E. Vinayagam (INC) by 8,482 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2011 election. In 2006, seat no. 9 was Ariankuppam. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

ASHOK ANAND
AINRC
AINRC 61.8%INC 22.5%9 others 15.7%
Votes
13,358
61.8% share
Winning margin
8,482
39.2% of votes
Candidates
11

A comfortable win — ASHOK ANAND won by 39.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
ASHOK ANAND
AINRC
AINRC
13,35861.8%
2
E. VINAYAGAM
INC
INC
4,87622.5%
3
K. SETHU @ SETHUSELVAM
DMK
DMK
2,66412.3%
4
A. M. SALEEM
CPI
CPI
3101.4%
5
S. KARTHIKUMARI
NTK
NTK
1720.8%
6
A. RAGU @ RAGUNATHAN
IND
IND
700.3%
7
S. VASANTHI
IND
IND
570.3%
8
KALAIVANAN
RPI
RPI
540.3%
9
R. JAYABALAN
IND
IND
350.2%
10
M. NITHYA
IND
IND
280.1%
11
R. SAMINADANE
IND
IND
80.0%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
39.2%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

AINRC and INC took 84% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.23

How did the vote split?

SEAT
61.8%won by AINRC
AINRC 61.8%INC 22.5%DMK 12.3%Others 3.4%

Puducherry district · 9.5 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Pharmaceutical and Allied Products.

this districtdashed line = India

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,50,289
Density
3232 / km²
Sex ratio
1029 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
294 km²
SC population16.0%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
  • Hindu90.0%
  • Christian6.1%
  • Muslim3.4%
  • Jain0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Sikh<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.2%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water98.3%
Electric lighting98.1%
Toilet at home68.5%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.1%
Children stunted (under 5)17.0%
Children underweight (under 5)13.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)56.8%
Women literate90.1%
Women married before 185.7%
Clean cooking fuel95.0%
Health insurance31.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pharmaceutical and Allied Products

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Who has won Thattanchavady, 2011–2026

  1. 2011ASHOK ANAND (AINRC), margin 48.9%
  2. 2016ASHOK ANAND (AINRC), margin 31.5%
  3. 2021N. Rangasamy (AINRC), margin 23.1%
  4. 2026N. RANGASAMY (AINRC), margin 18.8%