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Assembly constituency 23 · Puducherry

Bahour is assembly constituency number 23 in Puducherry, in Pondicherry district, and one of the segments of the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election R. Senthil Kumar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 38.3% of the vote, 2,397 votes ahead of T. Thiagarajan (AINRC).

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Bahour · 2026AC 23
  1. 01
    R. Senthil Kumar
    DMK
    10,520
    38.32%
  2. 02
    T. Thiagarajan
    AINRC
    8,123
    29.59%
  3. 03
    N. Dhanavelou
    TVK
    8,043
    29.29%
  4. 04
    S. Naveena
    NTK
    265
    0.97%
  5. 05
    A. Arulprakash @ Arul Oli
    Independent
    135
    0.49%
  6. 4 other candidates · 223 votesNOTA · 147 (0.54%)

Margin 2,397 votes · 8.73% of valid votes

28,665
Registered electors
2026 election
95.8%
Turnout
+6.2 pts vs 2021
2,397
Victory margin
8.7% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 27,456 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bahour 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1R. Senthil KumarMale · 47 yrsDMK10,520
38.32%
2T. ThiagarajanMale · 74 yrsAINRC8,123
29.59%
3N. DhanavelouMale · 59 yrsTVK8,043
29.29%
4S. NaveenaFemale · 49 yrsNTK265
0.97%
—NOTANOTA147
0.54%
5A. Arulprakash @ Arul OliMale · 37 yrsIndependent135
0.49%
6Sathiyamoorthy. GMale · 42 yrsTMTHK94
0.34%
7M. VengatesanMale · 49 yrs · SCIndependent69
0.25%
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8K. KirubanidhiMale · 37 yrsPMK49
0.18%
9M. MugilanMale · 45 yrsIndependent11
0.04%
Past results

DMK held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026DMK 38.3%AINRC 29.6%TVK 29.3%AMMK 5.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026R. Senthil KumarDMK · 38.3% · margin 2,397Turnout95.8%
2021R SenthilkumarDMK · 44.6% · margin 211Turnout89.6%
2016Danavelou, N.INC · 45.7% · margin 2,807Turnout90.5%
2011T. ThiagarajanAINRC · 53.4% · margin 2,055Turnout92.9%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Bahour result 2021

Bahour 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1R SenthilkumarDMK11,789
44.56%
2N DhanavelouAINRC11,578
43.76%
3P VelmuruganAMMK1,408
5.32%
4V RuthiramoorthyIndependent470
1.78%
5S GnanapragashNTK449
1.70%
—NOTANOTA294
1.11%
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6C DineshMNM126
0.48%
7P VeluDMDK83
0.31%
8N PonnammalIndependent74
0.28%
9Ramalingam VIndependent64
0.24%
10T PalanisamyIndependent61
0.23%
11A MuruganIndependent26
0.10%
12S BaskaranPUDEP20
0.08%
13A ThiyaguIJK14
0.05%

Bahour result 2016

Bahour 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Danavelou, N.INC11,278
45.70%
2Thiagarajan, T.AINRC8,471
34.32%
3Velmurugan, P.AIADMK3,732
15.12%
4Sivakami, P.CPI(M)457
1.85%
5Venugopal, P.PMK257
1.04%
—NOTANOTA168
0.68%
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6Thamizhkkumaran, K.NTK97
0.39%
7Padmanaban, G.BJP79
0.32%
8Rajendiran, K.IJK78
0.32%
9Thiyagu, A.Independent63
0.26%

Bahour result 2011

Bahour 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1T. ThiagarajanAINRC12,284
53.42%
2R. RadhakrishnanINC10,229
44.49%
3B.R. SundaramoorthyIndependent315
1.37%
4Thanga. VikramanBJP166
0.72%
Map

Bahour outlined in orange among the other Puducherry seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Pondicherry district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Bahour is one of the assembly segments of Puducherry. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Puducherry candidates.

  • Ve. VaithilingamINC13,592 52.7%
  • A. NamassivayamBJP10,452 40.5%
  • Dr. R. MenagaNTK765 3.0%
  • G. ThamizhvendanAIADMK431 1.7%
  • P. SankaranSUCI47 0.2%

In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 3,140 EVM votes.

Open Puducherry Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bahour.

Who won the Bahour assembly seat in 2026?

R. Senthil Kumar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Bahour in the 2026 Puducherry assembly election with 10,520 votes, which was 38.32% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bahour?

The margin was 2,397 votes (8.73% of valid votes). The runner-up was T. Thiagarajan of the All India N.R. Congress with 8,123 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bahour in 2026?

Turnout was 95.81%: 27,463 of 28,665 registered electors voted, across 35 polling stations. That is 6.2 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bahour part of?

Bahour is an assembly segment of the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency in Puducherry. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ve. Vaithilingam got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Bahour a reserved constituency?

No. Bahour is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Bahour?

The Puducherry assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Puducherry assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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