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Assembly constituency 12 · Puducherry

Kalapet is assembly constituency number 12 in Puducherry, in Pondicherry district, and one of the segments of the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Senthil @ Ramesh of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 38.3% of the vote, 447 votes ahead of P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram (BJP).

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Kalapet · 2026AC 12
  1. 01
    Senthil @ Ramesh
    DMK
    12,069
    38.26%
  2. 02
    P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram
    BJP
    11,622
    36.84%
  3. 03
    D. Sasikumar
    TVK
    4,775
    15.14%
  4. 04
    M.O.H.F. Shahjahan
    INC
    1,990
    6.31%
  5. 05
    K. Kamaraj
    NTK
    639
    2.03%
  6. 2 other candidates · 157 votesNOTA · 293 (0.93%)

Margin 447 votes · 1.42% of valid votes

33,963
Registered electors
2026 election
92.9%
Turnout
+6.9 pts vs 2021
447
Victory margin
1.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 31,545 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kalapet 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Senthil @ RameshMale · 50 yrsDMK12,069
38.26%
2P.M.L. KalyanasundaramMale · 48 yrsBJP11,622
36.84%
3D. SasikumarMale · 45 yrsTVK4,775
15.14%
4M.O.H.F. ShahjahanMale · 62 yrsINC1,990
6.31%
5K. KamarajMale · 41 yrsNTK639
2.03%
—NOTANOTA293
0.93%
6J. GunasekaranMale · 41 yrsIndependent96
0.30%
7OuttradameMale · 61 yrsPMK61
0.19%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2021, DMK in 2026.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026DMK 38.3%BJP 36.8%TVK 15.1%INC 6.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Senthil @ RameshDMK · 38.3% · margin 447Turnout92.9%
2021P.M.L. KalyanasundaramBJP · 44.6% · margin 3,508Turnout86.0%
2016M.O.H.F. ShahjahanINC · 35.1% · margin 634Turnout87.7%
2011P.M.L. Kalyana SundaramAINRC · 62.4% · margin 6,366Turnout87.7%

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

Kalapet result 2021

Kalapet 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1P.M.L. KalyanasundaramBJP13,277
44.63%
2A. Senthil @ RameshIndependent9,769
32.84%
3S. MouttouvelDMK3,769
12.67%
4K. KamarajNTK1,321
4.44%
5R. ChandramohanMNM685
2.30%
—NOTANOTA453
1.52%
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6S. HariharanDMDK157
0.53%
7C. Asokumar @ RajkumarIndependent97
0.33%
8E. VigneshIndependent63
0.21%
9S. VengadessaperoumalIndependent54
0.18%
10P. KaliamurthyAMMK39
0.13%
11Balasoubremaniane. AIndependent36
0.12%
12L. SubbulakshmiIndependent31
0.10%

Kalapet result 2016

Kalapet 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M.O.H.F. ShahjahanINC9,839
35.09%
2P.M.L. KalyanasundaramIndependent9,205
32.83%
3N. ViswanathanAINRC3,841
13.70%
4V.C. Ezhumalai@kasilingamAIADMK3,694
13.17%
—NOTANOTA377
1.34%
5P. SelvarassouPMK271
0.97%
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6S. ArunachalamDMDK219
0.78%
7I.M.S. BalajiBJP184
0.66%
8FarookIndependent118
0.42%
9V. KumariNTK89
0.32%
10A. MohanasundaramIndependent73
0.26%
11Dr. M. HariharanIndependent42
0.15%
12N. Periyannan @ ThangavelIndependent36
0.13%
13L. SubbulakshmiIJK33
0.12%
14SaravananAGIMK21
0.07%

Kalapet result 2011

Kalapet 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1P.M.L. Kalyana SundaramAINRC14,132
62.43%
2M.o.h.f ShahjahanINC7,766
34.31%
3L. KarunakaranBJP214
0.95%
4U. KalyanasundaramIndependent197
0.87%
5SubramanianIndependent120
0.53%
6I.M.S. BalajiIndependent82
0.36%
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7SegarIndependent57
0.25%
8R. KalyanasundaramIndependent45
0.20%
9P. KalyanasundaramIndependent24
0.11%
Map

Kalapet 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

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

  • Ve. VaithilingamINC13,465 48.1%
  • A. NamassivayamBJP10,859 38.8%
  • Dr. R. MenagaNTK2,098 7.5%
  • G. ThamizhvendanAIADMK971 3.5%
  • P. SankaranSUCI105 0.4%

In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 2,606 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kalapet assembly seat in 2026?

Senthil @ Ramesh of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Kalapet in the 2026 Puducherry assembly election with 12,069 votes, which was 38.26% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kalapet?

The margin was 447 votes (1.42% of valid votes). The runner-up was P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 11,622 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kalapet in 2026?

Turnout was 92.92%: 31,559 of 33,963 registered electors voted, across 37 polling stations. That is 6.9 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kalapet part of?

Kalapet 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 Kalapet a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kalapet?

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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