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Assembly constituency 10 · Puducherry

Kamaraj Nagar is assembly constituency number 10 in Puducherry, in Pondicherry district, and one of the segments of the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Jose Charles Martin of the Latchiya Jananayaka Katchi (LJK) won with 53.1% of the vote, 10,205 votes ahead of P.K. Devadoss (INC).

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Kamaraj Nagar · 2026AC 10
  1. 01
    Jose Charles Martin
    LJK
    16,592
    53.14%
  2. 02
    P.K. Devadoss
    INC
    6,387
    20.45%
  3. 03
    Suman
    TVK
    6,289
    20.14%
  4. 04
    B. Cowri
    NTK
    693
    2.22%
  5. 05
    S. Lenin Durai
    SUCI
    299
    0.96%
  6. 5 other candidates · 526 votesNOTA · 440 (1.41%)

Margin 10,205 votes · 32.68% of valid votes

35,314
Registered electors
2026 election
88.5%
Turnout
+9.8 pts vs 2021
10,205
Victory margin
32.7% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 31,226 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kamaraj Nagar 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jose Charles MartinMale · 37 yrsLJK16,592
53.14%
2P.K. DevadossMale · 68 yrsINC6,387
20.45%
3SumanMale · 39 yrsTVK6,289
20.14%
4B. CowriFemale · 41 yrs · SCNTK693
2.22%
—NOTANOTA440
1.41%
5S. Lenin DuraiMale · 52 yrsSUCI299
0.96%
6M. GopiMale · 43 yrsIndependent144
0.46%
7SelvakumaranMale · 46 yrsLJD127
0.41%
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8HemachandranMale · 34 yrsPMK124
0.40%
9V. RadjaramMale · 54 yrsIndependent88
0.28%
10Vpr. SelvamMale · 50 yrsIndependent43
0.14%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026LJK 53.1%INC 20.4%TVK 20.1%BJP 56.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Jose Charles MartinLJK · 53.1% · margin 10,205Turnout88.5%
2021A. JohnkumarBJP · 56.1% · margin 7,229Turnout78.7%
2019 byeA. JohnkumarINC · 60.8% · margin 7,170Turnout69.4%
2016Ve. VaithilingamINC · 45.1% · margin 5,106Turnout77.4%
2011V. VaithilingamINC · 59.0% · margin 6,029Turnout78.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kamaraj Nagar bye-election, 21 Oct 2019

Turnout 69.4% · 24,310 of 35,012 electors voted

Kamaraj Nagar bye-election 2019-10-21 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1A. JohnkumarINC14,782
60.81%
2BouvanesvaraneAINRC7,612
31.31%
3M. PraveenaNTK620
2.55%
—NOTANOTA426
1.75%
4C. VetrriselvameIndependent343
1.41%
5S. Lenindurai @ KalimuthuSUCI294
1.21%
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6S. GovindarajAgIMK121
0.50%
7R. BarthassaradyPeople Liberation Party61
0.25%
8SagayarajIndependent37
0.15%
9S. SougoumaraneIndependent14
0.06%

Kamaraj Nagar result 2021

Kamaraj Nagar 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1A. JohnkumarBJP16,687
56.11%
2M.O.H.F. ShajahanINC9,458
31.80%
3N. Sharmila BegumNTK1,982
6.66%
—NOTANOTA658
2.21%
4L. MunisamyAMMK446
1.50%
5AnandarajIndependent121
0.41%
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6N. Nadarajan @ SelvaDMDK119
0.40%
7Vpr. SelvamIndependent115
0.39%
8Siva. IlangoIndependent85
0.29%
9S. SagayarajIndependent70
0.24%

Kamaraj Nagar result 2016

Kamaraj Nagar 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ve. VaithilingamINC11,618
45.09%
2P. GanesanAIADMK6,512
25.27%
3B. ThayalanAINRC3,642
14.13%
4L. MunisamyIndependent1,241
4.82%
5R ViswanathanCPI857
3.33%
6S. RavichandranBJP764
2.96%
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—NOTANOTA694
2.69%
7P. SivakumarNTK189
0.73%
8K. SeetharamanPMK150
0.58%
9A. Kennady KumaranAGIMK47
0.18%
10S. SankarIndependent25
0.10%
11S. A. Mohamed EliasIJK16
0.06%
12M. KrishnamurthyIndependent14
0.05%

Kamaraj Nagar result 2011

Kamaraj Nagar 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1V. VaithilingamINC12,570
59.01%
2Nara. KalainathanCPI6,541
30.70%
3S. RavichandranBJP1,009
4.74%
4R. BarthassaradyIndependent356
1.67%
5K. SakthiveluIndependent328
1.54%
6A. BaskaranIndependent256
1.20%
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7M. Pavadai @ RajaBSP104
0.49%
8K. Sundar RaajanLJP93
0.44%
9M. SelvamanikandanIndependent46
0.22%
Map

Kamaraj Nagar 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

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

  • Ve. VaithilingamINC15,314 53.5%
  • A. NamassivayamBJP10,299 36.0%
  • Dr. R. MenagaNTK1,693 5.9%
  • G. ThamizhvendanAIADMK749 2.6%
  • P. SankaranSUCI98 0.3%

In the assembly election LJK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 5,015 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kamaraj Nagar.

Who won the Kamaraj Nagar assembly seat in 2026?

Jose Charles Martin of the Latchiya Jananayaka Katchi (LJK) (LJK) won Kamaraj Nagar in the 2026 Puducherry assembly election with 16,592 votes, which was 53.14% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kamaraj Nagar?

The margin was 10,205 votes (32.68% of valid votes). The runner-up was P.K. Devadoss of the Indian National Congress with 6,387 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kamaraj Nagar in 2026?

Turnout was 88.49%: 31,251 of 35,314 registered electors voted, across 39 polling stations. That is 9.8 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kamaraj Nagar part of?

Kamaraj Nagar 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.

Has Kamaraj Nagar had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Oct 2019, A. Johnkumar (Indian National Congress) won by 7,170 votes.

Is Kamaraj Nagar a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kamaraj Nagar?

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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