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Assembly constituency 14 · Puducherry

Raj Bhavan is assembly constituency number 14 in Puducherry, in Pondicherry district, and one of the segments of the Puducherry Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Vignesh Kannan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 39.0% of the vote, 287 votes ahead of V. P. Ramalingame (BJP).

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Raj Bhavan · 2026AC 14
  1. 01
    Vignesh Kannan
    DMK
    7,304
    39.03%
  2. 02
    V. P. Ramalingame
    BJP
    7,017
    37.49%
  3. 03
    V.J. Chandran
    TVK
    2,361
    12.61%
  4. 04
    R Kumaran
    INC
    1,538
    8.22%
  5. 05
    S. Karpagavalli
    NTK
    213
    1.14%
  6. 2 other candidates · 74 votesNOTA · 209 (1.12%)

Margin 287 votes · 1.53% of valid votes

21,053
Registered electors
2026 election
89.0%
Turnout
+15.0 pts vs 2021
287
Victory margin
1.5% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 18,716 valid votes, NOTA included.

Raj Bhavan 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vignesh KannanMale · 27 yrsDMK7,304
39.03%
2V. P. RamalingameMale · 64 yrsBJP7,017
37.49%
3V.J. ChandranMale · 62 yrsTVK2,361
12.61%
4R KumaranMale · 51 yrsINC1,538
8.22%
5S. KarpagavalliFemale · 29 yrsNTK213
1.14%
—NOTANOTA209
1.12%
6RamalingamMale · 65 yrsIndependent42
0.22%
7P. KodeswaranMale · 41 yrsTMTHK32
0.17%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026DMK 39.0%BJP 37.5%TVK 12.6%AINRC 51.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Vignesh KannanDMK · 39.0% · margin 287Turnout89.0%
2021K. LakshminarayananAINRC · 51.9% · margin 3,732Turnout74.0%
2016K. LakshminarayananINC · 47.2% · margin 2,225Turnout77.8%
2011K. LakshminarayananINC · 59.6% · margin 7,071Turnout77.2%

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

Raj Bhavan result 2021

Raj Bhavan 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1K. LakshminarayananAINRC10,096
51.86%
2S.P. SivakumarDMK6,364
32.69%
3S. ParuvadhavardhnieMNM1,462
7.51%
4Anthony SharmilaNTK975
5.01%
—NOTANOTA303
1.56%
5S.K. SubramanianIndependent144
0.74%
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6N. MohanIndependent61
0.31%
7G. SathishkumarAMMK39
0.20%
8M. Sathiyan @ VimalanIndependent22
0.11%

Raj Bhavan result 2016

Raj Bhavan 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1K. LakshminarayananINC9,445
47.23%
2P. KannanAIADMK7,220
36.11%
3A. Annibal NehruAINRC1,517
7.59%
4N. PougajendyBJP929
4.65%
—NOTANOTA487
2.44%
5R. VelayuthamNTK153
0.77%
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6B. PandiarajanPMK76
0.38%
7K. RajeswariMDMK47
0.24%
8S. KavithaIJK39
0.20%
9P. VenkataramananIndependent32
0.16%
10S. PazhanirajIndependent29
0.15%
11B.J. WilsonIndependent23
0.12%

Raj Bhavan result 2011

Raj Bhavan 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1K. LakshminarayananINC11,398
59.57%
2M. SaravanakumarAIADMK4,327
22.62%
3Annibal NehruIndependent2,536
13.25%
4S.P. LalluBJP555
2.90%
5I.M. Sekar NaickerIndependent227
1.19%
6M. Arumai SelvamIndependent90
0.47%
Map

Raj Bhavan 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

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

  • Ve. VaithilingamINC9,591 52.5%
  • A. NamassivayamBJP6,743 36.9%
  • Dr. R. MenagaNTK980 5.4%
  • G. ThamizhvendanAIADMK591 3.2%
  • P. SankaranSUCI39 0.2%

In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 2,848 EVM votes.

Open Puducherry Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Raj Bhavan.

Who won the Raj Bhavan assembly seat in 2026?

Vignesh Kannan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Raj Bhavan in the 2026 Puducherry assembly election with 7,304 votes, which was 39.03% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Raj Bhavan?

The margin was 287 votes (1.53% of valid votes). The runner-up was V. P. Ramalingame of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 7,017 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Raj Bhavan in 2026?

Turnout was 88.96%: 18,728 of 21,053 registered electors voted, across 27 polling stations. That is 15.0 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Raj Bhavan part of?

Raj Bhavan 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 Raj Bhavan a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Raj Bhavan?

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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