Counting of votes : 09 october 2026 - 8.00am

INC election symbol
Election Symbol

363

M. VAITHIANATHAN

MLA
SPA
INC
2026 MAY GEN Contested for
INC party in
Constituency
and got
9161 votes
2021 Contested
for INC party in
Constituency
and got
14592 votes
with a vote share of 55.6%
Did not contest in 2026 Assembly BYE Election, Puducherry

By-Election Thattanchavady Candidates 2026

Ashok Anand
1
NDA
๐Ÿ† WINNER
NR Congress
Age :
Party : NR Congress
Rounds
R1: 3209
R2: 3676
R3: 3517
R4: 2891
Votes
13358
130
VINAYAGAM E
2
INDIA
Rounds
R1: 1222
R2: 1144
R3: 1301
R4: 1183
Votes
4876
404
SETHUSELVAM K
3
SPA
Rounds
R1: 792
R2: 734
R3: 624
R4: 506
Votes
2664
65
A. M. SALEEM
4
OTHERS
LOST
CPI
Age : 64
Party : CPI
Rounds
R1: 71
R2: 97
R3: 72
R4: 70
Votes
310
6
KARTHIKUMARI S
6
OTHERS
Rounds
R1: 53
R2: 45
R3: 36
R4: 37
Votes
172
161
A. RAGUNATHAN
7
OTHERS
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Independent
Age : 45
Party : Independent
Rounds
R1: 16
R2: 20
R3: 14
R4: 20
Votes
70
43
S. VASANTHI
8
OTHERS
LOST
Independent
Age : 48
Party : Independent
Rounds
R1: 16
R2: 19
R3: 10
R4: 11
Votes
57
4
KALAIVANAN
9
OTHERS
LOST
RPI
Age :
Party : RPI
Rounds
R1: 9
R2: 15
R3: 11
R4: 19
Votes
54
5
R. JAYABALAN
10
OTHERS
LOST
Independent
Age : 50
Party : Independent
Rounds
R1: 9
R2: 10
R3: 12
R4: 4
Votes
35
9
M. NITHYA
11
OTHERS
LOST
Independent
Age : 40
Party : Independent
Rounds
R1: 8
R2: 5
R3: 8
R4: 7
Votes
28
7
SAMINADANE
12
OTHERS
LOST
Independent
Age : 47
Party : Independent
Rounds
R1: 3
R1: 1
R3: 2
R4: 2
Votes
8
4

Assembly Election 2026

Ranking : 2
Position : Runner
Rounds :
Round 1: 2124
Round 2: 2086
Round 3: 2101
Round 4: 1766
Round 5: 941
Postal Votes : 143
Total Votes: 9,161
34.23% Vote Share
Party : INC

Alliance : SPA

Constituency : Lawspet
Recontesting 2026

Candidates contested in 2026 Assembly Election

V.P. SIVAKOLUNDHU
1
NDA
Rounds
R11,927
R21,989
R32,628
R42,495
R51,377
Votes
10,578
39.52%
โ–ฒ +1,417
397
M. VAITHIANATHAN
2
MLA
SPA
Rounds
R12,124
R22,086
R32,101
R41,766
R5941
Votes
9,161
34.23%
โ–ผ -1,417
363
V. SAMINATHAN
3
TVK-NMK
Rounds
R11,270
R2977
R31,277
R41,231
R5848
Votes
5,647
21.10%
โ–ผ -4,931
287
S. JAYACHITRA
4
OTHERS
Rounds
R196
R288
R3118
R474
R548
Votes
433
1.62%
โ–ผ -10,145
42
R. RAJANGAM
5
OTHERS
Rounds
R146
R259
R378
R488
R519
Votes
301
1.12%
โ–ผ -10,277
124
GOPALAKRISHNAN-lawspet
7
OTHERS
Rounds
R120
R29
R368
R433
R545
Votes
178
0.67%
โ–ผ -10,400
35
CHANDRASEGARAN
8
OTHERS
Rounds
R17
R222
R324
R420
R515
Votes
88
0.33%
โ–ผ -10,490
91
P. ELUMALAI
9
OTHERS
Rounds
R113
R216
R39
R48
R55
Votes
52
0.19%
โ–ผ -10,526
42
L. NARASSIMMAN
10
OTHERS
Rounds
R12
R25
R34
R410
R513
Votes
38
0.14%
โ–ผ -10,540
49
H. RAJASEKARAN
11
OTHERS
Rounds
R19
R28
R35
R48
R56
Votes
37
0.14%
โ–ผ -10,541
41
K. MURUGAN
12
OTHERS
Rounds
R111
R22
R36
R42
R54
Votes
25
0.09%
โ–ผ -10,553
29

Assembly Election 2021

Position : Winner
Party : INC
Contituency : Lawspet
Contituency : Lawspet
Votes : 14592
Vote share : 55.6%
Margin : 5,701
Opponent : V. SAMINATHAN
Opponents Party :
Recontesting 2026

Father : MURUGAIYAN

Alliance : SPA

Gender : Male

Age : 52

State : Puducherry

Constituency : Lawspet
Education : 10th Pass
Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) -1990 Kamaraj Boys High School, Muthialpet, Puducherry,
Criminal Cases: 0
Total Assets : 59,885,041.00
Liablities : 9,437,000.00

22 candidates contesting from

Indian National Congress

sivasankar
MLA
Age : 65

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

238

Ranjith
SPA
Age : 29

Status : Contesting

168

N. RAJAKUMAR
SPA
Age : 46

Status : Contesting

159

K. VELU
Age : 49

Status : Contesting

110

D. VIJAYALAKSHMY
SPA
Age : 55

Status : Contesting

158

ANBARASAN
SPA
Age : 39

Status : Contesting

42

M.O.H.F. SHAHJAHAN
Age : 62

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

160

T.P.R. Selvame
SPA
Age : 54

Status : Contesting

160

VAITHILINGAM VE
SPA
Age : 75

Status : Contesting

136

K. RAGUPATHY
Age : 45

Status : Contesting

131

DINESH KUMAR
SPA
Age : 42

Status : Contesting

87

RAMESAN PARAMBATH
SPA
MLA
Age : 64

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

40

R KUMARAN
Age : 51

Status : Contesting

125

R K R. ANANTHARAMAN
SPA
Age : 53

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

85

M. VAITHIANATHAN
SPA
MLA
Age : 52

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

363

P.K.-DEVADOSS
SPA
Age : 68

Status : Contesting

195

P.-KARTHIKEYAN
SPA
Age : 52

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

245

M. CANDASSAMY
SPA
Age : 60

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

57

G RAJENDRAN
SPA
Age : 52

Status : Contesting

98

GOLLAPALLI-SRINIVAS-ASHOK
SPA
MLA
Age : 33

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

300

R.-KAMALAKANNAN
SPA
Age : 68

Status : Contesting

2021 Contestant

53