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Mahe
Mahe
Constituency No. 29 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Mahe
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	31,092
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Puducherry Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Adv. T. Ashok Kumar
Party	Independent
Elected year	2026

Mahe is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Mahe.^[1] Mahe Assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

From 1964 to 2011, the Mahe region had two Assembly Constituencies - Mahe and Palloor. Mahe Assembly constituency included areas of Mahe, Cherukallayi and Chalakkara, whereas Palloor constituency comprised Palloor and Pandakkal areas.

Palloor Assembly constituency was abolished for the 2011 Assembly election. Thus, the whole of Mahe came under the enlarged Mahe Constituency since 2011.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Year	Member
1959	P. K. Raman	Indian National Congress
1964	Valavil Keshavan	Indian National Congress
1969	I. K. Kumaran	Independent
1969	Kunnummal Raghavan^[4]^[5]	Communist Party of India
1974	K. V. Raghavan^[6]^[7]
1977
1980
1985	P. K. Sathyanandan^[8]^[9]	Indian National Congress
1990	E. Valsaraj
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016	V. Ramachandran^[10]	Left Democratic Front
2021	Ramesh Parambath^[11]	Indian National Congress
2026	Adv. T. Ashok Kumar	Left Democratic Front

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2026			35.19%
2021			41.63%
2016			45.96%
2011			60.51%
2006			55.74%
2001			59.87%
1996			45.58%
1991			62.62%
1990			56.05%
1985			53.04%
1980			48.17%
1977			48.58%
1974			33.03%
1969			59.33%
1964			50.14%

2026

2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	Adv. T. Ashok Kumar	8,375	35.19
	INC	Ramesh Parambath	7,260	30.50	11.13
	BJP	A. Dinesan	6,969	29.28
	IUML	Mohamed Sameel	800	3.36
	NOTA	None of the above	143	0.60	0.34
	TVK	M. Prijesh	122	0.51
	IND	M. Ashokan	63	0.26
	IND	P. P. Saraswathi	45	0.19
	IND	Ramesh	24	0.10
Majority			1,115	4.69	3.41
Turnout			23,801	78.67	3.38
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Parambath	9,744	41.63	4.75
	IND	N. Haridasan Master	9,444	40.35
	AINRC	Adv. V. P. Abdul Rahman	3,532	15.09	8.05
	SDPI	C. K. Ummer Master	319	1.36	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	221	0.94	0.48
	DMDK	Janaky Teacher	86	0.37
	IND	Sarath S. Unnithan	62	0.26
Majority			300	1.28	7.83
Turnout			23,408	75.29	2.50
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	Dr. V. Ramachandran	10,797	45.99
	INC	E. Valsaraj	8,658	36.88	23.63
	BJP	P. T. Devarajan	1,653	7.04	0.29
	AINRC	V. P. Abdul Rahman	1,653	7.04
	SDPI	C. K. Ummer Master	206	0.88
	IND	K. E. Sulochana	182	0.78
	NOTA	None of the above	109	0.46
	AIADMK	C. K. Bhaskaran	97	0.41
	IND	Janaky Teacher	51	0.22
	PMK	V. V. Shaj Kumar	49	0.21
	IND	Thayalakath Kadarkutty	24	0.10
Majority			2,139	9.11	18.67
Turnout			23,479	77.79	0.64
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	13,297	60.51	4.75
	CPI(M)	T. K. Gangadharan	7,193	32.73	3.81
	BJP	N. K. Rajeendran	1,484	6.75	0.91
Majority			6,104	27.78	8.56
Turnout			21,974	77.15	2.85
	INC hold		Swing

2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,647	55.76	4.11
	CPI(M)	Adv. T. Ashok Kumar	3,700	36.54
	BJP	V. Balan	591	5.84	0.46
	AIADMK	Vijayan	189	1.87	1.12
Majority			1,947	19.22	7.57
Turnout			10,131	80.00	7.05
	INC hold		Swing

2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,666	59.87	14.29
	IND	Manoli Muhammad	3,131	33.08
	BJP	East Namath Rajeendran	596	6.30	5.11
	AIADMK	K. Lakshmanan	71	0.75
Majority			2,535	26.79	23.86
Turnout			9,468	72.95	3.11
	INC hold		Swing

1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	4,184	45.58	17.04
	IND	Manoly Muhammad	3,915	42.65
	BJP	V. P. Krishnaraj	1,047	11.41	4.75
	IND	K. K. Musthafa	34	0.37
Majority			269	2.93	29.96
Turnout			9,252	76.06	5.97
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,099	62.62	6.57
	CPI(M)	K. V. Raghavan	2,421	29.73	6.28
	BJP	P. Chandran	542	6.66	0.60
	IND	C. P. Hamza	53	0.65
	IND	M. J. Razario	28	0.34
Majority			2,678	32.89	12.85
Turnout			8,293	70.09	8.82
	INC hold		Swing

1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,142	56.05
	CPI(M)	Mukkath Jayan	3,304	36.01	9.14
	BJP	C. P. Ganeshan	556	6.06
	IND	M. Sidharthan	125	1.36
	IND	P. Chandran	30	0.33
	IND	Badaruddeen	17	0.19
Majority			1,838	20.04	5.54
Turnout			9,206	78.91	4.94
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. K. Sathyanandan	3,695	53.04
	CPI(M)	K. V. Raghavan	2,719	39.03
	IUML	C. V. Sulaiman Hajee	447	6.42
	IND	Valavil Sudhakaran	42	0.60
	IND	Abdul Gaffoor	38	0.55
	IND	V. K. Bharathan	25	0.36
Majority			976	14.01
Turnout			6,989	82.14
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Raghavan	2,638	48.17
	IND	C. V. Sulaiman Hajee	2,174	39.70
	IND	N. Chakrapani	358	6.54
	IND	Mani Bharathan	178	3.25
	IND	V. P. Ramakrishnan	117	2.14
	IND	Poothara Narayanan	11	0.20
Majority			464	8.47
Turnout			5,738	77.20
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing

1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	K. V. Raghavan	2,847	48.58
	INC	P. K. Raman	2,835	48.38
	IND	P. K. Muraleedharan	178	3.04
Majority			12	0.20
Turnout			5,903	80.46
	Independent gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Kunnummal Raghavan	1,816	33.03
	IND	Iraye Kunnathitathil Kumaran	1,528	27.79
	INC	Candotte Errambally Bharathan	1,268	23.06
	IND	Nalupurayil Velandi Chakrapani	824	14.99
	IND	Poothata Narayanan	62	1.13
Majority			288	5.24
Turnout			5,615	85.02
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing

1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	I. K. Kumaran	2,885	59.33
	INC	Valavil Kesavan	1,978	40.67
Majority			907	18.66
Turnout			4,903	83.50
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Valavil Keshavan	2,283	50.14
	IND	Irayi Kunnethaduthil Kumaran	2,270	49.86
Majority			13	0.28
Turnout			4,600	90.18
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
↑ "Summary Information of Assembly Constituencies". www.ceopondicherry.nic.in. 29 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Office of the Chief Electoral Officer - Puducherry". ceopuducherry.py.gov.in. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry - Assembly - General Elections 1969" (PDF). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry - Assembly - General Elections 1974" (PDF). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry - Assembly - General Elections 1985" (PDF). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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↑ "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
↑ "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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[1] "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

[2] "Summary Information of Assembly Constituencies". www.ceopondicherry.nic.in. 29 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[3] "Office of the Chief Electoral Officer - Puducherry". ceopuducherry.py.gov.in. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

[4] "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[5] "Union Territory of Pondicherry - Assembly - General Elections 1969" (PDF). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[6] "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[7] "Union Territory of Pondicherry - Assembly - General Elections 1974" (PDF). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[8] "Union Territory of Pondicherry - Assembly - General Elections 1985" (PDF). 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[9] "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[10] "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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[12] "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.

[13] "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[14] "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[15] "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[16] "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[17] "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[18] "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[19] "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[20] "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[21] "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[22] "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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