Thirunallar Assembly constituency

Thirunallar
Thirunallar
Constituency No. 25 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	31,204
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Puducherry Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent G. N. S. Rajasekaran
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Thirunallar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1]^[2] Thirunallar Assembly constituency was part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1964	Subarayalu	Indian National Congress
1969	R. Supprayalu Naicker	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	A. Soundararengan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	N. V.RAMALINGAM	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	N. V. RAMALINGAM	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	A. Sonudararengan	Independent politician
1990		Independent politician
1991	A. Soundararengan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Kamalakannan	Indian National Congress
2001	R. Kamalakannan	Indian National Congress
2006	P. R. Siva	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. R. Siva	All India N.R. Congress
2016	R. Kamalakannan	Indian National Congress
2021	P. R. Siva	Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			36.45%
2016			51.30%
2011			50.77%
2006			49.69%
2001			42.00%
1996			48.53%
1991			41.37%
1990			35.70%
1985			45.19%
1980			44.44%
1977			34.06%
1974			49.31%
1969			54.12%
1964			68.92%

2026

2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	G. N. S. Rajasekaran	16,829	60.18
	INC	R. Kamalakannan	7,303	26.11
	TVK	A. Raja Mohamed	3,201	11.45
	NOTA	None of the above	133	0.48
Majority			9,526	34.07
Turnout			27,966	89.75
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. R. Siva	9,796	36.45
	BJP	S. Rajasekaran	8,416	31.32
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	7,731	28.77	−22.53
	NOTA	Nota	173	0.64	−0.27
	DMDK	K. Guru @ Sintha	127	0.47
Margin of victory			1,380	5.14	−6.09
Turnout			26,874	85.93	1.03
Registered electors			31,276		3.67
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-14.85

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kamalakannan	13,138	51.30	4.17
	AINRC	P. R. Siva	10,263	40.07
	PMK	K. Devamani	1,261	4.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	233	0.91
	AIADMK	G. Murugaiyan	220	0.86
	MDMK	Ambalavanan	129	0.50
	Independent	R. Lourdumary	115	0.45
Margin of victory			2,875	11.23	7.58
Turnout			25,611	84.89	−1.38
Registered electors			30,169		12.92
	INC gain from AINRC		Swing	0.53

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	P. R. Siva	11,702	50.77
	INC	R. Kamalakannan	10,862	47.12	−0.61
	Independent	G. Chandrasekaran	198	0.86
	Independent	M. Srinivasan	174	0.75
	BSP	V. Maheswari	114	0.49	−0.12
Margin of victory			840	3.64	1.69
Turnout			23,050	86.27	−1.58
Registered electors			26,718		61.16
	AINRC gain from MDMK		Swing	1.08

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	P. R. Siva	7,237	49.69
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	6,952	47.73	5.73
	BJP	J. Arumugam	177	1.22
	DMDK	R. Sivakumar	109	0.75
	BSP	M. Sadick Ali	90	0.62
Margin of victory			285	1.96	−4.08
Turnout			14,565	87.85	13.64
Registered electors			16,579		−4.13
	MDMK gain from INC		Swing	7.68

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	5,390	42.00	−6.53
	DMK	N. V. R. Arivoli	4,615	35.96	−3.56
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	2,827	22.03	10.09
Margin of victory			775	6.04	−2.97
Turnout			12,832	74.22	2.12
Registered electors			17,294		7.37
	INC hold		Swing	0.64

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kamalakannan	6,063	48.53	26.38
	DMK	A. Soundarengan	4,938	39.53	−1.84
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	1,492	11.94	4.59
Margin of victory			1,125	9.01	−4.22
Turnout			12,493	78.92	6.83
Registered electors			16,107		5.81
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.16

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundararengan	4,401	41.37	9.36
	Independent	R. Kamalakkannan	2,994	28.14
	INC	S. P. Selvashanmugham	2,357	22.15
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	782	7.35	−2.13
	Independent	D. K. Durairaj	50	0.47
Margin of victory			1,407	13.22	9.54
Turnout			10,639	72.09	−4.83
Registered electors			15,222		0.81
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	5.67

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Kamalakkannan	4,124	35.70
	DMK	A. Soundararengan	3,698	32.01	−4.98
	AIADMK	P. Sathiadasan	2,487	21.53	7.42
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	1,095	9.48
	JP	Pon. Selvaraj	135	1.17
Margin of victory			426	3.69	−4.52
Turnout			11,553	76.92	−4.85
Registered electors			15,100		29.99
	Independent hold		Swing	-9.50

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Sonudararengan	4,246	45.19
	DMK	R. Kamalakkannan	3,475	36.99	−7.45
	AIADMK	N. Ramadass	1,325	14.10	−28.19
	JP	D. Ramadoss	311	3.31
Margin of victory			771	8.21	6.05
Turnout			9,395	81.77	−2.23
Registered electors			11,616		15.87
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	0.75

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. Ramalingam	3,573	44.44	10.38
	AIADMK	A. Soundararengam	3,400	42.29	11.80
	Independent	V. Arunachalam	629	7.82
	Independent	R. Renganathan	222	2.76
	Independent	S. R. Indirsetan	216	2.69
Margin of victory			173	2.15	−1.42
Turnout			8,040	84.00	4.42
Registered electors			10,025		1.44
	DMK hold		Swing	10.38

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. Ramalingam	2,654	34.06	−15.25
	AIADMK	A. Soundarengan	2,376	30.49	15.52
	INC	P. Shanmugam	1,811	23.24
	JP	S. Aragasamy	952	12.22
Margin of victory			278	3.57	−10.02
Turnout			7,793	79.58	−9.71
Registered electors			9,883		13.60
	DMK hold		Swing	-15.25

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundararengan	3,742	49.31	−4.81
	INC(O)	S. Arangasamy	2,711	35.72
	AIADMK	S. M. A. Mohamed Arif	1,136	14.97
Margin of victory			1,031	13.59	3.54
Turnout			7,589	89.29	1.38
Registered electors			8,700		17.05
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.81

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Supprayalu Naicker	3,455	54.12
	INC	V. Arunasalam	2,814	44.08	−24.84
	Independent	S. Kathaperumal	115	1.80
Margin of victory			641	10.04	−28.35
Turnout			6,384	87.91	2.27
Registered electors			7,433		7.94
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-14.80

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Subarayalu	4,000	68.92
	Independent	Sathiamourthy	1,772	30.53
	Independent	Arunachalam	32	0.55
Margin of victory			2,228	38.39
Turnout			5,804	85.64
Registered electors			6,886
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Map showing the Assembly constituencies of the U.T. of Pondicherry". Chief Electoral Office, Puducherry. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
↑ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
↑ "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.

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

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[pyceo-1] "Map showing the Assembly constituencies of the U.T. of Pondicherry". Chief Electoral Office, Puducherry. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[delimitation2008-2] "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[election2021-3] "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Thirunallar Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2026

Assembly Election 2021

Assembly Election 2016

Assembly Election 2011

Assembly Election 2006

Assembly Election 2001

Assembly Election 1996

Assembly Election 1991

Assembly Election 1990

Assembly Election 1985

Assembly Election 1980

Assembly Election 1977

Assembly Election 1974

Assembly Election 1969

Assembly Election 1964

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