Kalapet Assembly constituency

Kalapet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1][2] Kalapet assembly constituency covers the enclave of Kalapet and is a part of the Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).

Kalapet
Constituency No. 12 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
LS constituency	Puducherry
Total electors	34,547
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2011	P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram[3]		All India N.R. Congress
2016	M. O. H. F. Shahjahan[4]		Indian National Congress
2021	P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram[5]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Result

2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Kalapet^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram	13,277	44.63
	Independent	A. Senthil Ramesh	9,769	32.84
	DMK	S. Mouttouvel	3,769	12.67
	NTK	K. Kamaraj	1,321	4.44
	MNM	R. Chandramohan	685	2.3
	None of the Above	None of the Above	453	1.52
Majority			3,508	11.79
Turnout			29,751
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

References

1. "Map showing the Assembly constituencies of the U.T. of Pondicherry". Chief Electoral Office, Puducherry. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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.
3. "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2011". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
4. "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
5. "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

External links

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

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