Bahour Assembly constituency

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

Bahour
Constituency No. 23 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	29,762
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Senthilkumar
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964	Thangavel Clamanso		Indian People's Front
1969	K. Krishnasamy		Indian National Congress
1974	Thangavel Clamanso		Communist Party of India
1977	P. Uthiravelu		Janata Party
1980	P. Uthiravelu		Janata Party
1985	P. Uthiravelu		Janata Party
1990	P. Rajavelu		Janata Dal
1991	P. Rajavelu		Independent politician
1996	M. Kandasamy		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	P. Rajavelu		Puducherry Makkal Congress
2006	M. Kandasamy		Indian National Congress
2011	T. Thiagarajan		All India N.R. Congress
2016	N. Danavelou		Indian National Congress
2021	R. Senthilkumar[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			44.56%
2016			44.58%
2011			53.42%
2006			60.06%
2001			48.91%
1996			51.95%
1991			48.63%
1990			57.79%
1985			47.50%
1980			51.40%
1977			45.56%
1974			38.77%
1969			52.22%
1964			49.81%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Senthilkumar	11,789	44.56%
	AINRC	N. Dhanavelou	11,578	43.76%
	AMMK	P. Velmurugan	1,408	5.32%
	Independent	V. Ruthiramoorthy	470	1.78%
	NTK	S. Gnanapragash	449	1.70%
	NOTA	Nota	294	1.11%	0.45%
	MNM	C. Dinesh	126	0.48%
Margin of victory			211	0.80%	−10.30%
Turnout			26,456	89.60%	−0.91%
Registered electors			29,527		5.64%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.02%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Danavelou	11,278	44.58%	0.10%
	AINRC	T. Thiagarajan	8,471	33.49%
	AIADMK	P. Velmurugan	3,732	14.75%
	CPI(M)	P. Sivakami	457	1.81%
	PMK	P. Venugopal	257	1.02%
	NOTA	None of the Above	168	0.66%
Margin of victory			2,807	11.10%	2.16%
Turnout			25,297	90.51%	−2.25%
Registered electors			27,950		12.75%
	INC gain from AINRC		Swing	-8.84%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	T. Thiagarajan	12,284	53.42%
	INC	R. Radhakrishnan	10,229	44.49%	−15.57%
	Independent	B. R. Sundaramoorthy	315	1.37%
	BJP	Thanga Vikraman	166	0.72%
Margin of victory			2,055	8.94%	−14.07%
Turnout			22,994	92.76%	1.89%
Registered electors			24,790		21.18%
	AINRC gain from INC		Swing	-6.63%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Kandasamy	11,164	60.06%
	PMC	P. Rajavelu	6,888	37.05%
	Independent	M. Rajavelu	256	1.38%
	DMDK	M. Anbumani	110	0.59%
Margin of victory			4,276	23.00%	6.27%
Turnout			18,589	90.87%	11.66%
Registered electors			20,457		2.98%
	INC gain from PMC		Swing	11.15%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMC	P. Rajavelu	7,696	48.91%
	TMC(M)	M. Kandasamy	5,063	32.18%
	PMK	K. Deivanayagam	2,490	15.82%
	Independent	M. Rajavelu	381	2.42%
Margin of victory			2,633	16.73%	12.14%
Turnout			15,735	79.21%	5.91%
Registered electors			19,865		6.43%
	PMC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	0.28%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	M. Kandasamy	7,921	51.95%
	INC	P. Rajavelu	7,221	47.36%
	Independent	N. Jayaraman	81	0.53%
Margin of victory			700	4.59%	−10.07%
Turnout			15,246	83.48%	10.18%
Registered electors			18,664		1.65%
	TMC(M) gain from Independent		Swing	3.33%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Rajavelu	6,377	48.63%
	Independent	E. Rajalingam	4,454	33.96%
	CPI	A. Ramamurthy	2,074	15.82%
	PMK	G. K. Baskaran	183	1.40%	−4.04%
Margin of victory			1,923	14.66%	−6.73%
Turnout			13,114	73.30%	−5.42%
Registered electors			18,361		0.75%
	Independent gain from JD		Swing	-9.16%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	P. Rajavelu	8,223	57.79%
	INC	M. Rajagopalan	5,179	36.40%	−4.24%
	PMK	K. Thiagarajan	774	5.44%
Margin of victory			3,044	21.39%	14.53%
Turnout			14,229	78.72%	−6.48%
Registered electors			18,225		48.93%
	JD gain from JP		Swing	10.29%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. Uthiravelu	4,911	47.50%
	INC	S. Narayanasamy	4,201	40.63%
	DMK	P. Murthy	1,063	10.28%	−1.02%
	LKD	S. Thanigasalam	164	1.59%
Margin of victory			710	6.87%	−12.83%
Turnout			10,339	85.20%	1.12%
Registered electors			12,237		21.24%
	JP hold		Swing	-3.90%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. Uthiravelu	4,154	51.40%
	CPI	A. Ramamurthy	2,562	31.70%	11.50%
	DMK	D. Brem Jeyandan	913	11.30%	8.50%
	INC(U)	G. K. Baskaran	453	5.61%
Margin of victory			1,592	19.70%	5.58%
Turnout			8,082	84.08%	3.05%
Registered electors			10,093		8.60%
	JP hold		Swing	5.84%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. Uthiravelu	3,399	45.56%
	AIADMK	A. Thulukkanam	2,346	31.44%
	CPI	R. Thangavelu Clemanso	1,507	20.20%	−18.57%
	DMK	P. Ariakrishnan	209	2.80%	−5.13%
Margin of victory			1,053	14.11%	6.78%
Turnout			7,461	81.03%	−7.34%
Registered electors			9,294		10.33%
	JP gain from CPI		Swing	6.79%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Thangavel Clamanso	2,727	38.77%	−9.01%
	Independent	P. Utharavelu	2,211	31.43%
	INC(O)	S. Narayanaswamy	1,538	21.87%
	DMK	K. Krishnaswamy	558	7.93%
Margin of victory			516	7.34%	2.90%
Turnout			7,034	88.37%	2.38%
Registered electors			8,424		15.40%
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	-13.45%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Krishnasamy	3,211	52.22%	6.36%
	CPI	R. Thangavelu Clemanso	2,938	47.78%
Margin of victory			273	4.44%	0.49%
Turnout			6,149	85.99%	6.31%
Registered electors			7,300		8.05%
	INC gain from IPF		Swing	2.41%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Bahour^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IPF	Thangavel Clamanso	2,612	49.81%
	INC	A. Siva	2,405	45.86%
	Independent	S. Perumal	227	4.33%
Margin of victory			207	3.95%
Turnout			5,244	79.68%
Registered electors			6,756
	IPF win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district