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
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	2008
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 results

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