Nellithope Assembly constituency

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

Nellitope
Constituency No. 17 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	33,609
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Richards Johnkumar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political Party
1964	N. Ranganathan		People's Front
1969	N. Ranganathan		Communist Party of India
1974	R. Kannan		Indian National Congress
1977	R. Kannan		Janata Party
1980	P. Ramalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Om Sakthi Sekhar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Om Sakthi Sekhar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. Johnkumar		Indian National Congress
*2016[3]	V. Narayanasamy		Indian National Congress
2021	Richards Johnkumar		Bharatiya Janata Party

• by-election

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			42.26%
2016			69.07%
2011			58.51%
2006			51.69%
2001			51.42%
1996			52.31%
1991			49.05%
1990			41.58%
1985			51.78%
1980			53.80%
1977			38.20%
1974			37.77%
1969			57.11%
1964			50.11%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Richards Johnkumar	11,757	42.26%	41.19%
	DMK	V. Cartigueyane	11,261	40.47%
	MNM	P. Murugesan	1,659	5.96%
	NTK	S. Sasi Kumar	1,521	5.47%
	NOTA	Nota	537	1.93%	0.46%
	Independent	S. Prithivirajan	178	0.64%
	My India Party	D. Arivumani	145	0.52%
	Independent	Arun @ Murugan	142	0.51%
	SDPI	R. Anifa	139	0.50%
	Independent	E. Irudhayaraj	124	0.45%
Margin of victory			496	1.78%	−43.53%
Turnout			27,823	82.56%	−2.87%
Registered electors			33,700		7.44%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-26.81%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly By-election: Nellithope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V Narayanasamy	18,506	69.07%
	AIADMK	Omsakthi Sekar	6,365	23.75%	−34.75%
	AINRC	D. Balaji	598	2.23%
	NOTA	None of the Above	394	1.47%
	BJP	Elangovan	287	1.07%	−0.25%
	CPI	N. Mohan @ Veeraiyan	214	0.80%
	NTK	P. Ramarajan	153	0.57%
Margin of victory			12,141	45.31%	25.44%
Turnout			26,795	85.43%	0.62%
Registered electors			31,366		17.01%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.56%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Omsakthi Sekar	13,301	58.51%	6.81%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	8,783	38.63%	−5.55%
	BJP	A. Velayutham	301	1.32%	−0.33%
	Independent	M. Chitty Babu	112	0.49%
Margin of victory			4,518	19.87%	12.36%
Turnout			22,734	84.81%	0.37%
Registered electors			26,807		17.79%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.81%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Omsakthi Sekar	9,933	51.69%	13.10%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	8,490	44.18%	−7.24%
	BJP	V. Sanilkumar	317	1.65%
	DMDK	M. Chittibabu	294	1.53%
	Independent	M. Janakiraman	103	0.54%
Margin of victory			1,443	7.51%	−5.32%
Turnout			19,215	84.43%	9.02%
Registered electors			22,758		13.36%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.27%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	7,780	51.42%	−0.89%
	AIADMK	Dr. J. Nannan	5,839	38.59%	−5.11%
	INC	E. Puviarasu	1,057	6.99%
	MDMK	Vedha Venugopal	156	1.03%
	Independent	G. Selvaraj	130	0.86%
	Independent	K. Perumal	89	0.59%
Margin of victory			1,941	12.83%	4.22%
Turnout			15,130	75.41%	16.33%
Registered electors			20,076		−18.16%
	DMK hold		Swing	2.37%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	8,803	52.31%	3.26%
	AIADMK	D. Ramachandiren	7,354	43.70%	−4.80%
	JD	K. Arunagiri	364	2.16%
	BJP	S. Raja	204	1.21%	−0.11%
Margin of victory			1,449	8.61%	8.06%
Turnout			16,828	69.88%	10.80%
Registered electors			24,531		−1.28%
	DMK hold		Swing	3.26%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	7,067	49.05%	7.47%
	AIADMK	N. R. Shanmugam	6,988	48.50%	10.26%
	BJP	G. Vengatesan	190	1.32%
	Independent	P. Vijayakumar	65	0.45%
Margin of victory			79	0.55%	−2.79%
Turnout			14,407	59.08%	−5.87%
Registered electors			24,848		0.96%
	DMK hold		Swing	7.47%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	6,601	41.58%	−10.20%
	AIADMK	B. Manimaran	6,071	38.24%	−3.83%
	Independent	P. Ramalingam	2,888	18.19%
	PMK	P. Krishanan	173	1.09%
	Independent	M. Loganathan	96	0.60%
Margin of victory			530	3.34%	−6.37%
Turnout			15,875	64.95%	−6.37%
Registered electors			24,612		62.91%
	DMK hold		Swing	-10.20%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. V. Janakiraman	5,526	51.78%	−2.02%
	AIADMK	B. Manimaran	4,490	42.07%	13.83%
	JP	R. Ramamurthy	518	4.85%
	IC(S)	M. William	84	0.79%
	BJP	A. Devaguru	54	0.51%
Margin of victory			1,036	9.71%	−15.85%
Turnout			10,672	71.31%	−6.33%
Registered electors			15,108		48.54%
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.02%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ramalingam	4,019	53.80%	41.33%
	AIADMK	B. Manimaran	2,110	28.25%	−1.36%
	CPI	N. Ranganathan	1,010	13.52%	−6.20%
	Independent	C. Mounissamy	177	2.37%
	INC(U)	N. Rajagopalan	138	1.85%
Margin of victory			1,909	25.56%	16.96%
Turnout			7,470	77.64%	11.26%
Registered electors			10,171		−7.18%
	DMK gain from JP		Swing	15.60%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	R. Kannan	2,757	38.20%
	AIADMK	P. Vengatesan	2,137	29.61%
	CPI	Saraswati Subbiah	1,423	19.72%	−16.14%
	DMK	D. Ariraman	900	12.47%	−13.90%
Margin of victory			620	8.59%	6.68%
Turnout			7,217	66.38%	−14.46%
Registered electors			10,958		29.77%
	JP gain from INC(O)		Swing	0.43%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	R. Kannan	2,495	37.77%
	CPI	N. Ranganathan	2,369	35.86%	−21.25%
	DMK	E. Puviarasu	1,742	26.37%
Margin of victory			126	1.91%	−19.16%
Turnout			6,606	80.84%	8.20%
Registered electors			8,444		−20.94%
	INC(O) gain from CPI		Swing	-19.34%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	N. Ranganathan	4,372	57.11%
	INC	B. Chandrasekaran	2,759	36.04%	−13.85%
	Independent	J. Panadurangan	524	6.85%
Margin of victory			1,613	21.07%	20.85%
Turnout			7,655	72.63%	0.08%
Registered electors			10,681		4.83%
	CPI gain from IPF		Swing	7.00%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IPF	N. Ranganathan	3,627	50.11%
	INC	R. T. Purushothaman	3,611	49.89%
Margin of victory			16	0.22%
Turnout			7,238	72.56%
Registered electors			10,189
	IPF win (new seat)

See also

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

Election result

2021 Assembly election

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Nellithope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Richards Johnkumar	11,757	42.26
	DMK	V. Cartigueyane	11,261	40.47
	MNM	P Murugesan	1,659	5.96
	NTK	S Sasi Kumar	1,521	5.47
	None of the Above	None of the Above	453	1.52
Majority			496	1.79
Turnout			27,823
	BJP gain from INC		Swing