Mahe Assembly constituency

Mahe
Mahe
Constituency No. 29 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Mahe
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	31,092
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ramesh Parambath
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Mahe is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Mahe.^[1] Mahe Assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

Union TerritoryPuducherry

DistrictMahe

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From 1964 to 2011, the Mahe region had two Assembly Constituencies - Mahe and Palloor. Mahe Assembly constituency included areas of Mahe, Cherukallayi and Chalakkara, whereas Palloor constituency comprised Palloor and Pandakkal areas.

Palloor Assembly constituency was abolished for the 2011 Assembly election. Thus, the whole of Mahe came under the enlarged Mahe Constituency since 2011.

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Year	Member
1959	PK Raman	Indian National Congress
1964	Valavil Keshavan	Indian National Congress
1969	I. K. Kumaran	Independent
1969	Kunnummal Raghavan^[4]^[5]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1974	K. V. Raghavan^[6]^[7]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977	K. V. Raghavan^[8]^[9]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	K. V. Raghavan^[10]^[11]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1985	P. K. Sathyanandan^[12]^[13]	Indian National Congress
1990	E. Valsaraj^[14]	Indian National Congress
1991	E. Valsaraj^[15]	Indian National Congress
1996	E. Valsaraj^[16]	Indian National Congress
2001	E. Valsaraj^[17]	Indian National Congress
2006	E. Valsaraj^[18]^[19]	Indian National Congress
2011	E. Valsaraj^[20]	Indian National Congress
2016	V. Ramachandran^[21]	Left Democratic Front supported Independent
2021	Ramesh Parambath^[22]	Indian National Congress


2021			41.63%
2016			45.96%
2011			60.51%
2006			55.74%
2001			59.87%
1996			45.58%
1991			62.62%
1990			56.05%
1985			53.04%
1980			48.17%
1977			48.58%
1974			33.03%
1969			59.33%
1964			50.14%

Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	SPA	Ramesh Parambath
	BJP	A. Dineshan
	TVK			New
	Independent	Adv. T. Ashok Kumar
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			29,736
	gain from		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Parambath	9,744	41.63	4.77
	Independent	N. Haridasan Master	9,444	40.35
	AINRC	V. P. Abdul Rahman	3,532	15.09
	SDPI	C. K. Ummer Master	319	1.36	0.49
	NOTA	Nota	221	0.94	0.48
Margin of victory			300	1.28	−7.82
Turnout			23,408	75.29	−2.54
Registered electors			31,090		3.01
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-4.34

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr. V. Ramachandran	10,797	45.96
	INC	E. Valsaraj	8,658	36.86	−23.66
	BJP	P. T. Devarajan	1,653	7.04	0.28
	AINRC	V. P. Abdul Rahman	1,653	7.04
	SDPI	C. K. Ummer Master	206	0.88
	Independent	K. E. Sulochana	182	0.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	109	0.46
Margin of victory			2,139	9.11	−18.67
Turnout			23,491	77.83	0.69
Registered electors			30,181		5.96
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-14.55

Mahe Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 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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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	13,297	60.51	4.77
	CPI(M)	T. K. Gangadharan	7,193	32.73	−3.79
	BJP	N. K. Rajeendran	1,484	6.75	0.92
Margin of victory			6,104	27.78	8.56
Turnout			21,974	77.15	−2.86
Registered electors			28,484		124.94
	INC hold		Swing	4.77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,647	55.74	−4.13
	CPI(M)	T. Ashok Kumar	3,700	36.52
	BJP	V. Balan	591	5.83	−0.46
	AIADMK	Vijayan	189	1.87	1.12
Margin of victory			1,947	19.22	−7.57
Turnout			10,131	80.00	7.05
Registered electors			12,663		−2.43
	INC hold		Swing	-4.13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,666	59.87	14.29
	Independent	Manoli Muhammad	3,131	33.08
	BJP	East Namath Rajeendran	596	6.30	−5.11
	AIADMK	K. Lakshmanan	71	0.75
Margin of victory			2,535	26.79	23.86
Turnout			9,464	72.95	2.86
Registered electors			12,978		6.69
	INC hold		Swing	-2.75

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	4,184	45.58	−17.04
	Independent	Manoli Muhammad	3,915	42.65
	BJP	V. P. Krishnaraj	1,047	11.41	4.75
Margin of victory			269	2.93	−29.96
Turnout			9,180	76.06	5.97
Registered electors			12,164		2.81
	INC hold		Swing	-17.04

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,099	62.62	6.57
	CPI(M)	K. V. Raghavan	2,421	29.73	−6.28
	BJP	P. Chandran	542	6.66	0.60
	Independent	C. P. Hamza	53	0.65
Margin of victory			2,678	32.89	12.85
Turnout			8,143	70.09	−8.82
Registered electors			11,832		1.42
	INC hold		Swing	6.57

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Valsaraj	5,142	56.05	3.01
	CPI(M)	Mukkath Jayan	3,304	36.01	−3.02
	BJP	C. P. Ganeshan	556	6.06
	Independent	M. Sidharthan	125	1.36
Margin of victory			1,838	20.03	6.02
Turnout			9,174	78.91	−3.22
Registered electors			11,666		37.10
	INC hold		Swing	3.01

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. K. Sathyanandan	3,695	53.04
	CPI(M)	K. V. Raghavan	2,719	39.03	−9.14
	IUML	C. V. Sulaiman Hajee	447	6.42
	Independent	Valavil Sudhakaran	42	0.60
	Independent	Abdul Gaffoor	38	0.55
Margin of victory			976	14.01	5.54
Turnout			6,966	82.14	4.94
Registered electors			8,509		14.48
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	4.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Raghavan	2,638	48.17
	Independent	C. V. Sulaiman Hajee	2,174	39.70
	Independent	N. Chakrapani	358	6.54
	Independent	Mani Bharathan	178	3.25
	Independent	V. P. Ramakrishnan	117	2.14
Margin of victory			464	8.47	8.27
Turnout			5,476	77.20	−3.26
Registered electors			7,433		1.31
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing	-0.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. V. Raghavan	2,847	48.58
	INC	P. K. Raman	2,835	48.38	25.32
	Independent	P. K. Muraleedharan	178	3.04
Margin of victory			12	0.20	−5.03
Turnout			5,860	80.46	−4.57
Registered electors			7,337		11.10
	Independent gain from CPI(M)		Swing	15.55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kunnummal Raghavan	1,816	33.03
	Independent	Iraye Kunnathitathil Kumaran	1,528	27.79
	INC	Candotte Errambally Bharathan	1,268	23.06	−17.61
	Independent	Nalupurayil Velandi Chakrapani	824	14.99
	Independent	Poothara Narayanan	62	1.13
Margin of victory			288	5.24	−13.41
Turnout			5,498	85.02	1.53
Registered electors			6,604		12.47
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing	-26.30

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mahe^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I. K. Kumaran	2,885	59.33
	INC	Valavil Kesavan	1,978	40.67	−9.47
Margin of victory			907	18.65	18.37
Turnout			4,863	83.50	−6.68
Registered electors			5,872		15.11
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	9.18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Valavil Kesavan	2,283	50.14
	Independent	Iraye Kunnathitathil Kumaran	2,270	49.86
Margin of victory			13	0.29
Turnout			4,553	90.18
Registered electors			5,101
	INC win (new seat)