Next Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

Next Puducherry Legislative Assembly election

April–May 2026
All 30 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
DMK Leader N. Rangaswamy R. Siva Party AINRC DMK Alliance NDA SPA Leader since 2011 2021 Leader's seat Kadirkamam Villianur Last election 25.85%, 10 seats 18.51%, 6 seats Seats needed 5 9   Leader A. Namassivayam V. Vaithilingam Party BJP INC Alliance NDA SPA Leader since 2021 2023 Leader's seat Did not contest Last election 13.66%, 6 seats 15.71%, 2 seats Seats needed 9 13
Incumbent Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy AINRC

The sixteenth legislative assembly election of Puducherry is expected to be held on April–May 2026 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the 16th Puducherry Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India. The National Democratic Alliance now holds power.

Schedule

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	TBD
Last Date for filing nomination	TBD
Scrutiny of nomination	TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	TBD
Date of poll	TBD
Date of counting of Votes	TBD

Parties and Alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	All India N.R. Congress			N. Rangaswamy	TBD
	Bharatiya Janata Party			A. Namassivayam	TBD
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			A. Anbalagan	TBD

  Secular Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			R. Siva	TBD
	Indian National Congress			V. Vaithilingam	TBD
	Communist Party of India			TBD	TBD
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi			TBD	TBD
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			S. Ramachandran	TBD

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Naam Tamilar Katchi			TBD	TBD
	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam			Anand (a) Munusamy	TBD

Candidates

District	Constituency
			NDA			SPA
Puducherry	1	Mannadipet
	2	Thirubuvanai (SC)
	3	Ossudu (SC)
	4	Mangalam
	5	Villianur
	6	Ozhukarai
	7	Kadirkamam
	8	Indira Nagar
	9	Thattanchavady
	10	Kamaraj Nagar
	11	Lawspet
	12	Kalapet
	13	Muthialpet
	14	Raj Bhavan
	15	Oupalam
	16	Orleampeth
	17	Nellithope
	18	Mudaliarpet
	19	Ariankuppam
	20	Manavely
	21	Embalam (SC)
	22	Nettapakkam (SC)
	23	Bahour
Karaikal	24	Nedungadu (SC)
	25	Thirunallar
	26	Karaikal North
	27	Karaikal South
	28	Neravy T.R. Pattinam
Mahe	29	Mahe
Yanam	30	Yanam

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		All India N.R. Congress
			Bharatiya Janata Party
		Total
	SPA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
			Indian National Congress
			Communist Party of India
			Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
			Makkal Needhi Maiam
		Total
	Other parties
	Independents
	NOTA
Total					100%	—		30	—

Results by district

District	Seats
		NDA	SPA	Others
Puducherry	23
Karaikal	5
Mahe	1
Yanam	1
Total	30

Results by constituency

District	Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
	No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Puducherry	1	Mannadipet
	2	Thirubuvanai (SC)
	3	Ossudu (SC)
	4	Mangalam
	5	Villianur
	6	Ozhukarai
	7	Kadirkamam
	8	Indira Nagar
	9	Thattanchavady
	10	Kamaraj Nagar
	11	Lawspet
	12	Kalapet
	13	Muthialpet
	14	Raj Bhavan
	15	Oupalam
	16	Orleampeth
	17	Nellithope
	18	Mudaliarpet
	19	Ariankuppam
	20	Manavely
	21	Embalam (SC)
	22	Nettapakkam (SC)
	23	Bahour
Karaikal	24	Nedungadu (SC)
	25	Thirunallar
	26	Karaikal North
	27	Karaikal South
	28	Neravy T.R. Pattinam
Mahe	29	Mahe
Yanam	30	Yanam