Rajbhavan
Constituency No. 14 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
LS constituency	Puducherry
Total electors	26,349
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Lakshminarayanan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Raj Bhavan is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1]^[2] Raj Bhavan assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1964	Édouard Goubert	Indian National Congress
1969	D. Kantharaj	Indian National Congress
1974	Dhana Kantharaj	Indian National Congress
1977	D. Ramajayam	Janata Party
1980	L. Joseph Mariadass	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	L. Joseph Mariadass	Indian National Congress
1990	S. P. Sivakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. Gandhiraj	Indian National Congress
1996	S. P. Sivakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. P. Sivakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	S. P. Sivakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. Lakshminarayanan	Indian National Congress
2016	K. Lakshminarayanan	Indian National Congress
2021	K. Lakshminarayanan	All India N.R. Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			51.86%
2016			47.23%
2011			59.57%
2006			65.95%
2001			57.79%
1996			58.54%
1991			48.45%
1990			47.58%
1985			54.77%
1980			45.92%
1977			35.31%
1974			56.00%
1969			51.62%
1964			78.47%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	J. Prakash Kumar	10,096	51.86%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	6,364	32.69%
	MNM	S. Paruvadhavardhnie	1,462	7.51%
	NTK	Anthony Sharmila	975	5.01%
	NOTA	Nota	303	1.56%	-0.88%
	Independent	S. K. Subramanian	144	0.74%
Margin of victory			3,732	19.17%	8.05%
Turnout			19,466	73.93%	-3.85%
Registered electors			26,329		2.40%
	AINRC gain from INC		Swing	4.64%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Lakshminarayanan	9,445	47.23%	-12.35%
	AIADMK	P. Kannan	7,220	36.10%	13.48%
	AINRC	A. Annibal Nehru	1,517	7.59%
	BJP	N. Pougajendy	929	4.65%	1.74%
	NOTA	None of the Above	487	2.44%
	NTK	R. Velayutham	153	0.77%
Margin of victory			2,225	11.13%	-25.83%
Turnout			20,000	77.78%	0.64%
Registered electors			25,713		3.67%
	INC hold		Swing	-12.35%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Lakshminarayanan	11,398	59.57%
	AIADMK	M. Saravanakumar	4,327	22.62%
	Independent	Annibal Nehru	2,536	13.25%
	BJP	S. P. Lallu	555	2.90%	-0.97%
	Independent	I. M. Sekar Naicker	227	1.19%
	Independent	M. Arumai Selvam	90	0.47%
Margin of victory			7,071	36.96%	-1.14%
Turnout			19,133	77.14%	0.43%
Registered electors			24,802		384.51%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-6.38%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	2,590	65.95%	8.17%
	PMC	P. K. Devadoss	1,094	27.86%
	BJP	R. Govindarajane	152	3.87%
	DMDK	A. Xavier	49	1.25%
	Independent	V. Ramamoorthi	19	0.48%
Margin of victory			1,496	38.10%	11.70%
Turnout			3,927	76.71%	10.96%
Registered electors			5,119		-19.32%
	DMK hold		Swing	8.17%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	2,408	57.79%	-0.75%
	INC	A. Gandhiraj	1,308	31.39%	6.23%
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan	340	8.16%
	Independent	T. Ramalingam	66	1.58%
	MDMK	R. Balasubramanian	45	1.08%
Margin of victory			1,100	26.40%	-6.99%
Turnout			4,167	65.75%	9.80%
Registered electors			6,345		-11.35%
	DMK hold		Swing	9.33%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	2,697	58.54%	11.09%
	INC	A. Gandhirasu	1,159	25.16%	-23.30%
	Independent	Louie Pragassa Kannaiya	559	12.13%
	BJP	M. Visweswaran	105	2.28%	-0.49%
	Independent	G. Rajmohan Yadav	39	0.85%
	AIIC(T)	D. Ramajayam	28	0.61%
Margin of victory			1,538	33.38%	32.39%
Turnout			4,607	65.39%	9.44%
Registered electors			7,157		-20.17%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	10.09%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Gandhiraj	2,381	48.45%	3.71%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	2,332	47.46%	-0.13%
	BJP	S. Damodaran	136	2.77%	0.21%
	Independent	R. Gotahndaraman	29	0.59%
Margin of victory			49	1.00%	-1.84%
Turnout			4,914	55.95%	-6.12%
Registered electors			8,965		3.94%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	0.87%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	2,528	47.58%	11.86%
	INC	L. Joseph Mariadoss	2,377	44.74%	-10.03%
	INS(SCS)	P. S. Sukumaran	178	3.35%
	BJP	S. Dhamodaran	136	2.56%	1.90%
	Independent	K. Vijayalakshmi	47	0.88%
Margin of victory			151	2.84%	-16.20%
Turnout			5,313	62.08%	-3.88%
Registered electors			8,625		27.51%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-7.18%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Joseph Mariadoss	2,419	54.77%
	DMK	Louie Pragassa Kannaiya	1,578	35.73%	-10.20%
	JP	V. Uthaman	230	5.21%
	IC(S)	L. Vengataraman	161	3.65%
	BJP	V. Govindasamy	29	0.66%
Margin of victory			841	19.04%	-0.45%
Turnout			4,417	65.95%	0.49%
Registered electors			6,764		3.02%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	8.84%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. Joseph Mariadass	1,880	45.92%	37.96%
	CPI	V. Subbiah	1,082	26.43%
	JP	M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar	510	12.46%
	Independent	M. V. Vaithilingam	479	11.70%
	Independent	N. Kaliaperumal	70	1.71%
	Independent	Marius Bala	37	0.90%
	JP(S)	Thiagi Thirukamu	36	0.88%
Margin of victory			798	19.49%	19.14%
Turnout			4,094	65.46%	8.23%
Registered electors			6,566		-6.76%
	DMK gain from JP		Swing	10.61%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	D. Ramajayam	1,411	35.31%
	INC	Dana Kanthraj	1,397	34.96%	-21.04%
	AIADMK	S. Sadagopan	870	21.77%	-4.00%
	DMK	Durai Subramanian	318	7.96%	-10.27%
Margin of victory			14	0.35%	-29.88%
Turnout			3,996	57.23%	-16.93%
Registered electors			7,042		18.85%
	JP gain from INC		Swing	-20.69%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhana Kantharaj	2,399	56.00%	4.38%
	AIADMK	K. Jothi	1,104	25.77%
	DMK	M. L. Selvaradjou	781	18.23%	-30.15%
Margin of victory			1,295	30.23%	26.98%
Turnout			4,284	74.16%	6.35%
Registered electors			5,925		14.43%
	INC hold		Swing	4.38%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Kantharaj	1,766	51.62%	-26.84%
	DMK	S. Sadagopan	1,655	48.38%
Margin of victory			111	3.24%	-56.14%
Turnout			3,421	67.81%	2.34%
Registered electors			5,178		-3.50%
	INC hold		Swing	-26.84%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Raj Bhavan^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Édouard Goubert	2,722	78.47%
	Independent	S. Pakiam	662	19.08%
	IPF	Jimmy Ebenezar Robert	85	2.45%
Margin of victory			2,060	59.38%
Turnout			3,469	65.47%
Registered electors			5,366
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Map showing the Assembly constituencies of the U.T. of Pondicherry". Chief Electoral Office, Puducherry. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

"Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

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