Puducherry · AC 11

Lawspet

Name: Lawspet
Address: Puducherry, Puducherry, IN

Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election 1996 · Puducherry

← Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election 1996

43,218

Electors

30,227

Votes polled

69.94%

Turnout

6,231

Margin

Winner

N. Kesavan

Male

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)

Alliance: —
Votes: 16,442
Vote share: 54.40%
Margin: 6,231

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	N. Kesavan Won Male	DMK	16,442	54.40%
2	M.O.H.F. Shajahan Male	INC	10,211	33.78%
3	Sankaran Male	CPM	2,596	8.59%
4	L. Karunakaran Male	BJP	359	1.19%
5	V. Janakiraman Male	IND	220	0.73%
6	S. Anandan @ Loganathan Male	IND	138	0.46%
7	P. Chitradevi Female	JP	93	0.31%
8	E. Chandrasegaran Male	IND	57	0.19%
9	Jegan @ Jagadeesan Male	IND	36	0.12%
10	R. Sankar Male	IND	27	0.09%
11	K. Jayaraman Male	IND	24	0.08%
12	B. Dhandapani Male	IND	12	0.04%
13	N. Ramachandran Male	IND	12	0.04%

Party Wise Vote Share

Overall vote % (Pie)

Voter Participation by Gender

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Lawspet Constituency Results by Year

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2026	V.P. Sivakolundhu Male AINRC	39.52%	M. Vaithianathan Male INC	34.23%
2021	M. Vaithianathan Male INC	55.60%	V. Saminathan Male BJP	33.88%
2016	V.P. Sivakolundhu Male INC	46.92%	M. Vaithianathan Male IND	22.00%
2011	M. Vaithianathan Male AINRC	51.79%	V.P. Sivakolunthu Male INC	24.18%
2006	M.O.H.F. Shahjahan Male INC	—	G. Anandhamurugesan Male AIADMK	—
2001	Shajahan .M.O.H.F Male INC	38.51%	Kesavan .N Male DMK	32.65%
1996	N. Kesavan Male DMK	54.40%	M.O.H.F. Shajahan Male INC	33.78%
1991	P. Kanann Male INC	61.51%	P. Sankaran Male CPM	36.92%
1990	M. O. H. Farook Male INC	53.00%	P. Sankaran Male CPM	40.84%
1985	M.O.H. Farook Male INC	60.36%	S. Muthu Male DMK	35.36%
1980	M. O. H. Farook Male INC(I)	78.68%	G. Gopalakrishnan Male ADK	18.63%
1977	N. Varadhan Male ADK	47.73%	M.K. Jeevarathina Odayar Male INC	26.97%
1974	Farook, M. O. H Male DMK	39.21%	Varazhau, N Male ADK	37.10%

Lawspet Constituency Polling Booths

32 booths

Booth No.	Polling Booth
1	St. Dominic Savio Govt. Aided High School (South-West)
2	St. Dominic Savio Govt. Aided High School (Western side-front end)
3	St. Dominic Savio Govt. Aided High School (Eastern side-front end)
4	St. Dominic Savio Govt. Aided High School (Northern side-front end)
5	Government Primary School (East)
6	Anganwadi Center Raman Nagar
7	Recreation Hall (Western side)
8	Recreation Hall (Eastern side)
9	Community Hall (West)
10	Navalar Nedunchezhian Govt. Hr. Sec. School (Eastern side)
11	Navalar Nedunchezhian Govt. Hr. Sec. School (Southern Side)
12	Navalar Nedunchezhian Govt. Hr. Sec. School (Meeting Hall)
13	Navalar Nedunchezhian Govt. Hr. Sec. School (Western side-Farthest end)
14	District Institute of Education and Training (Northern side)
15	Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture (Western side)
16	Vallalar Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School (Eastern side-Farthest end)
17	Vallalar Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School (Western side-front end)
18	Vallalar Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School (Southern side-front end)
19	Thiyagi. M.Nadesan Govt. Primary School - CBSE, School Street (New Building-Middle Part), Pethuchettipet, Lawspet, Puducherry - 605008
20	Thiyagi. M. Nadesan Govt. Primary School - CBSE (New Building - Farthest End), School Street, Pethuchettipet, Lawspet, Puducherry - 605008
21	Thiyagi. M. Nadesan Govt. Primary School - CBSE (Old Building), School Street, Pethuchettipet, Lawspet, Puducherry - 605008
22	Pandit Duraisamy Govt. High School (Southern side-Middle Part)
23	Pandit Duraisamy Govt. High School (Northern side-farthest end)
24	Pandit Duraisamy Govt, High School
25	Pandit Duraisamy Govt. High School (Northern side-middle part)
26	Thirumurugan Marriage Hall (Front Entrance - Middle Portion)
27	Thirumurugan Marriage Hall (Back Entrance)
28	Colacara Arangasamy Naicker Govt. Middle School (Northern side-front end)
29	Colacara Arangasamy Naicker Govt. Middle School (Northern side-farthest end)
30	Colacara Arangasamy Naicker Govt. Middle School (Old Building-front end)
31	Sankara Vidhyalaya School (Eastern side - Front end)
32	Sankara Vidhyalaya School - Northern side