Bahour is one of the 30 assembly constituencies in Puducherry and is currently represented by DMK’s R Senthilkumar. In the 2021 assembly elections, Senthilkumar narrowly defeated All India NR Congress candidate N Dhanavelou by a margin of just 211 votes. Dhanavelou had won the seat in 2016, while in 2011, All India NR Congress' T Thiagarajan was elected. In the 2021 polls, 26,162 of the 28,782 registered voters in Bahour cast their ballots. Assembly elections for all 30 constituencies in Puducherry are expected to be held in April.