Mannadipet is one of the 30 assembly constituencies in the Union territory of Puducherry, where assembly elections are expected to be held in April. It forms part of Puducherry’s sole Lok Sabha constituency, also named Puducherry. The seat is currently held by A Namassivayam of the BJP, who narrowly defeated A Krishnan of the DMK by 2,750 votes in the 2021 assembly election. In the 2016 election, TPR Selvame of the All India NR Congress won the constituency, edging out Krishnan by just 419 votes. In 2021, Mannadipet had a total of 31,509 registered electors, of whom 28,397 cast their votes.