Mannadipet election results 2026: BJP's Namassivayam defeats Congress's TPR Selvame

Bharatiya Janata Party's A Namassivayam won from Mannadipet constituency from Puducherry. He defeated Congress's TPR Selvame with a margin of 6110 votes.The recent polls conducted in Mannadipet constituency in Puducherry centred on a heavyweight battle between incumbent A Namassivayam (BJP) and former MLA TPR Selvame, who contested this time for the Congress. The race was further intensified by the entry of K Bharathidasan (TVK), whose campaign focused on mobilising the constituency's youth. Mannadipet constituency, a semi-urban and agrarian region known for its mix of agricultural settlements and developing residential pockets in the north-western part of Puducherry, has long been known for closely contested electoral battles. In the 2021 assembly elections, A Namassivayam won the seat, defeating the DMK candidate A Krishnan by 2,750 votes. In 2016, T P R Selvame, then representing AINRC, narrowly edged past Krishnan by just 419 votes, reinforcing the seat’s reputation for tight finishes.In the 2026 polls, Mannadipet recorded a historic 93.59% voter turnout in comparison to 89.1% in the 2021 elections. It was one of the 14 constituencies in the UT to cross the 90% mark, contributing to Puducherry's overall record-breaking turnout of 89.83% in the recent assembly polls.The 2026 Puducherry assembly elections took place on April 9, recording a historic voter turnout of 91.23%, with results declared on May 4. The contest shifted from a traditional two-way battle into a high-stakes three-way struggle between the ruling NDA (led by the AINRC and BJP), the SPA (anchored by the Congress and DMK), and the newly formed TVK–NMK alliance headed by actor-politician Vijay.