Puducherry bypoll result: AINRC retains Thattanchavady seat with huge margin
The All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) candidate Ashok Anand won the Thattanchavady bypoll in Puducherry with a significant margin. The result maintains the current seat distribution in the Puducherry Assembly.
Why it matters
It confirms the continued political dominance of the ruling alliance in the Union Territory and reflects current voter sentiment.
The ruling All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) candidate, backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Ashok Anand, has won the Thattanchavady bypoll in Puducherry with a margin of 8,482 votes. His margin of victory was almost double that of Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC founder N. Rangasamy, who won the seat in the April 2026 Assembly elections held in the Union Territory.
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The bypoll was conducted after Mr. Rangasamy vacated the seat while retaining the Mangalam seat in the Assembly polls. Considered a pocket borough of the Chief Minister, Thattanchavady was won by Mr. Rangasamy by a margin of 4,441 votes about six months ago in the Assembly polls.
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