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| Kamaraj Nagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| District | Puducherry |
| Constituency | Puducherry |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | A. Johnkumar |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Kamaraj Nagar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Kamaraj Nagar assembly constituency was part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | V. Vaithilingam | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | V. Vaithilingam | Indian National Congress | |
| *2019 | A. Johnkumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | A. Johnkumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | A. Johnkumar | 16,687 | 56.11 | ||
| INC | M. O. H. F. Shahjahan | 9,458 | 31.8 | ||
| NTK | N. Sharmila Begum | 1,982 | 6.66 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 658 | 2.21 | ||
| Majority | 7,229 | 24.31 | |||
| Turnout | 29,741 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
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