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| Rajbhavan | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| District | Puducherry |
| Constituency | Puducherry |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | K. Lakshminarayanan |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
Raj Bhavan is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Raj Bhavan assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Édouard Goubert | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | D. Kantharaj | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Dhana Kantharaj | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | D. Ramajayam | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | L. Joseph Mariadass | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1985 | L. Joseph Mariadass | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | S. P. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | A. Gandhiraj | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | S. P. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2001 | S. P. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2006 | S. P. Sivakumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2011 | K. Lakshminarayanan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | K. Lakshminarayanan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | K. Lakshminarayanan | All India N.R. Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINRC | K. Lakshminarayanan | ||||
| DMK | S. P. Sivakumar | ||||
| MNM | S. Paruvadha Vardhnie | ||||
| NTK | Anthony Sharmila | ||||
| AMMK | G. Satishkumar | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
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