Lawspet (Pondicherry) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Lawspet Assembly Constituency

Lawspet is constituency No. 11 of Puducherry legislative assembly. It is situated in Pondicherry district. It is an open constituency. According to the Election Commission of India, Lawspet has 23,749 registered voters. It includes 12,013 male and 11,735 female registered voters. In the 2011 Assembly elections, the AINRC won this seat by a comfortable margin of 5,432 votes, that is, 27.61% of the total valid votes. M.Vaithianathan, the winning candidate from AINRC, got 10,189 votes. With 4,757 votes, V.P. Sivakolunthu of Congress emerged the runner-up. The voter turnout was 83.03 %.

Number of Electors in Lawspet Assembly Constituency

Male Electors	Female Electors	Others Electors	Total Electors
13822	13789	1	27612

Sitting and previous MLAs from Lawspet Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Lawspet assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2021	11	Lawspet	GEN	M. Vaithianathan	M	INC	14592	V. Saminathan	M	BJP	8891
2016	11	Lawspet	GEN	V.P. Sivakolunthu	M	INC	12144	M. Vaithianathan	M	INC	5695
2011	11	Lawspet	GEN	M. Vaithianathan	M	AINRC	10189	V.P. Sivakolunthu	M	INC	4757
2006	21	Lawspet	GEN	M.O.H.F. Shahjahan	M	INC	17944	G. Anandhamurugesan	M	AIADMK	10986
2001	21	Lawspet	GEN	M.O.H.F. Shajahan	M	INC	12929	N. Kesavan	M	DMK	10962
1996	21	Lawspet	GEN	N. Kesavan	M	DMK	16442	M.O.H.F. Shajahan	M	INC	10211
1991	21	Lawspet	GEN	P. Kanann	M	INC	13475	P. Sankaran	M	CPM	8088
1990	21	Lawspet	GEN	M. O. H. Farook	M	INC	12637	P. Sankaran	M	CPM	9738
1985	21	Lawspet	GEN	M.O.H. Farook	M	INC	8804	S. Muthu	M	DMK	5157
1980	21	Lawspet	GEN	M. O. H. Farook	M	INC(I)	8980	G. Gopalakrishnan	M	ADK	2126
1977	21	Lawspet	GEN	N. Varadhan	M	ADK	4477	M.K. Jeevarathina Odayar	M	INC	2530
1974	21	Lawspet	GEN	M. O. H. Farook	M	DMK	3461	N. Varazhau	M	ADK	3275