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NDA Candidate Ashok Anand Secures Decisive Victory in Thattanchavady Bypoll
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News18•09-10-2026, 11:55
NDA Candidate Ashok Anand Secures Decisive Victory in Thattanchavady Bypoll
- •The National Democratic Alliance candidate Ashok Anand won the Thattanchavady Assembly bypoll in Puducherry by a margin of approximately 8,500 votes.
- •Anand represented the All India N.R. Congress, led by Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy.
- •The bypoll was triggered after Rangasamy vacated the seat, choosing instead to retain his Mangalam constituency from the April assembly elections.
- •The constituency recorded a voter turnout of 80.81 per cent with peaceful polling conducted across 31 stations.
- •Eleven candidates contested the seat, including representatives from Congress and DMK alongside the winning NDA candidate.
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National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ashok Anand won the Thattanchavady Assembly bypoll by a margin of around 8,500 votes.
The bypoll was necessitated after Chief Minister N Rangasamy, who won both Thattanchavady and Mangalam in the April assembly elections, decided to retain Mangalam and vacated the Thattanchavady seat.
The constituency recorded a voter turnout of 80.81 per cent during the polling held on October 6.
