Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)

Nellithope is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Nellithope assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).

Nellitope
Constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Location of Nellitope within Puducherry district
District	Puducherry
Union territory	Puducherry
Lok Sabha Constituency	Puducherry
Current constituency
Seats	1
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Richards Johnkumar
Reservation	None
Ex MLA	V. Narayanasamy

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political Party
1964	N. Ranganathan		People's Front
1969	N. Ranganathan		Communist Party of India
1974	R. Kannan		Indian National Congress
1977	R. Kannan		Janata Party
1980	P. Ramalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. V. Janakiraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Om Sakthi Sekhar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Om Sakthi Sekhar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. Johnkumar		Indian National Congress
*2016	V. Narayanasamy		Indian National Congress
2021	Richards Johnkumar		Bharatiya Janata Party

• Bye election

Election Result

2021 Assembly election

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election:Nellithope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Richards Johnkumar	11,757	42.26
	DMK	V. Cartigueyane	11,261	40.47
	MNM	P Murugesan	1,659	5.96
	NTK	S Sasi Kumar	1,521	5.47
	NOTA	None of the Above	453	1.52
Majority			496	1.79
Turnout			27,823
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing

References

• "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.