Overview
- Media are posting live updates on the count in Raj Bhavan, the Puducherry assembly seat where V. P. Ramalingam is the BJP candidate.
- Ramalingam has led the BJP in Puducherry since June 30, 2025 and has served as a nominated MLA since May 11, 2021, now seeking his first direct mandate.
- The NDA reassigned the Raj Bhavan constituency from ally AINRC this election to field him as one of the BJP’s 10 allotted seats.
- The result is being read as a test of his leadership in the Union Territory and a gauge of the BJP’s urban outreach.
- A 64-year-old businessman and realtor who left the Congress for the BJP in 2021, he campaigned with union ministers and is listed among the wealthiest candidates.