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The Congress has suffered its worst-ever electoral decision successful the past of Assembly elections successful Puducherry with its tally coming down from 2 successful the past polls to 1 successful 2026 election.
The Congress had contested 16 seats successful confederation with the DMK and the VCK. Then, determination were different six Congress candidates who entered the canvass fray earlier the enactment enactment decided connected the confederation with the DMK and the VCK. In total, determination were 22 Congress candidates who were warring the 2026 canvass conflict successful the Union Territory.
Out of the 22 constituencies the enactment had contested, it managed to unafraid triumph lone successful 1 Assembly segment. The worst show earlier this was successful 2021 Assembly polls wherever the enactment could get lone 2 of its representatives elected from the 14 seats the Congress contested successful confederation with the DMK, CPI and VCK.
The electoral show of the enactment was truthful disastrous that successful astatine slightest successful 7 constituencies the Congress was pushed to the 3rd and 4th positions. The biggest electoral nonaccomplishment emerged from Thattanchavady constituency wherever the Pradesh Congress Committee main and existent Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) V. Vaithilingam was relegated to the 4th position. He was down the campaigner enactment up by a fledgling determination outfit Neyam Makkal Kazhagam and an Independent.
Mr. Vaithilingam could unafraid lone 2,990 votes of the full polled votes of 23,382. Similar was the lawsuit with erstwhile Minister M.O. H. F. Shahjajan who came 3rd astatine Kalapet wherever helium contested against the campaigner of Congress party’s ally, the DMK.
Murmurs of dissent person started brewing successful the enactment with a conception of its leaders raising questions connected the contiguous enactment of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee. On Wednesday, a fewer enactment workers staged a protestation against PCC main V. Vaithilingam holding him accountable for the canvass debacle.
