Candidates with declared criminal cases:Puducherry 2026 Election

HIGHLIGHTS OF CANDIDATES
Total number of constituencies analyzed	30
Total candidates analyzed by NEW	291
Candidates with declared criminal cases	66(23%)
Candidates with declared serious criminal cases	38(13%)
Crorepati candidates	119(41%)
Candidates who are graduate or above	134 (46%)
Candidates who have not declared PAN	7 (2%)
Total women candidates	40 (14%)

Sno	Candidate	Constituency	Party	Criminal Case	Education	Total Assets	Liabilities
1	A. Ragu Alias Ragunathan	ARIANKUPPAM	IND	2	10th Pass	Rs 20,87,000 ~ 20 Lacs+	Rs 2,94,500 ~ 2 Lacs+
2	C. Aiyappan Alias Mouttayappan	ARIANKUPPAM	All India N.R. Congress	1	Graduate	Rs 9,63,02,813 ~ 9 Crore+	Rs 5,41,17,500 ~ 5 Crore+
3	Kumaravelu	ARIANKUPPAM	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	1	Literate
4	Sathiyamoorthy. G	BAHOUR	Tamilaga Makkal Thannurimai Katchi	1	Post Graduate	Rs 5,38,829 ~ 5 Lacs+	Rs 46,17,514 ~ 46 Lacs+
5	Pragash. K	EMBALAM (SC)	Tamilaga Makkal Thannurimai Katchi	2	Graduate	Rs 13,83,066 ~ 13 Lacs+	Rs 3,24,000 ~ 3 Lacs+
6	E. Vadivel	INDIRA NAGAR	Pattali Makkal Katchi	1	8th Pass
7	R. Soupramaniane	KADIRGAMAM	Pattali Makkal Katchi	4	Post Graduate	Rs 4,52,41,014 ~ 4 Crore+	Rs 28,51,109 ~ 28 Lacs+
8	A. P. R. Vadivel	KADIRGAMAM	DMK	1	10th Pass	Rs 17,11,44,276 ~ 17 Crore+	Rs 31,44,620 ~ 31 Lacs+
10	Senthil Alias Ramesh	KALAPET	DMK	11	8th Pass	Rs 29,76,20,500 ~ 29 Crore+	Rs 20,00,000 ~ 20 Lacs+
11	M.O.H.F. Shahjahan	KALAPET	INC	1	Post Graduate	Rs 12,32,64,527 ~ 12 Crore+	Rs 5,15,00,000 ~ 5 Crore+
12	Jose Charles Martin	KAMARAJ NAGAR	Latchiya Jananayaka Katchi (LJK)	5	12th Pass
13	P.R.N. Thirumurugan	KARAIKAL NORTH	All India N.R. Congress	2	Graduate	Rs 37,22,53,000 ~ 37 Crore+	Rs 1,76,40,000 ~ 1 Crore+
14	A.H. Abdul Basith	KARAIKAL SOUTH	IND	3	Graduate	Rs 51,68,100 ~ 51 Lacs+	Rs 5,36,749 ~ 5 Lacs+
15	M. Arul Murugan	KARAIKAL SOUTH	BJP	1	Post Graduate
16	A.M.H. Nazeem	KARAIKAL SOUTH	DMK	2	12th Pass	Rs 1,25,20,757 ~ 1 Crore+	Rs 0 ~
17	Mageshwari	KARAIKAL SOUTH	Desa Makkal Munnetrak Kazhagam	1	10th Pass	Rs 2,02,408 ~ 2 Lacs+	Rs 0 ~
19	Gopalakrishnan	LAWSPET	IND	2	5th Pass	Rs 57,63,549 ~ 57 Lacs+	Rs 6,65,432 ~ 6 Lacs+
20	V. Saminathan	LAWSPET	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	8	12th Pass	Rs 21,23,58,018 ~ 21 Crore+	Rs 5,03,144 ~ 5 Lacs+
21	R. Rajangam	LAWSPET	CPI(M)	1	5th Pass
22	Rajasekaran .H	LAWSPET	IND	2	Graduate	Rs 38,26,700 ~ 38 Lacs+	Rs 0 ~
23	Prijesh M	MAHE	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	1	10th Pass	Rs 5,15,000 ~ 5 Lacs+	Rs 2,00,000 ~ 2 Lacs+
24	Embalam Selvam Alias Selvam. R	MANAVELY	BJP	5	12th Pass
25	R K R. Anantharaman	MANAVELY	INC	4	Graduate Professional	Rs 27,76,32,683 ~ 27 Crore+	Rs 2,67,46,582 ~ 2 Crore+
26	R. Perumal	MANAVELY	IND	1	5th Pass	Rs 1,99,33,432 ~ 1 Crore+	Rs 83,60,000 ~ 83 Lacs+
28	Sathiyamoorthy .G	MANGALAM	Tamilaga Makkal Thannurimai Katchi	1	Post Graduate	Rs 5,38,830 ~ 5 Lacs+	Rs 46,17,514 ~ 46 Lacs+
29	G. Mathiyalagan	MANGALAM	Pattali Makkal Katchi	3	8th Pass	Rs 1,93,15,000 ~ 1 Crore+	Rs 75,00,000 ~ 75 Lacs+
30	G. Achudhan	MANNADIPET	Pattali Makkal Katchi	1	Graduate
31	A. Johnkumar	MUDALIARPET	BJP	2	Illiterate	Rs 59,78,13,050 ~ 59 Crore+	Rs 1,49,38,300 ~ 1 Crore+
32	L. Sambath	MUDALIARPET	DMK	11	Graduate Professional	Rs 1,19,15,092 ~ 1 Crore+	Rs 46,17,111 ~ 46 Lacs+
33	Sutham Sundarrajan Alias Ravindran	MUDALIARPET	IND	3	10th Pass
34	Rajeswari	MUDALIARPET	Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam	1	8th Pass	Rs 8,53,060 ~ 8 Lacs+	Rs 1,02,500 ~ 1 Lacs+
35	Senthilkumar	MUDALIARPET	IND	4	Graduate	Rs 11,12,800 ~ 11 Lacs+	Rs 71,000 ~ 71 Thou+
37	K. Haridass	MUTHIALPET	Pattali Makkal Katchi	1	12th Pass	Rs 2,00,10,100 ~ 2 Crore+	Rs 6,35,000 ~ 6 Lacs+
38	R Chandruji	MUTHIALPET	IND	7	12th Pass	Rs 4,61,50,800 ~ 4 Crore+	Rs 33,78,000 ~ 33 Lacs+
39	Dr. V. Vigneswaran	NEDUNGADU (SC)	IND	1	Graduate Professional
40	U. Kamaraj	NEDUNGADU (SC)	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	1	Post Graduate	Rs 8,74,000 ~ 8 Lacs+	Rs 8,27,110 ~ 8 Lacs+
41	Janakiraman	NELLITHOPE	Pattali Makkal Katchi	2	8th Pass	Rs 23,60,281 ~ 23 Lacs+	Rs 0 ~
42	Ganesh Alias Pranadarti Gareswaran	NERAVY-T.R.PATTINAM	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	1	Graduate Professional
43	Suganth. T	NERAVY-T.R.PATTINAM	Desa Makkal Munnetrak Kazhagam	4	10th Pass	Rs 6,30,107 ~ 6 Lacs+	Rs 0 ~
44	I. Kadar Maidine	NERAVY-T.R.PATTINAM	IND	1	Others	Rs 32,00,318 ~ 32 Lacs+	Rs 10,69,356 ~ 10 Lacs+
46	S. Amutha	ORLEAMPETH	IND	1	8th Pass	Rs 7,618 ~ 7 Thou+	Rs 0 ~
47	G. Nehru Alias Couppoussamy	ORLEAMPETH	Neyam Makkal Kazhagam	4	5th Pass	Rs 77,00,50,328 ~ 77 Crore+	Rs 16,70,53,709 ~ 16 Crore+
48	A Anbalagan	OUPALAM	AIADMK	4	10th Pass
49	S Siva	OUPALAM	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	3	Graduate Professional	Rs 4,44,18,278 ~ 4 Crore+	Rs 1,75,77,894 ~ 1 Crore+
50	P. Karthikeyan	OUSSUDU (SC)	INC	7	Others	Rs 5,60,79,827 ~ 5 Crore+	Rs 1,95,54,130 ~ 1 Crore+
51	J. Vinayagam	OZHUKARAI	IND	1	12th Pass
52	R. Arulsezhian	OZHUKARAI	IND	1	Graduate Professional	Rs 4,83,92,667 ~ 4 Crore+	Rs 69,37,838 ~ 69 Lacs+
53	Pushpalatha	OZHUKARAI	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	1	Graduate	Rs 1,36,04,045 ~ 1 Crore+	Rs 42,24,865 ~ 42 Lacs+
55	K. Sethu Alias Sethuselvam	THATTANCHAVADY	IND	10	5th Pass	Rs 18,93,048 ~ 18 Lacs+	Rs 0 ~
56	Ak. Sai J Saravanan Kumar	THIRUBHUVANAI (SC)	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	2	Graduate Professional	Rs 5,29,51,341 ~ 5 Crore+	Rs 3,72,63,325 ~ 3 Crore+
57	P. Angalane	THIRUBHUVANAI (SC)	DMK	1	Post Graduate
58	G.N.S. Rajasekaran	THIRUNALLAR	BJP	1	Graduate	Rs 68,33,78,507 ~ 68 Crore+	Rs 30,00,000 ~ 30 Lacs+
59	A. Raja Mohamed	THIRUNALLAR	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	4	Others	Rs 58,54,164 ~ 58 Lacs+	Rs 2,65,000 ~ 2 Lacs+
60	M.P. Simon Raj	THIRUNALLAR	IND	2	10th Pass
61	V.Krishnamoorthy	VILLIANUR	Pattali Makkal Katchi	5	8th Pass	Rs 7,05,000 ~ 7 Lacs+	Rs 0 ~
62	B.Ravicoumar	VILLIANUR	All India N.R. Congress	2	Graduate	Rs 21,64,46,153 ~ 21 Crore+	Rs 14,75,68,332 ~ 14 Crore+
64	Shakul Hamed	VILLIANUR	IND	1	Graduate Professional	Rs 1,36,34,863 ~ 1 Crore+	Rs 0 ~
65	R.Ramesh	VILLIANUR	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	2	Graduate	Rs 60,62,398 ~ 60 Lacs+	Rs 1,59,149 ~ 1 Lacs+
66	Mellam Srinivasa Rao	YANAM	IND	2	8th Pass

Puducherry 2026

Election Summary

Candidates with declared criminal cases