In the 2016 Assembly elections, Kobiga had the seat defeating Congress’ P Anagalane by a margin of 1,432 votes
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Thirubuvanai (SC) constituency is likely one of the 4 constituencies which elected a girl consultant within the 2016 Puducherry Assembly election. All India NR Congress’ B Kobiga is the sitting MLA from the constituency reserved below SC class.
Thirubuvanai Assembly constituency falls inside the Puducherry district.
Electors and voter turnout in 2016 Assembly election
In the 2016 election to the Puducherry Assembly, the Thurubuvanai Assembly constituency witnessed a voter turnout of 89.31 %. As per the Election Commission’s knowledge, there have been 30,424 registered electors within the constituency (14,509 males and 14,509 girls).
Results of earlier elections
In the 2016 Assembly elections, AINRC’s B Kobiga had registered a win over Congress’ P Anagalane by a margin of 1,432 votes. Anagalane polled a complete of 10,711 votes towards Kobiga’s 12,143.
In 2011, Angalane, who had contested on an AINRC ticket had retained the seat by defeating Congress’ Okay Jayaraj by a margin of over 4,700 votes.
In the 2006 Assembly polls, contesting on a Congress ticket, Anagalane had registered a victory towards MDMK’s Komala S.
The time period of the Puducherry Assembly will finish in early June and elections for the 30 constituencies within the UT are prone to be held in April-May.
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