Puducherry CM and All India NR Congress (AINRC) leader N Rangaswamy has secured a victory in the Puducherry assembly election from the Thattanchavady constituency. He defeated Neyam Makkal Kazhagam (NMK) leader E Vinayagam by a margin of 4,441 votes. Rangaswamy, who's serving as Puducherry's CM since May 2021, got 10,024 votes, while Vinayagam got 5,583 votes.