Pondicherry: On Monday, Jose Charles Martin, founding father of the Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) social gathering, received in Puducherry’s Kamaraj Nagar constituency with a margin of 10,205 votes.
Jose Martin, son of lottery magnate Santiago Martin, was contesting his first election from Kamaraj Nagar. He was in direct competitors with PK Devadoss of the Congress and R Suman of the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) and campaigned on a plan to rework Puducherry right into a developed city hub with a long-term governance imaginative and prescient as much as 2050.
The LJK, which was fashioned in December 2025, contested two seats within the 2026 Pondicherry meeting elections as a part of the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA). These are Kamarath Nagar, the place Jose Charles Martin is the candidate, and Neritope, the place the social gathering has fielded A. Jayakumar.
LJK candidate A. Jayakumar from Neritope completed fourth with 3,311 votes in opposition to DMK’s V Karthigeyane, a strongman of the opposition Secular Progressive Alliance who received the seat with a margin of 850 votes. TVK’s S. Vigneshwaran got here third, securing 4,763 votes in a three-way contest within the constituency.
The social gathering positioned itself as a brand new different, preventing corruption and emphasizing the welfare and growth of Pondicherry.
(Edited by Naldeep Singh Dahiya)
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