M. Vaithianathan

M. Vaithianathan is an INC politician and a current member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from the Lawspet constituency. He had earlier won that constituency in an All India N.R. Congress ticket in the 2011 Puducherry Assembly election, polling 10189 votes, defeating V. P. Sivakolundhu of Congress with a margin of 5432 votes. During the 2016 assembly election however, he was denied a ticket from AINRC. He then contested independently but lost to V. P. Sivakolundhu placing himself second in the constituency on poll count. Just prior to the 2021 Puducherry assembly election Vaithianathan joined the Congress party and contested from Lawspet constituency again, this time defeating the Puducherry state BJP president, V. Saminathan by a margin of 5701 votes.

Electoral History Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentParty Votes % Result Margin % 2026 Lawspet 9,161 34.23 V.P. Sivakolundhu 10,578 39.52 1,417 5.29 2021 Lawspet 14,592 55.60 V. Saminathan 8,891 33.88 5,701 21.72 2016 Lawspet 5,695 22.00 V.P. Sivakolundhu 12,144 46.92 6,449 24.92 2011 Lawspet 10,189 51.79 V.P. Sivakolunthu 4,757 24.18 5,432 27.61