Puducherry, May 4 -- Puducherry Chief Minister and All India NR Congress leader N Rangasamy on Monday won the Thattanchavady assembly constituency, securing victory by a margin of 4,441 votes following the counting of votes in the union territory (UT).

AINRC won four seats and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won one after the seventh round of vote counting at 1:00 pm on Monday, as per the EC.

Rangasamy got a total of 10024 votes and secured victory, while his nearest competitor, E Vinayagam of Neyam Makkal Kazhagam, managed 5,583 votes amid the state assembly election, which concluded on April 9.

Independent candidate K. Sethu (Sethuselvam) received 3,984 votes, finishing 6,040 votes short of the winner.

Veteran leader Ve Vaithilingam of...