2024 Indian general election in Puducherry
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19 April 2024
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1 Puducherry seat in the Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 78.80% ( 2.45%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Indian general election was held in Puducherry on 19 April 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha.[1]
| Poll event | Phase |
|---|---|
| I | |
| Notification date | 20 March |
| Last date for filing nomination | 27 March |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 28 March |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 March |
| Date of poll | 19 April |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 |
| No. of constituencies | 1 |
Parties and alliances
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress |  |
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V. Vaithilingam | 1 | |
National Democratic Alliance
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
A. Namassivayam | 1 | |
Others
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  |
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A. Anbalagan | 1 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party |  |
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D Alangaravelu | 1 | |
| United Republican Party of India | K Prabhu Devan | 1 | |||
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |  |
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P Sankaran | 1 | |
Candidates
| Constituency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIA | NDA | ||||||
| 1 | Puducherry | INC | V. Vaithilingam | BJP | A. Namassivayam | ||
Surveys and polls
Results
Results by party
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| INDIA | INC | 4,26,005 | 52.73% | 2.54 |
1 | 1 |  | ||
| NDA | BJP | 2,89,489 | 35.83% | New | 1 | 0 | | ||
| Others | 69,363 | 8.57% | 5.73 |
5 | 0 | | |||
| IND | 13,320 | 1.64% | 19 | 0 | | ||||
| NOTA | 9,763 | 1.20% | 0.34 |
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| Total | 8,07,940 | 100% | - | 26 | 1 | - | |||
Results by constituency
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||||
| 1 | Puducherry | 78.90% |
INC | INDIA | V. Vaithilingam | 4,26,005 | 52.73% | BJP | NDA | A. Namassivayam | 2,89,489 | 35.83% | 1,36,516 | ||||
