2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Puducherry on 19 April 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha.^[1]

2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

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1 Puducherry seat in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	78.80% (2.45%)
First party Second party   Leader V. Vaithilingam A. Namassivayam Party INC BJP Alliance INDIA NDA Leader since 2023 2021 Last election 56.27%, 1 seat 31.36%, 0 seat (AINRC) Seats won 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 4,26,005 2,89,489 Percentage 52.73% 35.83% Swing 2.54 pp 4.47 pp
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

Election Schedule

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

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			V. Vaithilingam	1

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party		A. Namassivayam	1

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			A. Anbalagan	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party			D Alangaravelu	1
	Naam Tamilar Katchi			R Menaga	1
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)			P Sankaran	1
	United Republican Party of India			K Prabhu Devan	1

Candidates

Constituency
		INDIA			NDA			Others
1	Puducherry		INC	V. Vaithilingam		BJP	A. Namassivayam		AIADMK	G. Thamizhvendan
									BSP	D. Alangaravelu
									NTK	R. Menaga

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of Error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024[2]	±5%	0	1	0	INDIA

Exit polls

Polling agency				Lead
	NDA	INDIA	Others

Results

Results by party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INDIA		INC	4,26,005	52.73%	2.54	1	1
	NDA		BJP	2,89,489	35.83%	4.47	1	0
	NTK			39,603	4.90%	2.01	1	0
	AIADMK			25,165	3.10%	New	1	0
	Others			4,595	0.57%	5.73	3	0
	IND			13,320	1.64%		19	0
	NOTA			9,763	1.20%	0.34
Total				8,07,940	100%	-	26	1	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner							Runner Up							Margin
			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

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2024 Puducherry Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Leads Map

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
	All India NR Congress	Not Contested	10
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2	6
	Indian National Congress	28	2
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Not Contested	6
	Others	0	6
Total		30

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Punjab
• 2024 Indian general election in Rajasthan
• 2024 Indian general election in Sikkim

References

1. "2024 Lok Sabha polls: BJP leaders of 12 eastern, northeastern states to meet in Guwahati". Economic Times. 6 July 2023.
2. ABP News Bureau (14 March 2024). "ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: NDA Set To Sweep UTs, I.N.D.I.A Likely To Win Lakshadweep, Puducherry". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.