2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

Election to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha in 2024 for Puducherry

2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

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1 Puducherry seat in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout78.80% (Decrease2.45%)
 
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Leader V. Vaithilingam A. Namassivayam
Party INC BJP
Alliance INDIA NDA
Leader since 2023 2021
Leader's seat Puducherry Puducherry
Last election 56.27%, 1 seat New
Current seats 1 0

Incumbent Prime Minister

Narendra Modi
BJP



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

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% Decrease 2.54 1 1 Steady
NDA BJP 2,89,489 35.83% Increase 4.47 1 0 Steady
NTK 39,603 4.90% Increase 2.01 1 0 Steady
AIADMK 25,165 3.10% New 1 0 Steady
Others 4,595 0.57% Decrease 5.73 3 0 Steady
IND 13,320 1.64% 19 0 Steady
NOTA 9,763 1.20% Decrease 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%Decrease 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

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
All India NR Congress 0 10
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 6
Indian National Congress 28 2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 6
Others 0 6
Total 30

See also

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.
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