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
Turnout| 78.80% (2.45%)
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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

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| Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

| Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

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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]

## Election Schedule

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Poll event  | Phase

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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

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###  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

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Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| Indian National Congress |  |  | V. Vaithilingam | 1

###  National Democratic Alliance

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Party  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  | A. Namassivayam | 1

### Others

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Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| 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

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Constituency  |  |  |

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

## Surveys and polls

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### Opinion polls

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Polling agency  | Date published  | Margin of Error  |  |  |  | Lead

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NDA | INDIA | Others
ABP News-CVoter  | March 2024[2] | ±5%  | 0  | 1 | 0  | INDIA

### Exit polls

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Polling agency  |  |  |  | Lead

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NDA | INDIA | Others
Actual Results | 0  | 1 | 0  | INDIA

## Results

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### Results by party

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Alliance/ Party  | Popular vote  | Seat

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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

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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

## Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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2024 Puducherry Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Leads Map Party  | Assembly segments  | Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)

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| 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

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

## References

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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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