Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency

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Puducherry
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Lok Sabha constituency
Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
Union Territory Puducherry
Assembly constituencies 30: Mannadipet, Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Mangalam, Villianur, Ozhukarai, Kadirkamam, Indira Nagar, Thattanchavady, Kamaraj Nagar, Lawspet, Kalapett, Muthialpet, Raj Bhavan, Oupalam, Orleampeth, Nellithope, Mudaliarpet, Ariankuppam, Manavely, Embalam, Nettapakkam, Bahour, Nedungadu, Thirunallar, Karaikal North, Karaikal South, Neravy T R Pattinam, Mahe and Yanam
Established1967
Total electors10,23,699 (2024)
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  INC
Alliance  INDIA
Elected year 2024

Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962 [1] and changed its name to Puducherry in 2006. [2] This constituency first held elections in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Thirumudi N. Sethuraman of the Indian National Congress.

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History of the constituency

Sethuraman represented the Indian National Congress (Organisation) in the 1971 election, which he lost to Mohan Kumaramangalam of the INC. The next election in 1977 was won by Aravinda Bala Pajanor of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). P. Shanmugam of the INC won the 1980 election and was re-elected in 1984 and 1989. M. O. H. Farook also of the INC served two terms from 1991 to 1998. In the 1998 election, S. Arumugham of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was elected as MP. Farook was re-elected in 1999 to serve a third term as MP. The next election in 2004 was won by M. Ramadass of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK). V. Narayanasamy of the INC was elected in 2009 and was defeated in the next election in 2014 by R. Radhakrishnan of the All India N.R. Congress. Radhakrishnan's victory was the first time that the Lok Sabha seat was won by a member of a Puducherry regional party. [3] In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Indian National Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam defeated All India N.R. Congress candidate Dr. Narayanasamy Kesavan by a record margin of 1,97,025 votes, this margin is the highest in the electoral history of Puducherry Parliamentary Constituency. Indian National Congress is the most successful party in this constituency by winning 10 out of 14 elections, in the other 4 elections, 2 times in 1977 and 2004 Indian National Congress party's alliance partners All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won respectively.

Prior to independence, the colony sent a member to the French National Assembly.

Assembly segments

The constituency presently comprises all the thirty segments of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1967 Thirumudi N. Sethuraman Indian National Congress
1971 Mohan Kumaramangalam
1977 Aravinda Bala Pajanor All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 P. Shanmugam Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991 M. O. H. Farook
1996
1998 S. Arumugham Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999 M. O. H. Farook Indian National Congress
2004 M. Ramadass Pattali Makkal Katchi
2009 V. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress
2014 R. Radhakrishnan All India N.R. Congress
2019 V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
52.73%
2019
 
56.27%
2014
 
34.57%
2009
 
49.41%
2004
 
49.95%
1999
 
37.17%
1998
 
41.11%
1996
 
39.97%
1991
 
53.07%
1989
 
50.47%
1984
 
58.86%
1980
 
66.45%
1977
 
53.32%
1971
 
66.27%
1967
 
39.83%

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election  : Puducherry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC V. Vaithilingam 426,005 52.73 Decrease2.svg3.54
BJP A. Namassivayam 289,48935.83N/A
NTK R. Meneka39,6034.90Increase2.svg2.01
AIADMK G. Thamizhvendhan25,1653.11N/A
NOTA None of the above9,7631.21Decrease2.svg0.33
Margin of victory136,51616.90Decrease2.svg8.01
Turnout 807,94078.92Decrease2.svg2.33
Registered electors 1,023,699
INC hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Puducherry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC V. Vaithilingam 444,981 56.27 Increase2.svg29.92
AINRC K. Narayanasamy2,47,95631.36Decrease2.svg3.21
MNM Mohammad Subramanian38,0684.81Increase2.svg4.81
NTK N. Sharmila Beham22,8572.89N/A
Independent N. Tamizh Marane4,7910.61N/A
Independent M. Krishnamurthy3,5790.45N/A
BSP A. G .Pathimaraj2,6890.34+0.06
Independent Ims. Balaji Naikar2,5460.32N/A
AIMKK. Arunachalam2,2010.28N/A
Independent D. Ramesh1,6530.21N/A
PDDPS. Baskaran1,3190.17N/A
SUCI(C) U. Muthu1,2850.16N/A
Independent S. Thangavelu1,0020.13N/A
Independent Krishna Rajan Don1,0000.12N/A
CPI(ML)L S. Mothilal9050.11+0.05
Independent Tiravitamankai8700.11N/A
ACDPS. Thirugnanam6740.09N/A
Independent V. Ramamurthi6420.08N/A
Independent K. Ramadass5430.07N/A
NOTA None of the above12,1991.54N/A
Margin of victory1,97,02524.91
Turnout 7,90,89581.25
INC gain from AINRC Swing +29.92

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Puducherry [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AINRC R. Radhakrishnan 255,826 34.57 N/A
INC V. Narayanasamy 1,94,97226.35−23.06
AIADMK M. V. Omalingam1,32,65717.93N/A
DMK A. M. H. Nazeem 60,5808.19N/A
PMK R. K. R. Anantharaman22,7543.07−31.25
CPI R. Viswanathan 12,7091.72N/A
AAP V. Rangarajan8,3071.12N/A
Independent Sanjivganthi S.5,8960.80N/A
Independent P. Asaravel3,4720.47N/A
Independent M. Ramadass2,4940.34N/A
BSP S. Krishnamoorthy2,0600.28−0.33
Independent S. Ezhilarasan1,7770.24N/A
Independent G. Shanmugam1,7260.23N/A
Independent Ramamurthi1,4420.19N/A
Independent M. Chittibabu1,3400.18−0.66
Independent S. Sudarsanan1,2700.17N/A
Independent K. Ramadass1,2360.17N/A
Independent J. Dhandapani1,1440.15N/A
Independent K. Manjini7670.10N/A
Independent Kaliayamurthy7470.10−0.24
Independent V. Vijaya7460.10N/A
Independent P. Bakkiaraj6100.08N/A
Independent R. Valavan4970.07N/A
Independent I. Senthil Kumar4770.06N/A
Independent G. Sutha4670.06N/A
Independent Puvala Nageswara Rao4650.06N/A
CPI(ML)L G. Palani4380.06−0.08
Samata Party Marie Uthrianathan3660.05N/A
JD(U) S. Chitrakala3090.04N/A
Independent P. Dhanarasu1980.03N/A
NOTA None of the above22,2683.06N/A
Margin of victory60,8548.22−6.87
Turnout 740,01782.10+2.36
AINRC gain from INC Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Puducherry [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC V. Narayanasamy 300,391 49.41 N/A
PMK M. Ramadass 208,61934.32−15.63
DMDK K. A. U. Asanaa52,6388.66N/A
BJP M. Visweswaran13,4422.21−33.44
Independent M. Chittibabu5,1030.84N/A
Independent V. Lingamurthy4,1790.69N/A
BSP M. Somasundaram3,6970.61+0.06
Independent Sivaraman V.2,4390.40N/A
Independent Kaliamurthy K.2,0740.34N/A
Independent V. Rajendran1,8100.30N/A
Independent Manimaran1,5320.25N/A
Independent V. Saravanan1,4250.23N/A
Independent Veeramuthu A.1,2390.20N/A
CPI(ML)L S. Balasubramaniam8390.14−0.14
Independent G. Subramaniyan7570.12N/A
Independent V. Ramamurthy6620.11−0.21
Independent A. Rajasekar6560.11N/A
Pyramid Party of India Pradeep Aniruddh6270.10N/A
Independent Arunachalam K.5970.10N/A
Kamraj Desiya CongressS. Govindaswamy5700.09N/A
JMM S. Gnanavel4560.08N/A
Independent P. Vijayabaskar4490.07N/A
Independent R. Narayanan4220.07N/A
Independent Murugaiyan K. S.3780.06N/A
Independent Muppadai Mathimaharaja3780.06N/A
Independent I. M. Sekar3750.06N/A
Independent Mohamed Yousuf S. A.2980.05N/A
Margin of victory91,77215.09+0.79
Turnout 607,94879.74+3.67
INC gain from PMK Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Pondicherry [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PMK M. Ramadass 241,653 49.95 +18.22
BJP Lalitha Kumaramangalam 172,47235.65N/A
JD(U) K. Nambiyar27,5465.69N/A
Independent P. R. N. Thirumurugan10,9302.26N/A
Independent Z. M. Taher5,1751.07N/A
Independent Thanga Devadas4,0850.84N/A
Independent S. Syad Faruk3,1720.66N/A
Independent M. Rangadas2,8910.60N/A
BSP Thanga Kalaimaran2,6650.55N/A
Independent P. Anburaj1,6840.35N/A
JP S. Ponnurangam1,6010.33N/A
Independent V. Ramamurthy1,5710.32N/A
CPI(ML)L S. Balasubramanian1,3590.28N/A
RJD G. Sundaramoorthy1,3280.27N/A
Independent N. Sabith1,1580.24N/A
Independent N. Senthilmurugan9770.20N/A
Independent E. Kuppan9060.19N/A
Independent J. Ramadass8940.18N/A
Independent S. Elangovan6730.14N/A
Independent G. Krishnaraj5560.11N/A
Independent R. Natarajan5200.11N/A
Margin of victory69,18114.30+8.86
Turnout 483,81676.07+12.80
PMK gain from INC Swing +18.22

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Pondicherry [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. O. H. Farook 165,108 37.17 +5.05
PMK M. Ramadass 140,92031.73N/A
TMC(M) P. Kannan111,73725.16N/A
Independent Kalivardhan9,4522.13N/A
Independent A. Ramalingam5,5621.25N/A
Independent T. Ashok Kumar5,1791.17N/A
Independent K. Padmarajan 2,7000.61N/A
Independent S. Paramasivam2,1550.49N/A
Independent Surendra Kumar Gupta1,3490.30N/A
Margin of victory24,1885.44−3.55
Turnout 444,17463.27+0.41
INC gain from DMK Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Pondicherry [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK S. Arumugham 168,122 41.11 +1.20
INC P. Shanmugam 131,34832.12−7.85
AIADMK Lucky R. Perumal102,62225.10N/A
BSP S. K. C. Guedjendirane2,5890.63−0.24
RJD T. Sanjeevi1,3970.34N/A
IC(S) D. Deenadhayalan1,2220.30−0.53
Ajeya Bharat PartyBalasami7360.18N/A
Independent R. Sadhasivam7090.17N/A
Independent G. Sarangam1730.04N/A
Margin of victory36,7748.99+8.93
Turnout 417,78662.86−12.49
DMK gain from INC Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Pondicherry [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. O. H. Farook 183,986 39.97 −13.10
DMK S. Arumugham183,70239.91+4.10
BJP S. Thiyagarajan20,3514.42+2.45
PMK Bavany Madura Cavy19,7924.30+0.89
MDMK R. Balasubramanian13,3972.91N/A
Independent K. Manivannan8,8011.91N/A
Independent M. P. Mathimaharaja7,4251.61N/A
BSP S. K. C. Guedjendirane4,0050.87N/A
IC(S) D. Deenadayalan3,8190.83N/A
Independent G. Thiruvengadam1,9220.42N/A
Independent C. R. Tirougnana Sambandam1,8660.41N/A
JP L. Vengataraman1,8230.40−0.57
Independent Eswara Rao Geddam1,7950.39N/A
Independent S. Dayalane1,5130.33N/A
Independent T. Sivasubramanian1,3940.30N/A
Independent T. Saravanan1,3920.30N/A
Independent G. Elumalai8060.18N/A
Independent V. Nadarajan7940.17N/A
Independent S. Kamaraj7910.17N/A
Independent K. Padmarajan 4970.11N/A
Independent P. Vijayakumar4510.10N/A
Margin of victory2840.06−17.20
Turnout 477,43775.35+7.64
INC hold Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Pondicherry [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. O. H. Farook 207,922 53.07 +2.60
DMK P. K. Lognathan140,31335.81−5.84
PMK Bavani Maduracavi13,3753.41−3.22
BJP J. R. Ramasami7,7281.97N/A
Independent A. V. Ramakrishnan5,2231.33N/A
JP K. Chandresekharan3,8020.97N/A
Independent M. Arumai Selvam3,4990.89N/A
Tharasu Makkal MandaramD. Joseph Raj3,4210.87+0.62
Doordarshi Party Awadh Kishore Bhaiya2,3230.59N/A
Pondicherry Mannila Makkal MunnaniS. Ramassamy2,2590.58N/A
Independent P. K. Magappan9440.24N/A
Bharatiya Krishi Udyog SanghG. Thiruvengadam5480.14N/A
Independent Amaan Khan4260.11N/A
Margin of victory67,60917.26+8.44
Turnout 401,74167.71+1.00
INC hold Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Pondicherry [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. Shanmugam 190,562 50.47 −8.39
DMK N. Manimaran157,25041.65+5.58
PMK Bavany Maduracayy25,0216.63N/A
Lok Dal (Bahugana)C. Balamuthuval9650.26N/A
Tharasu Makkal MandaramP. D. Panneer Salvan9430.25N/A
Independent R. Aranganathan7230.19N/A
Independent M. Kandeeban5380.14N/A
Independent G. Thiruvengadam5030.13N/A
Independent M. Manimaran4400.12N/A
Independent Davulury Nageswara Rao3450.09N/A
Independent Kanakmull Jain2980.08N/A
Margin of victory33,3128.82−13.97
Turnout 383,30666.71−5.57
INC hold Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Pondicherry [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. Shanmugam 159,376 58.86 −7.59
DMK C. P. Thirunavukkarasu97,67236.07N/A
Independent S. Ramassamy6,1902.29N/A
Independent A. L. N. Kumarassamy1,9250.71N/A
IC(S) S. Sukumaran1,7940.66N/A
Independent N. Ramu1,2610.47N/A
Independent P. Rajasegaran8730.32N/A
Independent N. Gajendra Baskara6640.25N/A
Independent V. T. R. Veerappa Gounder6040.22N/A
Independent Angappan alias Rousseau Angappan4220.16N/A
Margin of victory61,70422.79−17.00
Turnout 275,65472.28−8.08
INC gain from INC(I) Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Pondicherry [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(I) P. Shanmugam 164,589 66.45 N/A
JP M. R. Lakshminarayanan66,02526.66N/A
JP(S) P. Devaraj17,0676.89N/A
Margin of victory98,56439.79+30.91
Turnout 256,53980.36+6.73
INC(I) gain from AIADMK Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Pondicherry [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK A. Bala Pajanor 115,302 53.32 New
INC(O) Ansari Duraisamy96,10144.44+16.48
Independent Ramu alias Subramanian N.3,9211.81N/A
Independent Gadjindra Baskar9200.43N/A
Margin of victory19,2018.88−29.43
Turnout 219,56073.63+3.53
AIADMK gain from INC Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Pondicherry [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(R) Mohan Kumaramangalam 112,714 66.27 +26.44
INC(O) Thirumudi N. Sethuraman 47,55027.96N/A
Independent A. Balasubramanian6,7453.97N/A
Independent D. Krishnasamy3,0791.81N/A
Margin of victory65,16438.31+31.75
Turnout 172,99270.10−4.75
INC(R) hold Swing +26.44

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Pondicherry [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thirumudi N. Sethuraman 63,286 39.83
Independent S. Sadagopan52,86133.27
Peoples FrontK. Subbiah42,72526.89
Margin of victory10,4256.56
Turnout 162,19374.85
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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