Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency

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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 and changed its name to Puducherry in 2006. This constituency first held elections in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Thirumudi N. Sethuraman of the Indian National Congress.

Puducherry
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Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
Union TerritoryPuducherry
Assembly constituencies30: 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
V. Vaithilingam
Party  INC
Alliance  INDIA
Elected year2024

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. 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. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections Indian National Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate A. Namassivayam by 1,36,516 votes. 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. 1 time in 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance partner All India N.R. Congress won.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. Vaithilingam 426,005 52.73 3.54
BJP A. Namassivayam 289,489 35.83 N/A
NTK R. Meneka 39,603 4.90 2.01
AIADMK G. Thamizhvendhan 25,165 3.11 N/A
NOTA None of the above 9,763 1.21 0.33
Margin of victory 136,516 16.90 8.01
Turnout 807,940 78.92 2.33
Registered electors 1,023,699
INC hold Swing -3.54

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Puducherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. Vaithilingam 444,981 56.27 29.92
AINRC K. Narayanasamy 2,47,956 31.36 3.21
MNM Mohammad Subramanian 38,068 4.81 4.81
NTK N. Sharmila Beham 22,857 2.89 N/A
Independent N. Tamizh Marane 4,791 0.61 N/A
Independent M. Krishnamurthy 3,579 0.45 N/A
BSP A. G .Pathimaraj 2,689 0.34 +0.06
Independent Ims. Balaji Naikar 2,546 0.32 N/A
AIMK K. Arunachalam 2,201 0.28 N/A
Independent D. Ramesh 1,653 0.21 N/A
PDDP S. Baskaran 1,319 0.17 N/A
SUCI(C) U. Muthu 1,285 0.16 N/A
Independent S. Thangavelu 1,002 0.13 N/A
Independent Krishna Rajan Don 1,000 0.12 N/A
CPI(ML)L S. Mothilal 905 0.11 +0.05
Independent Tiravitamankai 870 0.11 N/A
ACDP S. Thirugnanam 674 0.09 N/A
Independent V. Ramamurthi 642 0.08 N/A
Independent K. Ramadass 543 0.07 N/A
NOTA None of the above 12,199 1.54 N/A
Margin of victory 1,97,025 24.91
Turnout 7,90,895 81.25
INC gain from AINRC Swing +29.92

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Puducherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AINRC R. Radhakrishnan 255,826 34.57 N/A
INC V. Narayanasamy 1,94,972 26.35 −23.06
AIADMK M. V. Omalingam 1,32,657 17.93 N/A
DMK A. M. H. Nazeem 60,580 8.19 N/A
PMK R. K. R. Anantharaman 22,754 3.07 −31.25
CPI R. Viswanathan 12,709 1.72 N/A
AAP V. Rangarajan 8,307 1.12 N/A
Independent Sanjivganthi S. 5,896 0.80 N/A
Independent P. Asaravel 3,472 0.47 N/A
Independent M. Ramadass 2,494 0.34 N/A
BSP S. Krishnamoorthy 2,060 0.28 −0.33
Independent S. Ezhilarasan 1,777 0.24 N/A
Independent G. Shanmugam 1,726 0.23 N/A
Independent Ramamurthi 1,442 0.19 N/A
Independent M. Chittibabu 1,340 0.18 −0.66
Independent S. Sudarsanan 1,270 0.17 N/A
Independent K. Ramadass 1,236 0.17 N/A
Independent J. Dhandapani 1,144 0.15 N/A
Independent K. Manjini 767 0.10 N/A
Independent Kaliayamurthy 747 0.10 −0.24
Independent V. Vijaya 746 0.10 N/A
Independent P. Bakkiaraj 610 0.08 N/A
Independent R. Valavan 497 0.07 N/A
Independent I. Senthil Kumar 477 0.06 N/A
Independent G. Sutha 467 0.06 N/A
Independent Puvala Nageswara Rao 465 0.06 N/A
CPI(ML)L G. Palani 438 0.06 −0.08
Samata Party Marie Uthrianathan 366 0.05 N/A
JD(U) S. Chitrakala 309 0.04 N/A
Independent P. Dhanarasu 198 0.03 N/A
NOTA None of the above 22,268 3.06 N/A
Margin of victory 60,854 8.22 −6.87
Turnout 740,017 82.10 +2.36
AINRC gain from INC Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Puducherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. Narayanasamy 300,391 49.41 N/A
PMK M. Ramadass 208,619 34.32 −15.63
DMDK K. A. U. Asanaa 52,638 8.66 N/A
BJP M. Visweswaran 13,442 2.21 −33.44
Independent M. Chittibabu 5,103 0.84 N/A
Independent V. Lingamurthy 4,179 0.69 N/A
BSP M. Somasundaram 3,697 0.61 +0.06
Independent Sivaraman V. 2,439 0.40 N/A
Independent Kaliamurthy K. 2,074 0.34 N/A
Independent V. Rajendran 1,810 0.30 N/A
Independent Manimaran 1,532 0.25 N/A
Independent V. Saravanan 1,425 0.23 N/A
Independent Veeramuthu A. 1,239 0.20 N/A
CPI(ML)L S. Balasubramaniam 839 0.14 −0.14
Independent G. Subramaniyan 757 0.12 N/A
Independent V. Ramamurthy 662 0.11 −0.21
Independent A. Rajasekar 656 0.11 N/A
Pyramid Party of India Pradeep Aniruddh 627 0.10 N/A
Independent Arunachalam K. 597 0.10 N/A
Kamraj Desiya Congress S. Govindaswamy 570 0.09 N/A
JMM S. Gnanavel 456 0.08 N/A
Independent P. Vijayabaskar 449 0.07 N/A
Independent R. Narayanan 422 0.07 N/A
Independent Murugaiyan K. S. 378 0.06 N/A
Independent Muppadai Mathimaharaja 378 0.06 N/A
Independent I. M. Sekar 375 0.06 N/A
Independent Mohamed Yousuf S. A. 298 0.05 N/A
Margin of victory 91,772 15.09 +0.79
Turnout 607,948 79.74 +3.67
INC gain from PMK Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK M. Ramadass 241,653 49.95 +18.22
BJP Lalitha Kumaramangalam 172,472 35.65 N/A
JD(U) K. Nambiyar 27,546 5.69 N/A
Independent P. R. N. Thirumurugan 10,930 2.26 N/A
Independent Z. M. Taher 5,175 1.07 N/A
Independent Thanga Devadas 4,085 0.84 N/A
Independent S. Syad Faruk 3,172 0.66 N/A
Independent M. Rangadas 2,891 0.60 N/A
BSP Thanga Kalaimaran 2,665 0.55 N/A
Independent P. Anburaj 1,684 0.35 N/A
JP S. Ponnurangam 1,601 0.33 N/A
Independent V. Ramamurthy 1,571 0.32 N/A
CPI(ML)L S. Balasubramanian 1,359 0.28 N/A
RJD G. Sundaramoorthy 1,328 0.27 N/A
Independent N. Sabith 1,158 0.24 N/A
Independent N. Senthilmurugan 977 0.20 N/A
Independent E. Kuppan 906 0.19 N/A
Independent J. Ramadass 894 0.18 N/A
Independent S. Elangovan 673 0.14 N/A
Independent G. Krishnaraj 556 0.11 N/A
Independent R. Natarajan 520 0.11 N/A
Margin of victory 69,181 14.30 +8.86
Turnout 483,816 76.07 +12.80
PMK gain from INC Swing +18.22

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. O. H. Farook 165,108 37.17 +5.05
PMK M. Ramadass 140,920 31.73 N/A
TMC(M) P. Kannan 111,737 25.16 N/A
Independent Kalivardhan 9,452 2.13 N/A
Independent A. Ramalingam 5,562 1.25 N/A
Independent T. Ashok Kumar 5,179 1.17 N/A
Independent K. Padmarajan 2,700 0.61 N/A
Independent S. Paramasivam 2,155 0.49 N/A
Independent Surendra Kumar Gupta 1,349 0.30 N/A
Margin of victory 24,188 5.44 −3.55
Turnout 444,174 63.27 +0.41
INC gain from DMK Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Arumugham 168,122 41.11 +1.20
INC P. Shanmugam 131,348 32.12 −7.85
AIADMK Lucky R. Perumal 102,622 25.10 N/A
BSP S. K. C. Guedjendirane 2,589 0.63 −0.24
RJD T. Sanjeevi 1,397 0.34 N/A
IC(S) D. Deenadhayalan 1,222 0.30 −0.53
Ajeya Bharat Party Balasami 736 0.18 N/A
Independent R. Sadhasivam 709 0.17 N/A
Independent G. Sarangam 173 0.04 N/A
Margin of victory 36,774 8.99 +8.93
Turnout 417,786 62.86 −12.49
DMK gain from INC Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. O. H. Farook 183,986 39.97 −13.10
DMK S. Arumugham 183,702 39.91 +4.10
BJP S. Thiyagarajan 20,351 4.42 +2.45
PMK Bavany Madura Cavy 19,792 4.30 +0.89
MDMK R. Balasubramanian 13,397 2.91 N/A
Independent K. Manivannan 8,801 1.91 N/A
Independent M. P. Mathimaharaja 7,425 1.61 N/A
BSP S. K. C. Guedjendirane 4,005 0.87 N/A
IC(S) D. Deenadayalan 3,819 0.83 N/A
Independent G. Thiruvengadam 1,922 0.42 N/A
Independent C. R. Tirougnana Sambandam 1,866 0.41 N/A
JP L. Vengataraman 1,823 0.40 −0.57
Independent Eswara Rao Geddam 1,795 0.39 N/A
Independent S. Dayalane 1,513 0.33 N/A
Independent T. Sivasubramanian 1,394 0.30 N/A
Independent T. Saravanan 1,392 0.30 N/A
Independent G. Elumalai 806 0.18 N/A
Independent V. Nadarajan 794 0.17 N/A
Independent S. Kamaraj 791 0.17 N/A
Independent K. Padmarajan 497 0.11 N/A
Independent P. Vijayakumar 451 0.10 N/A
Margin of victory 284 0.06 −17.20
Turnout 477,437 75.35 +7.64
INC hold Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. O. H. Farook 207,922 53.07 +2.60
DMK P. K. Lognathan 140,313 35.81 −5.84
PMK Bavani Maduracavi 13,375 3.41 −3.22
BJP J. R. Ramasami 7,728 1.97 N/A
Independent A. V. Ramakrishnan 5,223 1.33 N/A
JP K. Chandresekharan 3,802 0.97 N/A
Independent M. Arumai Selvam 3,499 0.89 N/A
Tharasu Makkal Mandaram D. Joseph Raj 3,421 0.87 +0.62
Doordarshi Party Awadh Kishore Bhaiya 2,323 0.59 N/A
Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani S. Ramassamy 2,259 0.58 N/A
Independent P. K. Magappan 944 0.24 N/A
Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh G. Thiruvengadam 548 0.14 N/A
Independent Amaan Khan 426 0.11 N/A
Margin of victory 67,609 17.26 +8.44
Turnout 401,741 67.71 +1.00
INC hold Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. Shanmugam 190,562 50.47 −8.39
DMK N. Manimaran 157,250 41.65 +5.58
PMK Bavany Maduracayy 25,021 6.63 N/A
Lok Dal (Bahugana) C. Balamuthuval 965 0.26 N/A
Tharasu Makkal Mandaram P. D. Panneer Salvan 943 0.25 N/A
Independent R. Aranganathan 723 0.19 N/A
Independent M. Kandeeban 538 0.14 N/A
Independent G. Thiruvengadam 503 0.13 N/A
Independent M. Manimaran 440 0.12 N/A
Independent Davulury Nageswara Rao 345 0.09 N/A
Independent Kanakmull Jain 298 0.08 N/A
Margin of victory 33,312 8.82 −13.97
Turnout 383,306 66.71 −5.57
INC hold Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. Shanmugam 159,376 58.86 −7.59
DMK C. P. Thirunavukkarasu 97,672 36.07 N/A
Independent S. Ramassamy 6,190 2.29 N/A
Independent A. L. N. Kumarassamy 1,925 0.71 N/A
IC(S) S. Sukumaran 1,794 0.66 N/A
Independent N. Ramu 1,261 0.47 N/A
Independent P. Rajasegaran 873 0.32 N/A
Independent N. Gajendra Baskara 664 0.25 N/A
Independent V. T. R. Veerappa Gounder 604 0.22 N/A
Independent Angappan alias Rousseau Angappan 422 0.16 N/A
Margin of victory 61,704 22.79 −17.00
Turnout 275,654 72.28 −8.08
INC gain from INC(I) Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) P. Shanmugam 164,589 66.45 N/A
JP M. R. Lakshminarayanan 66,025 26.66 N/A
JP(S) P. Devaraj 17,067 6.89 N/A
Margin of victory 98,564 39.79 +30.91
Turnout 256,539 80.36 +6.73
INC(I) gain from AIADMK Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK A. Bala Pajanor 115,302 53.32 New
INC(O) Ansari Duraisamy 96,101 44.44 +16.48
Independent Ramu alias Subramanian N. 3,921 1.81 N/A
Independent Gadjindra Baskar 920 0.43 N/A
Margin of victory 19,201 8.88 −29.43
Turnout 219,560 73.63 +3.53
AIADMK gain from INC Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(R) Mohan Kumaramangalam 112,714 66.27 +26.44
INC(O) Thirumudi N. Sethuraman 47,550 27.96 N/A
Independent A. Balasubramanian 6,745 3.97 N/A
Independent D. Krishnasamy 3,079 1.81 N/A
Margin of victory 65,164 38.31 +31.75
Turnout 172,992 70.10 −4.75
INC(R) hold Swing +26.44

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Pondicherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thirumudi N. Sethuraman 63,286 39.83
Independent S. Sadagopan 52,861 33.27
Peoples Front K. Subbiah 42,725 26.89
Margin of victory 10,425 6.56
Turnout 162,193 74.85
INC win (new seat)

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