Lok Sabha Constituency in Puducherry
Puducherry
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| Lok Sabha constituency |
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| Country | India |
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| Region | South India |
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| Union Territory | Puducherry |
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| 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 andYanam |
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| Established | 1967 |
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| Total electors | 10,23,699 (2024) |
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| Reservation | None |
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| 18th Lok Sabha |
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| Party | INC |
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| Alliance | INDIA |
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| Elected year | 2024 |
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Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entireUnion Territory ofPuducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of theFourteenth 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) wasThirumudi N. Sethuraman of theIndian National Congress.
History of the constituency
[edit]Sethuraman represented theIndian National Congress (Organisation) in the 1971 election, which he lost toMohan Kumaramangalam of the INC. The next election in 1977 was won by Aravinda Bala Pajanor of theAll 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 theDravida 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 byM. Ramadass of thePattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).V. Narayanasamy of the INC was elected in 2009 and was defeated in the next election in 2014 byR. Radhakrishnan of theAll 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 electionsIndian National Congress candidateV. Vaithilingam defeatedAll 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 electionsIndian National Congress candidateV. Vaithilingam defeatedBharatiya Janata Party candidateA. 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 2004Indian National Congress party's alliance partnersAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) andPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won respectively. 1 time in 2014,Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance partnerAll India N.R. Congress won.
Prior to independence, the colony sent a member to theFrench National Assembly.
The constituency presently comprises all the thirty segments of thePuducherry Legislative Assembly.[4]
Members of Parliament
[edit]General election 2024
[edit]General election 2019
[edit]2019 Indian general elections:Puducherry| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| INC | V. Vaithilingam | 444,981 | 56.27 |  29.92 |
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| AINRC | K. Narayanasamy | 2,47,956 | 31.36 |  3.21 |
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| MNM | Mohammad Subramanian | 38,068 | 4.81 | 4.81 |
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| NTK | N. Sharmila Beham | 22,857 | 2.89 | N/A |
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| Independent | N. Tamizh Marane | 4,791 | 0.61 | N/A |
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| Independent | M. Krishnamurthy | 3,579 | 0.45 | N/A |
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| BSP | A. G .Pathimaraj | 2,689 | 0.34 | +0.06 |
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| Independent | Ims. Balaji Naikar | 2,546 | 0.32 | N/A |
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| AIMK | K. Arunachalam | 2,201 | 0.28 | N/A |
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| Independent | D. Ramesh | 1,653 | 0.21 | N/A |
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| PDDP | S. Baskaran | 1,319 | 0.17 | N/A |
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| SUCI(C) | U. Muthu | 1,285 | 0.16 | N/A |
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| Independent | S. Thangavelu | 1,002 | 0.13 | N/A |
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| Independent | Krishna Rajan Don | 1,000 | 0.12 | N/A |
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| CPI(ML)L | S. Mothilal | 905 | 0.11 | +0.05 |
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| Independent | Tiravitamankai | 870 | 0.11 | N/A |
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| ACDP | S. Thirugnanam | 674 | 0.09 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Ramamurthi | 642 | 0.08 | N/A |
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| Independent | K. Ramadass | 543 | 0.07 | N/A |
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| NOTA | None of the above | 12,199 | 1.54 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 1,97,025 | 24.91 | |
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| Turnout | 7,90,895 | 81.25 | |
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| INCgain fromAINRC | Swing | +29.92 | |
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General election 2014
[edit]2014 Indian general elections:Puducherry[5][6]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| AINRC | R. Radhakrishnan | 255,826 | 34.57 | N/A |
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| INC | V. Narayanasamy | 1,94,972 | 26.35 | −23.06 |
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| AIADMK | M. V. Omalingam | 1,32,657 | 17.93 | N/A |
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| DMK | A. M. H. Nazeem | 60,580 | 8.19 | N/A |
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| PMK | R. K. R. Anantharaman | 22,754 | 3.07 | −31.25 |
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| CPI | R. Viswanathan | 12,709 | 1.72 | N/A |
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| AAP | V. Rangarajan | 8,307 | 1.12 | N/A |
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| Independent | Sanjivganthi S. | 5,896 | 0.80 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. Asaravel | 3,472 | 0.47 | N/A |
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| Independent | M. Ramadass | 2,494 | 0.34 | N/A |
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| BSP | S. Krishnamoorthy | 2,060 | 0.28 | −0.33 |
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| Independent | S. Ezhilarasan | 1,777 | 0.24 | N/A |
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| Independent | G. Shanmugam | 1,726 | 0.23 | N/A |
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| Independent | Ramamurthi | 1,442 | 0.19 | N/A |
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| Independent | M. Chittibabu | 1,340 | 0.18 | −0.66 |
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| Independent | S. Sudarsanan | 1,270 | 0.17 | N/A |
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| Independent | K. Ramadass | 1,236 | 0.17 | N/A |
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| Independent | J. Dhandapani | 1,144 | 0.15 | N/A |
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| Independent | K. Manjini | 767 | 0.10 | N/A |
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| Independent | Kaliayamurthy | 747 | 0.10 | −0.24 |
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| Independent | V. Vijaya | 746 | 0.10 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. Bakkiaraj | 610 | 0.08 | N/A |
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| Independent | R. Valavan | 497 | 0.07 | N/A |
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| Independent | I. Senthil Kumar | 477 | 0.06 | N/A |
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| Independent | G. Sutha | 467 | 0.06 | N/A |
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| Independent | Puvala Nageswara Rao | 465 | 0.06 | N/A |
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| CPI(ML)L | G. Palani | 438 | 0.06 | −0.08 |
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| Samata Party | Marie Uthrianathan | 366 | 0.05 | N/A |
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| JD(U) | S. Chitrakala | 309 | 0.04 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. Dhanarasu | 198 | 0.03 | N/A |
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| NOTA | None of the above | 22,268 | 3.06 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 60,854 | 8.22 | −6.87 |
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| Turnout | 740,017 | 82.10 | +2.36 |
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| AINRCgain fromINC | Swing | | |
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General election 2009
[edit]2009 Indian general elections: Puducherry[7]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| INC | V. Narayanasamy | 300,391 | 49.41 | N/A |
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| PMK | M. Ramadass | 208,619 | 34.32 | −15.63 |
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| DMDK | K. A. U. Asanaa | 52,638 | 8.66 | N/A |
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| BJP | M. Visweswaran | 13,442 | 2.21 | −33.44 |
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| Independent | M. Chittibabu | 5,103 | 0.84 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Lingamurthy | 4,179 | 0.69 | N/A |
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| BSP | M. Somasundaram | 3,697 | 0.61 | +0.06 |
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| Independent | Sivaraman V. | 2,439 | 0.40 | N/A |
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| Independent | Kaliamurthy K. | 2,074 | 0.34 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Rajendran | 1,810 | 0.30 | N/A |
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| Independent | Manimaran | 1,532 | 0.25 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Saravanan | 1,425 | 0.23 | N/A |
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| Independent | Veeramuthu A. | 1,239 | 0.20 | N/A |
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| CPI(ML)L | S. Balasubramaniam | 839 | 0.14 | −0.14 |
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| Independent | G. Subramaniyan | 757 | 0.12 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Ramamurthy | 662 | 0.11 | −0.21 |
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| Independent | A. Rajasekar | 656 | 0.11 | N/A |
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| Pyramid Party of India | Pradeep Aniruddh | 627 | 0.10 | N/A |
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| Independent | Arunachalam K. | 597 | 0.10 | N/A |
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| Kamraj Desiya Congress | S. Govindaswamy | 570 | 0.09 | N/A |
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| JMM | S. Gnanavel | 456 | 0.08 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. Vijayabaskar | 449 | 0.07 | N/A |
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| Independent | R. Narayanan | 422 | 0.07 | N/A |
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| Independent | Murugaiyan K. S. | 378 | 0.06 | N/A |
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| Independent | Muppadai Mathimaharaja | 378 | 0.06 | N/A |
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| Independent | I. M. Sekar | 375 | 0.06 | N/A |
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| Independent | Mohamed Yousuf S. A. | 298 | 0.05 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 91,772 | 15.09 | +0.79 |
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| Turnout | 607,948 | 79.74 | +3.67 |
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| INCgain fromPMK | Swing | | |
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General election 2004
[edit]2004 Indian general elections: Pondicherry[8]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| PMK | M. Ramadass | 241,653 | 49.95 | +18.22 |
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| BJP | Lalitha Kumaramangalam | 172,472 | 35.65 | N/A |
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| JD(U) | K. Nambiyar | 27,546 | 5.69 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. R. N. Thirumurugan | 10,930 | 2.26 | N/A |
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| Independent | Z. M. Taher | 5,175 | 1.07 | N/A |
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| Independent | Thanga Devadas | 4,085 | 0.84 | N/A |
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| Independent | S. Syad Faruk | 3,172 | 0.66 | N/A |
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| Independent | M. Rangadas | 2,891 | 0.60 | N/A |
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| BSP | Thanga Kalaimaran | 2,665 | 0.55 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. Anburaj | 1,684 | 0.35 | N/A |
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| JP | S. Ponnurangam | 1,601 | 0.33 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Ramamurthy | 1,571 | 0.32 | N/A |
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| CPI(ML)L | S. Balasubramanian | 1,359 | 0.28 | N/A |
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| RJD | G. Sundaramoorthy | 1,328 | 0.27 | N/A |
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| Independent | N. Sabith | 1,158 | 0.24 | N/A |
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| Independent | N. Senthilmurugan | 977 | 0.20 | N/A |
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| Independent | E. Kuppan | 906 | 0.19 | N/A |
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| Independent | J. Ramadass | 894 | 0.18 | N/A |
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| Independent | S. Elangovan | 673 | 0.14 | N/A |
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| Independent | G. Krishnaraj | 556 | 0.11 | N/A |
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| Independent | R. Natarajan | 520 | 0.11 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 69,181 | 14.30 | +8.86 |
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| Turnout | 483,816 | 76.07 | +12.80 |
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| PMKgain fromINC | Swing | +18.22 | |
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General election 1999
[edit]1999 Indian general election: Pondicherry[9]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| INC | M. O. H. Farook | 165,108 | 37.17 | +5.05 |
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| PMK | M. Ramadass | 140,920 | 31.73 | N/A |
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| TMC(M) | P. Kannan | 111,737 | 25.16 | N/A |
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| Independent | Kalivardhan | 9,452 | 2.13 | N/A |
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| Independent | A. Ramalingam | 5,562 | 1.25 | N/A |
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| Independent | T. Ashok Kumar | 5,179 | 1.17 | N/A |
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| Independent | K. Padmarajan | 2,700 | 0.61 | N/A |
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| Independent | S. Paramasivam | 2,155 | 0.49 | N/A |
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| Independent | Surendra Kumar Gupta | 1,349 | 0.30 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 24,188 | 5.44 | −3.55 |
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| Turnout | 444,174 | 63.27 | +0.41 |
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| INCgain fromDMK | Swing | | |
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General election 1998
[edit]General election 1996
[edit]1996 Indian general election: Pondicherry[11]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| INC | M. O. H. Farook | 183,986 | 39.97 | −13.10 |
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| DMK | S. Arumugham | 183,702 | 39.91 | +4.10 |
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| BJP | S. Thiyagarajan | 20,351 | 4.42 | +2.45 |
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| PMK | Bavany Madura Cavy | 19,792 | 4.30 | +0.89 |
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| MDMK | R. Balasubramanian | 13,397 | 2.91 | N/A |
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| Independent | K. Manivannan | 8,801 | 1.91 | N/A |
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| Independent | M. P. Mathimaharaja | 7,425 | 1.61 | N/A |
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| BSP | S. K. C. Guedjendirane | 4,005 | 0.87 | N/A |
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| IC(S) | D. Deenadayalan | 3,819 | 0.83 | N/A |
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| Independent | G. Thiruvengadam | 1,922 | 0.42 | N/A |
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| Independent | C. R. Tirougnana Sambandam | 1,866 | 0.41 | N/A |
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| JP | L. Vengataraman | 1,823 | 0.40 | −0.57 |
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| Independent | Eswara Rao Geddam | 1,795 | 0.39 | N/A |
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| Independent | S. Dayalane | 1,513 | 0.33 | N/A |
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| Independent | T. Sivasubramanian | 1,394 | 0.30 | N/A |
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| Independent | T. Saravanan | 1,392 | 0.30 | N/A |
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| Independent | G. Elumalai | 806 | 0.18 | N/A |
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| Independent | V. Nadarajan | 794 | 0.17 | N/A |
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| Independent | S. Kamaraj | 791 | 0.17 | N/A |
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| Independent | K. Padmarajan | 497 | 0.11 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. Vijayakumar | 451 | 0.10 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 284 | 0.06 | −17.20 |
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| Turnout | 477,437 | 75.35 | +7.64 |
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General election 1991
[edit]1991 Indian general election: Pondicherry[12]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| INC | M. O. H. Farook | 207,922 | 53.07 | +2.60 |
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| DMK | P. K. Lognathan | 140,313 | 35.81 | −5.84 |
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| PMK | Bavani Maduracavi | 13,375 | 3.41 | −3.22 |
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| BJP | J. R. Ramasami | 7,728 | 1.97 | N/A |
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| Independent | A. V. Ramakrishnan | 5,223 | 1.33 | N/A |
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| JP | K. Chandresekharan | 3,802 | 0.97 | N/A |
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| Independent | M. Arumai Selvam | 3,499 | 0.89 | N/A |
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| Tharasu Makkal Mandaram | D. Joseph Raj | 3,421 | 0.87 | +0.62 |
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| Doordarshi Party | Awadh Kishore Bhaiya | 2,323 | 0.59 | N/A |
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| Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani | S. Ramassamy | 2,259 | 0.58 | N/A |
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| Independent | P. K. Magappan | 944 | 0.24 | N/A |
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| Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | G. Thiruvengadam | 548 | 0.14 | N/A |
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| Independent | Amaan Khan | 426 | 0.11 | N/A |
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| Margin of victory | 67,609 | 17.26 | +8.44 |
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| Turnout | 401,741 | 67.71 | +1.00 |
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General election 1989
[edit]General election 1984
[edit]General election 1980
[edit]General election 1977
[edit]General election 1971
[edit]General election 1967
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