Puducherry_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)

Puducherry
Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency
	Location of Puducherry (marked in red) in India
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
Established	1967
Total electors	973,161
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent V. Vaithilingam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in Puducherry

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^[2] and changed its name to Puducherry in 2006.^[3] 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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Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	INC	V. Vaithilingam
	BJP	A Namassivayam
	NTK	R. Meneka
	AIADMK	G. Thamizhvendhan
	BSP	D Alangaravelu
	SUCI(C)	P Sankaran
	United Republican Party of India	K Prabhu Devan
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory				-
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

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 @ Lourdhumary	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

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

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

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

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Constituency number	Name	MLA
Puducherry District
1	Mannadipet	A. Namassivayam	BJP
2	Thirubuvanai	P Angalane	Independent
3	Ossudu	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar	BJP
4	Mangalam	C. Djeacoumar	AINRC
5	Villianur	R. Siva	DMK
6	Ozhukarai	M.Sivasankar	Independent
7	Kadirkamam	S. Ramesh	AINRC
8	Indira Nagar	V. Aroumougam A. K. D.	AINRC
9	Thattanchavady	N. Rangaswamy	AINRC
10	Kamaraj Nagar	A. Johnkumar	BJP
11	Lawspet	M. Vaithianathan	INC
12	Kalapet	P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram	BJP
13	Muthialpet	J. Prakash Kumar	Independent
14	Raj Bhavan	K. Lakshminarayanan	AINRC
15	Oupalam	Anibal Kennedy	DMK
16	Orleampeth	G. Nehru	Independent
17	Nellithope	Richards Johnkumar	BJP
18	Mudaliarpet	L. Sambath	DMK
19	Ariankuppam	R. Baskar	AINRC
20	Manavely	Embalam R. Selvam	BJP
21	Embalam	U Lakshmikandhan	AINRC
22	Nettapakkam	P. Rajavelu	AINRC
23	Bahour	R Senthilkumar	DMK
Karaikal District
24	Nedungadu	Chandira Priyanga	AINRC
25	Thirunallar	P.R Siva	Independent
26	Karaikal North	P. R. N. Thirumurugan	AINRC
27	Karaikal South	A. M. H. Nazeem	DMK
28	Neravy T R Pattinam	M Nagathiyagarajan	DMK
Mahe District
29	Mahe	Ramesh Parambath	INC
Yanam District
30	Yanam	Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok	Independent

Election	Member
1967	Thirumudi N. Sethuraman	Indian National Congress
1971	Mohan Kumaramangalam	Indian National Congress
1977	Aravinda Bala Pajanor	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Shanmugam	Indian National Congress
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991	M. O. H. Farook
1996	M. O. H. Farook
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Bala Pajanor	115,302	53.32	N/A
	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

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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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	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 hold		Swing	+26.44