2024 Indian general election in Puducherry explained

Country:	India
Type:	Parliamentary
Previous Election:	2019 Indian general election in Puducherry
Previous Year:	2019
Election Date:	19 April 2024
Next Year:	2029
Seats For Election:	1 Puducherry seat in the Lok Sabha
Ongoing:	yes
Next Election:	2029 Indian general election in Puducherry
Outgoing Members:	List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha#Puducherry
Opinion Polls:	2024 Indian general election in Puducherry#Opinion polls
Turnout:	78.80% (2.45%)
Leader1:	V. Vaithilingam
Party1:	Indian National Congress
Leader Since1:	2023
Leaders Seat1:	Puducherry
Alliance1:	INDIA
Leader2:	A. Namassivayam
Party2:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader Since2:	2021
Leaders Seat2:	Puducherry
Alliance2:	National Democratic Alliance
Last Election2:	New
Prime Minister
Posttitle:	Prime Minister after election
Before Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Before Election:	Narendra Modi
Last Election1:	56.27%, 1 seat
Seats Before1:	1
Seats Before2:	0
Seats1:	01
Seats2:	02

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

Poll event	Phase
	I
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

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	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

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

Surveys and polls

Exit polls

Results

Results by party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				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

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
		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

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

Notes and References

1. News: 2024 Lok Sabha polls: BJP leaders of 12 eastern, northeastern states to meet in Guwahati. Economic Times. en. 6 July 2023.