2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

19 April 2024
1 Puducherry seat in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	78.80% (2.45%)
First party Second party   Leader V. Vaithilingam A. Namassivayam Party INC BJP Alliance INDIA NDA Leader since 2023 2021 Last election 56.27%, 1 seat 31.36%, 0 seat (AINRC) Seats won 1 0 Seat change Template:No change Template:No change Popular vote 4,26,005 2,89,489 Percentage 52.73% 35.83% Swing 2.54 pp 4.47 pp
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Puducherry on 19 April 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

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

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			V. Vaithilingam	1

National Democratic Alliance

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party		A. Namassivayam	1

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			A. Anbalagan	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party			D Alangaravelu	1
Template:Party colour cell	United Republican Party of India			K Prabhu Devan	1
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)			P Sankaran	1

Candidates

Constituency
		INDIA			NDA
1	Puducherry	rowspan=3 Template:Party colour cell	INC	V. Vaithilingam		BJP	A. Namassivayam

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024	±5%	0	1	0	INDIA

Exit polls

Polling agency				Lead
	NDA	INDIA	Others
Actual results	0	1	0	INDIA

Results

Results by party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seat
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INDIA		INC	4,26,005	52.73%	2.54	1	1
	NDA		BJP	2,89,489	35.83%	New	1	0
	Others			69,363	8.57%	5.73	5	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

Constituency		Turnout	Winner							Runner-up							Margin
			Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%
1	Puducherry	78.90%		INC		INDIA	V. Vaithilingam	4,26,005	52.73%		BJP		NDA	A. Namassivayam	2,89,489	35.83%	1,36,516

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2024 Puducherry Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Leads Map

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2026 election)
	All India NR Congress	Not Contested	12
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2	6
	Indian National Congress	28	1
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Not Contested	5
	Others	0	6
Total		30

See also

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