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 |
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| I |
| Notification Date | 20 March |
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| Last Date for filing nomination | 27 March |
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| Scrutiny of nomination | 28 March |
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| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 March |
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| Date of poll | 19 April |
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| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 |
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| No. of constituencies | 1 | |
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Parties and Alliances
Others
Candidates
Surveys and polls
Exit polls
Results
Results by party
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats |
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
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| INDIA | | INC | 4,26,005 | 52.73% | 2.54 | 1 | 1 | |
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| NDA | | BJP | 2,89,489 | 35.83% | 4.47 | 1 | 0 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Total | 8,07,940 | 100% | - | 26 | 1 | - |
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Results by constituency
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
See also
Notes and References
- News: 2024 Lok Sabha polls: BJP leaders of 12 eastern, northeastern states to meet in Guwahati. Economic Times. en. 6 July 2023.
