2024 Indian general election in Puducherry

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

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	File:Hand INC.svg	V. Vaithilingam	1

National Democratic Alliance

Party		Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	A. Namassivayam	1

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	File:AIADMK Flag.svg	File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	A. Anbalagan	1
Template:Party color cell	Bahujan Samaj Party	File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png	D Alangaravelu	1
Template:Party colour cell	United Republican Party of India			K Prabhu Devan	1
Template:Party color cell	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	File:SUCI flag.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Battery Torch.svg	P Sankaran	1

Candidates

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

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

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Exit polls

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Results

Results by party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seat
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
Template:Party color cell	INDIA	Template:Party color cell	INC	4,26,005	52.73%	Template:Decrease 2.54	1	1	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	NDA	Template:Party color cell	BJP	2,89,489	35.83%	New	1	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Others			69,363	8.57%	Template:Decrease 5.73	5	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	IND			13,320	1.64%		19	0	Template:Steady
	NOTA			9,763	1.20%	Template:Decrease 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%Template:Decrease	Template:Party color cell	INC	Template:Party color cell	INDIA	V. Vaithilingam	4,26,005	52.73%	Template:Party color cell	BJP	Template:Party color cell	NDA	A. Namassivayam	2,89,489	35.83%	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,36,516

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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2024 Puducherry Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Leads Map

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2026 election)
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	All India NR Congress	Not Contested	12
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	2	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	28	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	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