GEN · Pondicherry
Puducherry
Ve Vaithilingam (INC) won by 1,36,516 votes (17.1%).
- Electors
- 10,23,699
- Votes polled
- 8,07,940
- Valid votes
- 7,98,177
- Turnout
- 78.9%
- NOTA
- 9,763
- Polling date
- 2024-04-19
Margin vs 2024 national median: 17.1% (median 10.4%). Back to Pondicherry · 2024 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 17.1%(-8.2%)
- Turnout
- 78.9%(-2.6%)
- NOTA
- 1.2%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 89.6%
Winning margin over time · Puducherry
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ve VaithilingamWinner | INC | 4,26,005 | 53.4% |
| 2 | A Namassivayam | BJP | 2,89,489 | 36.3% |
| 3 | R Menaga | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 39,603 | 5.0% |
| 4 | G Thamizhvendan | AIADMK | 25,165 | 3.2% |
| 5 | P Sankaran | SUCI | 2,066 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Aradadi Posiyya | IND | 1,546 | 0.2% |
| 7 | D Alangaravelu | BSP | 1,540 | 0.2% |
| 8 | K Kishorkumar | IND | 1,246 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Kollanjiappan | IND | 1,199 | 0.2% |
| 10 | M Manikandan | IND | 1,133 | 0.1% |
| 11 | M Krishnamurthy | IND | 1,071 | 0.1% |
| 12 | K Prabhu Devan | URPI | 989 | 0.1% |
| 13 | S Bakthavatchalam | IND | 924 | 0.1% |
| 14 | S Sathish Kumar | IND | 846 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Couttane Alias Dhivaneedhe | IND | 822 | 0.1% |
| 16 | E Ananthavel | IND | 776 | 0.1% |
| 17 | S Kala | IND | 626 | 0.1% |
| 18 | P Rajan | IND | 547 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Nirmala G | IND | 475 | 0.1% |
| 20 | K Arunachalam | IND | 405 | 0.1% |
| 21 | K Ramadass | IND | 372 | 0.0% |
| 22 | R Raja | IND | 331 | 0.0% |
| 23 | D Ravindiran | IND | 307 | 0.0% |
| 24 | S Masco | IND | 254 | 0.0% |
| 25 | V P Manickam | IND | 244 | 0.0% |
| 26 | M Murugan | IND | 196 | 0.0% |
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