Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)
Coordinates: 11°56′N 79°08′E / 11.93°N 79.13°E / 11.93; 79.13
Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962[2] and changed its name to Puducherry in 2006.[3] This constituency first held elections in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Thirumudi N. Sethuraman of the Indian National Congress (INC). Sethuraman represented the Indian National Congress (Organisation) in the 1971 election, which he lost to Mohan Kumaramangalam of the INC. The next election in 1977 was won by Aravinda Bala Pajanor of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). P. Shanmugam of the INC won the 1980 election and was re-elected in 1984 and 1989. M. O. H. Farook also of the INC served two terms from 1991 to 1998. In the 1998 election, S. Arumugham of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was elected as MP. Farook was re-elected in 1999 to serve a third term as MP. The next election in 2004 was won by M. Ramadass of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK). V. Narayanasamy of the INC was elected in 2009 and was defeated in the next election in 2014 by R. Radhakrishnan of the All India N.R. Congress. Radhakrishnan's victory was the first time that the Lok Sabha seat was won by a member of a Puducherry regional party.[4] As of 2014, Radhakrishnan represents this constituency. The most successful party in this constituency is the Indian National Congress, whose members have won nine out of the thirteen elections held as of 2014.
Members of Parliament
Key
INC AIADMK INC(I) DMK PMK AINRC
Election results
General election 1967
General election 1971
General election 1977
General election 1980
General election 1984
General election 1989
General election 1991
Indian general election, 1991: Pondicherry[11]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
M. O. H. Farook |
207,922 |
53.07 |
+2.60 |
|
DMK |
P. K. Lognathan |
140,313 |
35.81 |
-5.84 |
|
PMK |
Bavani Maduracavi |
13,375 |
3.41 |
-3.22 |
|
BJP |
J. R. Ramasami |
7,728 |
1.97 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
A. V. Ramakrishnan |
5,223 |
1.33 |
N/A |
|
Janata Party |
K. Chandresekharan |
3,802 |
0.97 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
M. Arumai Selvam |
3,499 |
0.89 |
N/A |
|
Tharasu Makkal Mandaram |
D. Joseph Raj |
3,421 |
0.87 |
+0.62 |
|
Doordarshi Party |
Awadh Kishore Bhaiya |
2,323 |
0.59 |
N/A |
|
Pondicherry Mannila Makkal Munnani |
S. Ramassamy |
2,259 |
0.58 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. K. Magappan |
944 |
0.24 |
N/A |
|
Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh |
G. Thiruvengadam |
548 |
0.14 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Amaan Khan |
426 |
0.11 |
N/A |
Margin of victory |
67,609 |
17.26 |
+8.44 |
Turnout |
401,741 |
67.71 |
+1.00 |
|
INC hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1996
Indian general election, 1996: Pondicherry[12]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
M. O. H. Farook |
183,986 |
39.97 |
-13.10 |
|
DMK |
S. Arumugham |
183,702 |
39.91 |
+4.10 |
|
BJP |
S. Thiyagarajan |
20,351 |
4.42 |
+2.45 |
|
PMK |
Bavany Madura Cavy |
19,792 |
4.30 |
+0.89 |
|
MDMK |
R. Balasubramanian |
13,397 |
2.91 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
K. Manivannan |
8,801 |
1.91 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
M. P. Mathimaharaja |
7,425 |
1.61 |
N/A |
|
BSP |
S. K. C. Guedjendirane |
4,005 |
0.87 |
N/A |
|
Indian Congress (Socialist) |
D. Deenadayalan |
3,819 |
0.83 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
G. Thiruvengadam |
1,922 |
0.42 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
C. R. Tirougnana Sambandam |
1,866 |
0.41 |
N/A |
|
Janata Party |
L. Vengataraman |
1,823 |
0.40 |
-0.57 |
|
Independent |
Eswara Rao Geddam |
1,795 |
0.39 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
S. Dayalane |
1,513 |
0.33 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
T. Sivasubramanian |
1,394 |
0.30 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
T. Saravanan |
1,392 |
0.30 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
G. Elumalai |
806 |
0.18 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
V. Nadarajan |
794 |
0.17 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
S. Kamaraj |
791 |
0.17 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
K. Padmarajan |
497 |
0.11 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. Vijayakumar |
451 |
0.10 |
N/A |
Margin of victory |
284 |
0.06 |
-17.20 |
Turnout |
477,437 |
75.35 |
+7.64 |
|
INC hold |
Swing |
|
|
General election 1998
General election 1999
Indian general election, 1999: Pondicherry[14]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
M. O. H. Farook |
165,108 |
37.17 |
+5.05 |
|
PMK |
M. Ramadass |
140,920 |
31.73 |
N/A |
|
TMC |
P. Kannan |
111,737 |
25.16 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Kalivardhan |
9,452 |
2.13 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
A. Ramalingam |
5,562 |
1.25 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
T. Ashok Kumar |
5,179 |
1.17 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
K. Padmarajan |
2,700 |
0.61 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
S. Paramasivam |
2,155 |
0.49 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Surendra Kumar Gupta |
1,349 |
0.30 |
N/A |
Margin of victory |
24,188 |
5.44 |
-3.55 |
Turnout |
444,174 |
63.27 |
+0.41 |
|
INC gain from DMK |
Swing |
|
|
General election 2004
Indian general elections, 2004: Pondicherry[15]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
PMK |
M. Ramadass |
241,653 |
49.95 |
+18.22 |
|
BJP |
Lalitha Kumaramangalam |
172,472 |
35.65 |
N/A |
|
JD(U) |
K. Nambiyar |
27,546 |
5.69 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. R. N. Thirumurugan |
10,930 |
2.26 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Z. M. Taher |
5,175 |
1.07 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Thanga Devadas |
4,085 |
0.84 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
S. Syad Faruk |
3,172 |
0.66 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
M. Rangadas |
2,891 |
0.60 |
N/A |
|
BSP |
Thanga Kalaimaran |
2,665 |
0.55 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. Anburaj |
1,684 |
0.35 |
N/A |
|
Janata Party |
S. Ponnurangam |
1,601 |
0.33 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
V. Ramamurthy |
1,571 |
0.32 |
N/A |
|
CPI(ML) Liberation |
S. Balasubramanian |
1,359 |
0.28 |
N/A |
|
RJD |
G. Sundaramoorthy |
1,328 |
0.27 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
N. Sabith |
1,158 |
0.24 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
N. Senthilmurugan |
977 |
0.20 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
E. Kuppan |
906 |
0.19 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
J. Ramadass |
894 |
0.18 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
S. Elangovan |
673 |
0.14 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
G. Krishnaraj |
556 |
0.11 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
R. Natarajan |
520 |
0.11 |
N/A |
Margin of victory |
69,181 |
14.30 |
+8.86 |
Turnout |
483,816 |
76.07 |
+12.80 |
|
PMK gain from INC |
Swing |
+18.22 |
|
General election 2009
Indian general elections, 2009: Puducherry[16]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
V. Narayanasamy |
300,391 |
49.41 |
N/A |
|
PMK |
M. Ramadass |
208,619 |
34.32 |
-15.63 |
|
DMDK |
K. A. U. Asanaa |
52,638 |
8.66 |
N/A |
|
BJP |
M. Visweswaran |
13,442 |
2.21 |
-33.44 |
|
Independent |
M. Chittibabu |
5,103 |
0.84 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
V. Lingamurthy |
4,179 |
0.69 |
N/A |
|
BSP |
M. Somasundaram |
3,697 |
0.61 |
+0.06 |
|
Independent |
Sivaraman V. |
2,439 |
0.40 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Kaliamurthy K. |
2,074 |
0.34 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
V. Rajendran |
1,810 |
0.30 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Manimaran |
1,532 |
0.25 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
V. Saravanan |
1,425 |
0.23 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Veeramuthu A. |
1,239 |
0.20 |
N/A |
|
CPI(ML) Liberation |
S. Balasubramaniam |
839 |
0.14 |
-0.14 |
|
Independent |
G. Subramaniyan |
757 |
0.12 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
V. Ramamurthy |
662 |
0.11 |
-0.21 |
|
Independent |
A. Rajasekar |
656 |
0.11 |
N/A |
|
Pyramid Party of India |
Pradeep Aniruddh |
627 |
0.10 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Arunachalam K. |
597 |
0.10 |
N/A |
|
Kamraj Desiya Congress |
S. Govindaswamy |
570 |
0.09 |
N/A |
|
JMM |
S. Gnanavel |
456 |
0.08 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. Vijayabaskar |
449 |
0.07 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
R. Narayanan |
422 |
0.07 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Murugaiyan K. S. |
378 |
0.06 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Muppadai Mathimaharaja |
378 |
0.06 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
I. M. Sekar |
375 |
0.06 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Mohamed Yousuf S. A. |
298 |
0.05 |
N/A |
Margin of victory |
91,772 |
15.09 |
+0.79 |
Turnout |
607,948 |
79.74 |
+3.67 |
|
INC gain from PMK |
Swing |
|
|
General election 2014
Indian general elections, 2014: Puducherry[1][17]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
AINRC |
R. Radhakrishnan |
255,826 |
34.57 |
N/A |
|
INC |
V. Narayanasamy |
194,972 |
26.35 |
-23.06 |
|
AIADMK |
M. V. Omalingam |
132,657 |
17.93 |
N/A |
|
DMK |
A. M. H. Nazeem |
60,580 |
8.19 |
N/A |
|
PMK |
R. K. R. Anantharaman |
22,754 |
3.07 |
-31.25 |
|
CPI |
R. Viswanathan |
12,709 |
1.72 |
N/A |
|
AAP |
V. Rangarajan |
8,307 |
1.12 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Sanjivganthi S. |
5,896 |
0.80 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. Asaravel |
3,472 |
0.47 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
M. Ramadass |
2,494 |
0.34 |
N/A |
|
BSP |
S. Krishnamoorthy |
2,060 |
0.28 |
-0.33 |
|
Independent |
S. Ezhilarasan |
1,777 |
0.24 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
G. Shanmugam |
1,726 |
0.23 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Ramamurthi |
1,442 |
0.19 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
M. Chittibabu |
1,340 |
0.18 |
-0.66 |
|
Independent |
S. Sudarsanan |
1,270 |
0.17 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
K. Ramadass |
1,236 |
0.17 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
J. Dhandapani |
1,144 |
0.15 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
K. Manjini |
767 |
0.10 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Kaliayamurthy |
747 |
0.10 |
-0.24 |
|
Independent |
V. Vijaya |
746 |
0.10 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. Bakkiaraj |
610 |
0.08 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
R. Valavan |
497 |
0.07 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
I. Senthil Kumar |
477 |
0.06 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
G. Sutha |
467 |
0.06 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Puvala Nageswara Rao |
465 |
0.06 |
N/A |
|
CPI(ML) Liberation |
G. Palani |
438 |
0.06 |
-0.08 |
|
Samata Party |
Marie Uthrianathan |
366 |
0.05 |
N/A |
|
JD(U) |
S. Chitrakala |
309 |
0.04 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
P. Dhanarasu |
198 |
0.03 |
N/A |
|
NOTA |
None of the above |
22,268 |
3.06 |
N/A |
Margin of victory |
60,854 |
8.22 |
-6.87 |
Turnout |
740,017 |
82.10 |
+2.36 |
|
AINRC gain from INC |
Swing |
|
|
See also
References
- 1 2 "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bill to rename Pondicherry as Puducherry passed". The Hindu. N. Ram. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ "AINRC's Radhakrishnan beats Union minister Narayanasamy, wins Puducherry Lok Sabha seat". The Times of India. The Times Group. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 190. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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