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 and changed its name to Puducherry in 2006. This constituency first held elections in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Thirumudi N. Sethuraman of the Indian National Congress.
History of the constituency 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. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Indian National Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam defeated All India N.R. Congress candidate Dr. Narayanasamy Kesavan by a record margin of 1,97,025 votes, this margin is the highest in the electoral history of Puducherry Parliamentary Constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections Indian National Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate A. Namassivayam by 1,36,516 votes, a reduced margin. Indian National Congress is the most successful party in this constituency by winning 10 out of 14 elections, in the other 4 elections, 2 times in 1977 and 2004 Indian National Congress party's alliance partners All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won respectively. 1 time in 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance partner All India N.R. Congress won.
Prior to independence, the colony sent a member to the French National Assembly.
Assembly segments The constituency presently comprises all the thirty segments of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. ConstituencynumberNameMLAPartyParty Leading (in 2024) Puducherry District 1 MannadipetA. Namassivayam 2 ThirubuvanaiA. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar 3 OssuduP. Karthikeyan4 MangalamN. Rangaswamy 5 VillianurB. Ravicoumar 6 OzhukaraiK. Narayanasamy 7 KadirkamamAzhagu 8 Indira NagarA. K. D. Arumugam9 ThattanchavadyVacant10 Kamaraj NagarJose Charles MartinLJK 11 LawspetV. P. Sivakolundhu12 KalapetSenthil 13 MuthialpetVaiyapuri Manikandan 14 Raj BhavanVignesh Kannan 15 OupalamA. Anbalagan 16 OrleampethG. Nehru KuppusamyNMK 17 NellithopeV. Cartigueyane 18 MudaliarpetA. Johnkumar 19 AriankuppamC. Aiyappan 20 ManavelyB. Ramu 21 EmbalamE. Mohandoss 22 NettapakkamP. Rajavelu 23 BahourR Senthilkumar Karaikal District 24 NedungaduV. Vigneswaran 25 ThirunallarG. N. S. Rajasekaran 26 Karaikal NorthP. R. N. Thirumurugan 27 Karaikal SouthA. M. H. Nazeem 28 Neravy T R PattinamT. K. S. M. Meenatchisundaram Mahe District 29 MaheAdv. T. Ashok Kumar Yanam District 30 YanamMalladi Krishna Rao
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1967 Thirumudi N. Sethuraman 1971 Mohan Kumaramangalam 1977 Aravinda Bala Pajanor 1980P. Shanmugam 1984 1989 1991 M. O. H. Farook 1996 1998 S. Arumugham 1999 M. O. H. Farook 2004 M. Ramadass 2009 V. Narayanasamy 2014 R. Radhakrishnan All India N.R. Congress 2019V. Vaithilingam 2024
Election results
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See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha Puducherry Legislative Assembly List of chief ministers of Puducherry List of Rajya Sabha members from Puducherry
References Puducherry Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results Website