2009 Indian general election in Puducherry

The 2009 Indian general election in Puducherry, occurred for 1 seat in the territory. The seat is part of the Puducherry constituency. The UPA, fielded Narayanswamy, of the Indian National Congress, while the Third Front fielded PMK incumbent candidate M. Ramadass. Due to the high Vanniyar population in Puducherry, many expected that it will be a bitter contest, unlike the previous election, when PMK was part of the UPA. The results reflected the general trend shown in Tamil Nadu, where DMK and its alliance UPA, were able to beat its rival ADMK and its allies which are part of the Third Front. The results here also reflects the poor performance of PMK in this election, losing all 7 seats, it contested in Tamil Nadu, as opposed to winning all of its 6 seats in the last election.

Results of Indian General Elections 2009 Puducherry
INCPMKDMDK
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Indian general election in Puducherry, 2009

13 May 2009 (5A phase)

1 seat
Turnout79.81%
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance UPA TF
Seats won 1 0
Seat change +1 -1
Popular vote 300,391 208,619
Percentage 49.41% 34.32%

Full Results

Source: Election Commission of India [1]

General Election, 2009: Puducherry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narayanswamy 300,391 49.41%
PMK M. Ramadass (incumbent) 208,619 34.32%
DMDK K.A.U Asanaa 52,638 8.66%
BJP M. Visweswaran 13,442 2.21%
Turnout 607,948 79.70%
INC gain from PMK Swing
UPA gain from TF Swing

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

See also

Brisk polling in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

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