Puducherry will go to polls for General Elections 2019 in a single Phase. The single parliamentary constituency is to vote on 18th April 2019. There are 9, 73,161 total electors in the union territory with 4,59,266 male electors, 5,13,799 female electors and 96 in others category as on 26.03.2019. Number of polling stations in the union territory is 970.
The total contesting candidates in the union territory is 18. The candidates form different political parties are given below:
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No. of Parliamentary Constituencies - 1
(Single phase only)
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Contesting Party details:
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Party
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No. of Contesting Candidates
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Agila India Makkal Kazhagam
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1
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All India NR Congress
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1
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Anticorruption Dynamic Party
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1
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Bahujan Samaj Party
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1
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Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
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1
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Indian National Congress
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1
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Makkal Needhi Maiam
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1
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Naam Tamilar Katchi
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1
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Pondicherry development Party
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1
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Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
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1
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Independent
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8
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No. of candidates
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Total (this phase): 18
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Women candidates: 2
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The political parties that won 2014 General elections to Loksabha and their vote share in Puducherry union territory is given below:
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Contested Party Details
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Main Parties
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Seat Won in 2014
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Percentage of Votes polled in 2014
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Bahujan Samaj Party
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0
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0.29%
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Communist Party of India-CPI
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0
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1.77%
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Indian National Congress
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0
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27.16%
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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0
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18.48%
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All India N.R. Congress
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1
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35.64%
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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0
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8.44%
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Pattali Makkal Katchi
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0
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3.17%
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Unrecognised
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0
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0.06%
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Independent
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0
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3.73%
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GG: BN: TS