Indian general election, 2009 (Puducherry)

Indian general election in Puducherry, 2009

May 13, 2009 (5A Phase)
1 seat
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%

The Indian general election, 2009 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

INC	PMK	DMDK
1	0	0

Full Results

Source: Election Commission of India

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

See also

Brisk polling in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry