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.
Candidates
ConstituencyUPAUNPAOthers1Puducherry V. Narayanasamy M. Ramadass K. A. U. Asanaa M. Visweswaran
Full Results Results by Party Source: Election Commission of India
Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− INC 3,00,391 49.41 New 1 1 1 PMK 2,08,619 34.32 15.63 1 0 1 DMDK 52,638 8.66 New 1 0 BJP 13,442 2.21 33.44 1 0 Others 6,845 1.13 6 0 IND 26,013 4.28 2.99 18 0 Total 6,07,948 100% - 28 1 - Detailed Result ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1 PuducherryNarayanasamyINC3,00,39149.41M. RamadassPMK2,08,61934.3291,77215.09
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Puducherry #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1V. NarayanasamyPuducherry(Lok Sabha)MoSParliamentary Affairs28 May200912 July2011Planning19 January2011Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions15 November201026 May2014Prime Minister's Office19 January2011
Assembly Seat wise leads ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes1MannadipetV. Narayanasamy10,585M. Ramadass8,552 2,0332Thirubuvanai (SC)V. Narayanasamy9,957M. Ramadass7,859 2,0983Oussudu (SC)V. Narayanasamy10,668M. Ramadass6,642 4,0264MangalamV. Narayanasamy11,931M. Ramadass8,809 3,1225VillianurV. Narayanasamy12,050M. Ramadass6,597 5,4536OzhukaraiV. Narayanasamy8,694M. Ramadass6,934 1,7607KadirgamamM. Ramadass9,731V. Narayanasamy6,015 3,7168Indira NagarM. Ramadass11,422V. Narayanasamy5,139 6,2839ThattanchavadyM. Ramadass8,141V. Narayanasamy6,972 1,16910Kamaraj NagarV. Narayanasamy7,433M. Ramadass6,365 1,06811LawspetV. Narayanasamy6,976M. Ramadass6,282 69412KalapetV. Narayanasamy8,350M. Ramadass8,124 22613MuthialpetV. Narayanasamy8,942M. Ramadass7,105 1,83714Raj BhavanV. Narayanasamy10,008M. Ramadass5,123 4,88515OupalamM. Ramadass9,591V. Narayanasamy7,678 1,91316OrleanpethV. Narayanasamy9,314M. Ramadass5,081 4,23317NellithopeV. Narayanasamy9,651M. Ramadass7,295 2,35618MudaliarpetM. Ramadass9,072V. Narayanasamy9,061 1119AriankuppamV. Narayanasamy10,310M. Ramadass9,858 45220ManavelyV. Narayanasamy9,997M. Ramadass9,449 54821Embalam (SC)V. Narayanasamy13,593M. Ramadass6,014 7,57922Nettpakkam (SC)V. Narayanasamy14,144M. Ramadass5,618 8,52623BahourV. Narayanasamy10,296M. Ramadass7,728 2,56824Nedungadu (SC)V. Narayanasamy10,832M. Ramadass5,172 5,66025ThirunallarV. Narayanasamy10,437M. Ramadass5,490 4,94726Karaikal NorthV. Narayanasamy8,965M. Ramadass4,318 4,64727Karaikal SouthV. Narayanasamy9,808M. Ramadass1,887 7,92128Neravy T.R. PattinamV. Narayanasamy10,901M. Ramadass4,750 6,15129MaheV. Narayanasamy12,170M. Ramadass5,654 6,51630YanamV. Narayanasamy19,489M. Ramadass3,952 15,537
References
See also Brisk polling in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry