ELECTIONS TO THE PONDICHERRY PARLIAMENTARY 
CONSTITUENCY OVER THE YEARS

Date of Poll No. of Electors No. of Voters Polling Percentage Name of Contesting Candidates Party Affiliation Votes Polled % of Votes Secured Candidate Elected
Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
04.10.1963 100618  104466  205084  77025  77119  154144 76.55  73.82  75.16  Ku. Sivappraghassan Congress 92477 61.53 Ku. Sivappraghassan (Congress)
Saraswathy People's Front 56817 37.80
Ramalingam IND 1010 0.67

TOTAL

 150304 100.00
20.02.1967 106654  110035  216689  81073  81120  162193  76.01  73.72  74.85  N. Sethuraman Congress 63286 39.83 N. Sethuraman (Congress)
S. Sadagopan IND 52861 33.27
Kailasa Subbiah People's Front 42725 26.89

TOTAL

 158872 100.00
04.03.1971 122922  123867  246789  88418  84574  172992  71.93  68.28  70.10  S. Mohan Kumaran Mangalam INC 112714 66.27 S. Mohan Kumaran Mangalam (INC)
A. Balasubramanian IND 6745 3.97
N. Sethuraman INC (O) 47550 27.96
D. Krishnasamy IND 3079 1.81

TOTAL

 170088 100.00
24.02.1974 132509 131594 264103  113735  111600  225335  85.83  84.81  85.32  Aravinda Bala Pajanoor ADMK 86362 39.63 Aravinda Bala Pajanoor (ADMK)
Sivapragasam. S INC 74244 34.07
Rajaram, N. DMK 47250 21.68
Somasundaram, R. IND 3620 1.66
Rangasamy, G. IND 3219 1.48
Dadala Ramanaya IND 2416 1.11
Elango, A. IND 794 0.36
TOTAL 217905 100.00
16.03.1977 150886  147306  298192  112189  107267  219456  74.35  72.82  73.60  Aravinda Bala Pajanoor AIADMK 115302 53.32 Aravinda Bala Pajanoor (AIADMK)
Ansari Duraisamy INC (Orgn.) 96101 44.44
Gajendra Baskara IND 920 0.43
Ramu @ Subramanian, N IND 3921 1.81
TOTAL 216244 100
03.01.1980 162044  157193  319237  129805  126734  256539 80.10  80.62  80.36  P. Shanmugam INC(I) 164589 66.45 P. Shanmugam (INC(I))
M.R. Lakshminarayanan Janata 66025 26.66
Dr. P. Devaraj Janata (S) 17067 6.89
TOTAL 247681 100.00
24.12.1984 194502  186864  381366  140694  134960  275654 72.34  72.22  72.28 P. Shanmugam INC 159376 58.86 P. Shanmugam (INC)
C.P. Thirunavukkarasu DMK 97672 36.07
S. Ramassamy IND 6190 2.29
A.L.N. Kumarassamy IND 1925 0.71
S. Sukumaran ICS 1794 0.66
N. Ramu IND 1261 0.47
P. Rajasekaran IND 873 0.32
N. Gajendra Baskara IND 664 0.25
V.T.R. Veerappa Gounder IND 604 0.22
Angappan @ Rousseau Angappan IND 422 0.16
TOTAL 270781 100.00
24.11.1989  296538  278019  574557  198823  184483  383306  67.05  66.36 66.71 P. Shanmugam INC 190562 50.47 P. Shanmugam (INC)
Na. Manimaran DMK 157250 41.65
Bavani Maduracavi PMK 25021 6.63
C. Balamuthuvel Lokdal (B) 965 0.26
P.D. Panneerselvam Tharassu MM 943 0.25
R. Aranganathan IND 723 0.19
M. Kandeepan IND 538 0.14
G. Thiruvengadam IND 503 0.13
M. Manimaran IND 440 0.12
Davlury Nageswara Rao IND 345 0.09
Kanakmull Jain IND 298 0.08
TOTAL 377588 100.00
15.06.1991 306620  286685  593305  206402  195339  401741  67.32  68.14  67.71 M.O.H. Farook INC 207922 53.07 M.O.H. Farook (INC)
P.K. Loganathan DMK 140313 35.81
Bavani Maduracavi PMK 13375 3.41
G.R. Ramasamy BJP 7728 1.97
A.V. Ramakrishnan IND 5223 1.33
K. Chandra-sekharan JP 3802 0.97
M. Arumai Selvam IND 3499 0.89
D. Joseph Raj TMM 3421 0.87
Awadh Kishore Bhaiya Doordarshi 2323 0.59
S. Ramassamy PMMM 2259 0.58
P.K. Nagappan IND 944 0.24
G. Thiruvengadam KPUS 548 0.14
Dr. Amman Khan NSP 426 0.11
TOTAL 391783 100.00
27.04.1996 320502  313133  633635  239146  238291  477437 74.62  76.10  75.35  M.O.H. Farook INC 183986 39.97 M.O.H. Farook (INC)

 
S. Arumugham DMK 183702 39.91
Dr. S. Thiyagarajan BJP 20351 4.42
Bhavani Maduracavi PMK 19792 4.30
R. Balasubramanian MDMK 13397 2.91
K. Manivannan IND 8801 1.91
Dr. M.P. Mathimaharaja IND 7425 1.61
S.K.C. Guedjendirane BSO 4005 0.87
D. Deenadayalan IN(S) 3819 0.83
G. Thiruvengadam IND 1922 0.42
C.R. Tirougnana sambandam IND 1866 0.41
L. Vengataraman JP 1823 0.40
Eswara Rao Geddam IND 1795 0.39
S. Dayalane IND 1513 0.33
T. Sivasubramanian @ Ravi IND 1394 0.30
T. Saravanan IND 1392 0.30
G. Elumalai IND 806 0.18
V. Nadarajan IND 794 0.17
S. Kamraj IND 791 0.17
Dr. Padmarajan IND 497 0.11
P. Vijayakumar IND 451 0.10
TOTAL 460322 100.00
22.02.1998 337186  328300  665486  210576  207193  417769  62.45 63.11  62.78  S. Arumugham DMK 168122 41.11 S. Arumugham (DMK)
P. Shanmugam INC 131348 32.12
Lucky R. Perumal @ Kaliaperumal ADMK 102622 25.10
S.K.C. Guedjendirane BSP 2589 0.63
T. Sanjeevi RJD 1397 0.34
D. Deenadhayalan ICS 1222 0.30
Balasami AJBP 736 0.18
R. Sadhasivam IND 709 0.17
G. Sarangam IND 173 0.04
TOTAL 408918 100.00
05.09.1999 356313 345677  701990  225936 218238 444174 63.41  63.13  63.27 M.O.H. Farook INC 165108 37.17 M.O.H. Farook (INC)
M. Ramadass PMK 140920 31.73
P. Kannan TMC(M) 111737 25.16
Kalivaradhan IND 9452 2.13
A. Ramalingam IND 5562 1.25
Adv. T. Ashok Kumar IND 5179 1.17
Dr. K. Padmarajan IND 2700 0.61
S. Paramasivam IND 2155 0.49
Surendra Kumar Gupta IND 1349 0.30
TOTAL 444162 100.00
10.05.2004 310658 326009 636667 240114 244202 484316 77.29 74.90 76.07 Ramadass. M PMK 241653 49.95% Ramadass. M (PMK) 
Thanga Kalaimaran BSP 2665 0.55%
Lalitha Kumaramangalam BJP 172472 35.65%
G. Sundaramoorthy RLD 1328 0.27%
K. Nambiyar JD(U) 27546 5.69%
S. Balasubramanian CPI(ML)(L) 1359 0.28%
S. Ponnurangam JP 1601 0.33%
P. Anburaj IND 1684 0.35%
S. Elangovan IND 673 0.14%
G. Krishnaraj IND 556 0.11%
E. Kuppan IND 906 0.19%
N. Sabith IND 1158 0.24%
N. Senthilmurugan IND 977 0.20%
S. Syad Faruk IND 3172 0.66%
Thanga Devadas IND 4085 0.84%
Z.M. Taher IND 5175 1.07%
P.R.N. Thirumurugan IND 10930 2.26%
R. Natarajan IND 520 0.11%
M. Rangadas IND 2891 0.60%
J. Ramadass IND 894 0.18%
V. Ramamurthy IND 1571 0.32%
TOTAL 483816 100%