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Pondicherry #1GEN
Won
P.Shammugam
INC Indian National CongressMargin
61,704 22.4 pp
votes
over C.P.Thirunavukkarasu (DMK)
The contest
Electors3,81,366
Votes polled2,75,654
Turnout72.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors1.95 L51.0% of electorate
Female electors1.87 L49.0% of electorate
Sex ratio
961females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.Shammugam | INC | 1,59,376 | 57.80% | |
| 2 | C.P.Thirunavukkarasu | DMK | 97,672 | 35.40% | |
| 3 | S.Ramassamy | IND | 6,190 | 2.20% | |
| 4 | A.L.N.Kumarassamy | IND | 1,925 | 0.70% | |
| 5 | S.Sukumaran | ICS | 1,794 | 0.70% | |
| 6 | N.Ramu | IND | 1,261 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | P.Rajasegaran | IND | 873 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | N.Gajendra Baskara | IND | 664 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | V.T.R. Veerappa Gounder | IND | 604 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | Angappan Alias Rousseau Angappan | IND | 422 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 4,873, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 270,781 · NOTA n/a · published 275,654 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1984
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12