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Pondicherry #1GEN
Won
P. Shanmugam
INC Indian National CongressMargin
33,312 8.7 pp
votes
over N. Manimaran (DMK)
The contest
Electors5,74,557
Votes polled3,83,306
Turnout66.7%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors2.97 L51.6% of electorate
Female electors2.78 L48.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
938females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Shanmugam | INC | 1,90,562 | 49.70% | |
| 2 | N. Manimaran | DMK | 1,57,250 | 41.00% | |
| 3 | Bavany Maduracayy | PMK | 25,021 | 6.50% | |
| 4 | C. Balamuthuval | LDB | 965 | 0.30% | |
| 5 | P. D. Panneer Salvan | TMM | 943 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | R. Aranganathan | IND | 723 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | M. Kandeeban | IND | 538 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | G. Thiruvengadam | IND | 503 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | M. Manimaran | IND | 440 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Davulury Nageswara Rao | IND | 345 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Kanakmull Jain | IND | 298 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 5,718, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 377,588 · NOTA n/a · published 383,306 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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- 2026-09-12