The Union Territories

Having covered Delhi already, this post is intended for 6 Union Territories which have one constituency each. There is no common pattern obviously. The toughest UTs to predict are Chandigarh and Pondicherry, where anything can happen. A brief summary of each Union Territory below.

• Chandigarh - The battle here has been called "Ladies vs Pawan Bansal". Three woman candidates from main parties against Congress's sitting MP Pawan Bansal. Kirron Kher of BJP was chosen over other local biggies and this could have proven detrimental to their chances here, but Satya Pal who was the losing candidate in 2009 has extended his support to Kher now. Gul Panag has been one of the most prominent AAP candidates campaigning for the party and could very well gain the votes of the youth and Sikhs in this region. Add BSP's Jannat Jahan to the picture and the fight is going to be very very close. I predict a close win for Kirron Kher
• Pondicherry - There are 30 candidates in fray for this Union Territory and it has been labelled as a 7-cornered contest between Congress, AINRC, DMK, AIADMK, PMK, CPI and AAP. The main contenders however would be the first 4. BJP has an alliance with AINRC in this constituency, as opposed to PMK/DMDK in Tamil Nadu. DMDK's Vijayakanth has pledged support to PMK. DMK has the support of VCK and IUML, while Congress and ADMK are going alone. AINRC is the UT's ruling party and the chief minister N Rangasamy is popular in the region. Along with the Modi factor, this seat could be a potential NDA win. But it is anybody's game.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Congress has won 9 out of 11 times LS elections have been held for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, but BJP's strength here has increased after 1999, having won 2 out of the last 3 elections. Andaman is home to many Bengal people and their votes are usually the decisive factor.
• Lakshadweep - The Congress has dominated Lakshadweep ever since its first Lok Sabha elections in 1967, except for the 2004 polls when the Janata Dal (United) won. Sitting MP Hamdullah Sayeed, 31 was the youngest MP of the 2009 Lok Sabha. He should be able to retain this seat but it could be a close fight between him and Mohammed Koya of BJP and Mohammed Faizal P.P. of NCP
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli - BJP has the sitting MP and should manage to retain this seat easily, though Congress's Delkar has won this seat 6 times from 1989 to 2004
• Daman and Diu - The Gujarat connection and the success of Modi's rally in this constituency in support of Lalu Patel should ensure BJP's win in this constituency where BJP beat Congress in the last election by a margin of almost 25000 votes, which was more than the votes Congress polled

Constituency-wise predictions below

No	State	Constituency	Predicted Winner	Party	Other Top 2 Candidate	Party
1	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	Bishnu Pada Ray	BJP	Kuldeep Rai Sharma	INC
2	CHANDIGARH	CHANDIGARH	Kirron Kher	BJP	Gul Panag	AAP
3	DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI	DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI	Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel	BJP	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar	INC
4	DAMAN AND DIU	DAMAN AND DIU	Lalubhai Babubhai Patel	BJP	Ketan Dahyabhai Patel	INC
5	LAKSHADWEEP	LAKSHADWEEP	Muhammed Hamdullah Sayeed	INC	Mohammed Faizal.P.P	NCP
6	PUDUCHERRY	PONDICHERRY	R. Radhakrishnan	All India N.R. Congress	V Narayanasamy	INC