Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency

Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India[1] which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into Virudhunagar constituency after delimitation in 2008.

Sivakasi
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Established1967
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

Assembly segments edit

Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
  2. Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
  3. Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
  4. Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
  5. Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
  6. Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency)

Members of the Parliament edit

YearWinnerPartyRunner-upParty
1967P. RamamoorthySWAP. A. NadarINC
1971V. JeyalakshmiINCR. GopalakrishnanSWA
1977V. JeyalakshmiINCG. RamanujuamNCO
1980N. SoundararajanAIADMKV. JayalakshmiINC(I)
1984N. SoundararajanAIADMKA. SrinivasanCPI
1989K. KalimuthuAIADMKV. GopalsamyDMK
1991R. Kanga Govindarajulu[3]AIADMKA. SrinivasanCPI
1996V. AlagirisamyCPISanjay RamasamyAIADMK
1998Vaiko[4]MDMKV. AlagirisamyCPI
1999Vaiko[5]MDMKV. RamaswamiAIADMK
2004A. Ravichandran[6]MDMKP. KannanAIADMK

Election results edit

Vote share of Winning candidates
2004
56.44%
1999
41.2%
1998
49.6%
1996
29.5%
1991
53.4%
1989
57.5%
1984
51.6%
1980
45.3%
1977
53.3%
1971
56.7%
1967
45.8%

2004 edit

2004 Indian general elections: Sivakasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MDMKA. Ravichandran 469,072 56.44 +15.23
AIADMKKannan. P304,55536.64+4.89
JD(U)Dheepa Valentina27,1303.26n/a
IndependentVenkatesan. K10,1561.22n/a
Majority164,51719.79+10.34
Turnout831,16763.27+0.41
MDMK holdSwing+15.23

General Election 1999 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
MDMKVaiko325,82941.2%
AIADMKV.Ramasamy251,04831.7%
TMC(M)A.Gunasekharan152,81719.3%
INDR.Thamaraikani36,9774.7%
INDA.Somasundaram4,6600.6%
AIFBA.C.Cheenasamy thevar4,3300.5%
INDV.Seenivasagan9440.1%
INDK.Subbukalai6690.1%
INDPID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan5000.1%
INDP.Sahadevan4540.1%
INDI.Ramasamy3780.0%
INDV.Kannan2340.0%
INDK.Ganesan2240.0%
INDN.Gunasekharan1630.0%
INDM.Manmathan1540.0%
INDK.Muthupandian830.0%
Majority74,7819.5%
Turnout790,75162.9%
MDMK Hold

General Election 1998 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
MDMKVaiko387,69449.6%
CPIV.Alagirisamy252,77132.3%
PTS.Sathiyamoorthy106,72613.7%
INCK.Rajendran9,7451.2%
INDK.Mariappan1,9220.2%
INDC.Ponnusamy1,7560.2%
INDM.Manmathan1,0210.1%
INDThiyagarajan alias Yogakannan7930.1%
INDM.Gurusamy6390.1%
RJDA.Rajasekhar6270.1%
INDS.V.Rengyananam5830.1%
INDV.Kannan3690.0%
INDR.P.Ramasamy2710.0%
Majority134,92317.3%
Turnout781,75765.0%
MDMK gain from CPI

General Election 1996 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
CPIV.Alagirisamy238,48329.5%
AIADMKSanjay Ramasamy214,86126.6%
MDMKVaiko204,33925.3%
INDS.Sathiyamoorthy39,4274.9%
BJPS.Mohan Rajalu18,9412.3%
INDR.Boosaperumal8,9471.1%
PMKP.Lakshmanan6,2550.8%
Majority23,6222.9%
Turnout808,46069.3%
CPI gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMKR.Govidarajalu365,15553.4%
CPIA.Srinivasan202,06529.6%
INDR.Thamaraikani50,2587.4%
INDK.Muthu pillai18,2172.7%
PMKK.Ponnaiah11,2081.6%
Jharkhand partyE.Chandran3,3230.5%
INDS.Ramachandran1,3720.2%
INDM.P.Jeyapal1,3400.2%
INDM.Manmathan1,2710.2%
Tharasu makkal mandramI.Kannan1,1460.2%
Majority163,09023.9%
Turnout683,29363.5%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMKK.Kalimuthu450,37657.5%
DMKVaiko313,30840.0%
PMKJ.S.Balaiah1,9180.2%
JPE.Chandran1,3460.2%
INDS.Pannerselvam9200.1%
INDS.Kanagavel6510.1%
INDM.Manmathan5940.1%
Tharasu makkal mandramP.Pasupon5800.1%
INDC.Pandi5220.1%
INDD.Periyasamy4330.1%
Majority137,06817.5%
Turnout783,25272.3%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMKN.Soundararajan323,78651.6%
CPIA.Sreenivasan257,30841.0%
INDK.Kaliappan12,4982.0%
INDK.Ramar4,9210.8%
INC(J)P.Subba Reddyiar4,5210.7%
Majority66,47810.6%
Turnout627,31574.9%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1980 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMKN.Soundararajan234,65445.3%
INCV.Jayalakshmi228,04244.1%
INDR.M.Sreeram21,1574.1%
INDS.P.Raju12,4222.4%
INDG.A.Appan2,4550.5%
INDS.P.Shenbagamoorthy2,4020.5%
INC(U)R.Sooriyanarayanan1,8560.4%
Majority6,6121.3%
Turnout517,47568.4%
AIADMK gain from INC

General Election 1977 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
INCV.Jayalakshmi271,56853.3%
NCOG.Ramanujan156,72030.8%
INDS.P.Raju41,7078.2%
INDP.Muthu Ramanuja devar10,5512.1%
INDA.K.Kandasamy Pandian6,4571.3%
INDK.Kaliappanadar4,7130.9%
INDR.Subba Reddiar3,4590.7%
INDP.Selvaraj2,8400.6%
Majority114,84822.5%
Turnout509,44570.5%
INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
DMKV.Jayalakshmi235,49156.7%
SWAR.Gopalakrishnan149,82936.0%
INDS.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar5,2331.3%
INDP.S.Reddy4,1261.0%
Majority85,66220.6%
Turnout394,67968.8%
DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967 edit

PartyCandidateVotes%
SWAP.Ramamoorthy194,36445.8%
INCP.A.Nadar162,69238.4%
CPIS.Alagarsamy55,75313.2%
Majority31,6727.5%
Turnout412,80978.6%
SWA Win (New Seat)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
  3. ^ "General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. ^ "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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