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Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu, India


Summary

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu, India

FieldValue
nameSivakasi
typeLS
stateTamil Nadu
established1967
abolished2008
latest_election_year2004
reservationNone

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

Assembly segments

Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:{{cite web |url-status = dead

  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 Parliament

YearNameParty
1967P. Ramamoorthy
1971V. Jeyalakshmi
1977
1980N. Soundararajan
1984
1989K. Kalimuthu
1991R. Kanga Govindarajulu
1996V. Alagirisamy
1998Vaiko
1999
2004A. Ravichandran

Election results

2004

General Election 1999

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"MDMKVaiko325,82941.2%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMKV.Ramasamy251,04831.7%
Tamil Maanila Congress}}"TMC(M)A.Gunasekharan152,81719.3%
Independent}}"INDR.Thamaraikani36,9774.7%
Independent}}"INDA.Somasundaram4,6600.6%
All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFBA.C.Cheenasamy thevar4,3300.5%
Independent}}"INDV.Seenivasagan9440.1%
Independent}}"INDK.Subbukalai6690.1%
Independent}}"INDPID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan5000.1%
Independent}}"INDP.Sahadevan4540.1%
Independent}}"INDI.Ramasamy3780.0%
Independent}}"INDV.Kannan2340.0%
Independent}}"INDK.Ganesan2240.0%
Independent}}"INDN.Gunasekharan1630.0%
Independent}}"INDM.Manmathan1540.0%
Independent}}"INDK.Muthupandian830.0%
74,7819.5%
790,75162.9%
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"MDMK Hold

General Election 1998

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"MDMKVaiko387,69449.6%
Communist Party of India}}"CPIV.Alagirisamy252,77132.3%
Puthiya Tamilagam}}"PTS.Sathiyamoorthy106,72613.7%
Indian National Congress}}"INCK.Rajendran9,7451.2%
Independent}}"INDK.Mariappan1,9220.2%
Independent}}"INDC.Ponnusamy1,7560.2%
Independent}}"INDM.Manmathan1,0210.1%
Independent}}"INDThiyagarajan alias Yogakannan7930.1%
Independent}}"INDM.Gurusamy6390.1%
Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJDA.Rajasekhar6270.1%
Independent}}"INDS.V.Rengyananam5830.1%
Independent}}"INDV.Kannan3690.0%
Independent}}"INDR.P.Ramasamy2710.0%
134,92317.3%
781,75765.0%
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"MDMK gain from CPI

General Election 1996

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
Communist Party of India}}"CPIV.Alagirisamy238,48329.5%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMKSanjay Ramasamy214,86126.6%
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"MDMKVaiko204,33925.3%
Independent}}"INDS.Sathiyamoorthy39,4274.9%
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"BJPS.Mohan Rajalu18,9412.3%
Independent}}"INDR.Boosaperumal8,9471.1%
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"PMKP.Lakshmanan6,2550.8%
23,6222.9%
808,46069.3%
Communist Party of India}}"CPI gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMKR.Govidarajalu365,15553.4%
Communist Party of India}}"CPIA.Srinivasan202,06529.6%
Independent}}"INDR.Thamaraikani50,2587.4%
Independent}}"INDK.Muthu pillai18,2172.7%
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"PMKK.Ponnaiah11,2081.6%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"Jharkhand partyE.Chandran3,3230.5%
Independent}}"INDS.Ramachandran1,3720.2%
Independent}}"INDM.P.Jeyapal1,3400.2%
Independent}}"INDM.Manmathan1,2710.2%
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}"Tharasu makkal mandramI.Kannan1,1460.2%
163,09023.9%
683,29363.5%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMKK.Kalimuthu450,37657.5%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"DMKVaiko313,30840.0%
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"PMKJ.S.Balaiah1,9180.2%
Janata Party}}"JPE.Chandran1,3460.2%
Independent}}"INDS.Pannerselvam9200.1%
Independent}}"INDS.Kanagavel6510.1%
Independent}}"INDM.Manmathan5940.1%
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}"Tharasu makkal mandramP.Pasupon5800.1%
Independent}}"INDC.Pandi5220.1%
Independent}}"INDD.Periyasamy4330.1%
137,06817.5%
783,25272.3%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMKN.Soundararajan323,78651.6%
Communist Party of India}}"CPIA.Sreenivasan257,30841.0%
Independent}}"INDK.Kaliappan12,4982.0%
Independent}}"INDK.Ramar4,9210.8%
Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"INC(J)P.Subba Reddyiar4,5210.7%
66,47810.6%
627,31574.9%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMK Hold

General Election 1980

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMKN.Soundararajan234,65445.3%
Indian National Congress}}"INCV.Jayalakshmi228,04244.1%
Independent}}"INDR.M.Sreeram21,1574.1%
Independent}}"INDS.P.Raju12,4222.4%
Independent}}"INDG.A.Appan2,4550.5%
Independent}}"INDS.P.Shenbagamoorthy2,4020.5%
Samajwadi Party}}"INC(U)R.Sooriyanarayanan1,8560.4%
6,6121.3%
517,47568.4%
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMK gain from INC

General Election 1977

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
Indian National Congress}}"INCV.Jayalakshmi271,56853.3%
Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"NCOG.Ramanujan156,72030.8%
Independent}}"INDS.P.Raju41,7078.2%
Independent}}"INDP.Muthu Ramanuja devar10,5512.1%
Independent}}"INDA.K.Kandasamy Pandian6,4571.3%
Independent}}"INDK.Kaliappanadar4,7130.9%
Independent}}"INDR.Subba Reddiar3,4590.7%
Independent}}"INDP.Selvaraj2,8400.6%
114,84822.5%
509,44570.5%
Indian National Congress}}"INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"DMKV.Jayalakshmi235,49156.7%
Swatantra Party}}"SWAR.Gopalakrishnan149,82936.0%
Independent}}"INDS.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar5,2331.3%
Independent}}"INDP.S.Reddy4,1261.0%
85,66220.6%
394,67968.8%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967

PartyCandidateVotes%MajorityTurnout
Swatantra Party}}"SWAP.Ramamoorthy194,36445.8%
Indian National Congress}}"INCP.A.Nadar162,69238.4%
Communist Party of India}}"CPIS.Alagarsamy55,75313.2%
31,6727.5%
412,80978.6%
Swatantra Party}}"SWA Win (New Seat)

References

References

  1. (1 December 1976). "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". [[Election Commission of India]].
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