Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency

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Pollachi
Lok Sabha constituency
Pollachi lok sabha constituency.png
Pollachi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies Thondamuthur
Kinathukadavu
Pollachi
Valparai
Udumalaipettai
Madathukulam
Established1952
Total electors15,20,276 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party DMK

Pollachi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 21 of 39.

Contents

Assembly segments

From 2009

Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberReserved for (SC/ST/None)Party
119 Thondamuthur Coimbatore S. P. Velumani General ADMK
122 Kinathukadavu S. Damodaran General ADMK
123 Pollachi V. Jayaraman General ADMK
124 Valparai T. K. Amulkandasami SC ADMK
125 Udumalaipettai Tiruppur Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan General ADMK
126 Madathukulam C. Mahendran General ADMK

Before 2009

  1. Kinathukkadavu
  2. Pollachi
  3. Valparai (SC)
  4. Udumalpet
  5. Pongalur (defunct)
  6. Dharapuram (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament

YearWinnerPartyRunner-upParty
1951 G. R. Damodaran Indian National Congress Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev SP
1957 P.R. Ramakrishnan Gurusami Aicker PSP
1962 Chidambaram Subramaniam R. M. Ramasamy SWA
1967 Narayanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SK Paramasivam INC
1971Nallasivam SSP
1971 (by-election) M. Kalingarayar RK Gounder Independent
1977 K.A. Raju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C.T. Dhandapani DMK
1980 C.T. Dhandapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Natarajan M.A.M AIDMK
1984 R. Anna Nambi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Krishnasamy DMK
1989 B. Raja Ravi Varma M. Arumugham CPI
1991 C.T. Dhandapani DMK
1996 V. Kandasamy Tamil Maanila Congress R. Anna Nambi AIADMK
1998 M. Thiyagarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Kovaithangam TMC(M)
1999 C. Krishnan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Thiyagarajan AIADMK
2004G. Murugan AIADMK
2009 K. Sugumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Shamugasundaram DMK
2014 C. Mahendran E. R. Eswaran KMDK
2019 K. Shamugasundaram [3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Mahendran AIADMK

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
47.37%
2019
51.44%
2014
41.72%
2009
39.77%
2004
56.76%
1999
48.63%
1998
55.22%
1996
55.18%
1991
65.65%
1989
67.28%
1984
59.27%
1980
51.41%
1977
64.48%
1971
64.66%
1967
58.56%
1962
56.40%
1957
53.10%
1951
44.40%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Eswarasamy 533,377 47.37 Decrease2.svg4.07
AIADMK A. Karthikeyan281,33524.98Decrease2.svg10.14
BJP K. Vasantharajan223,35419.84Increase2.svg17.65
NTK Suresh Kumar58,1965.17Increase2.svg2.25
NOTA None of the above14,5031.29Decrease2.svg0.11
Margin of victory252,04222.38Increase2.svg6.06
Turnout 1,126,045
Registered electors
DMK hold Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Shamugasundaram 554,230 51.44 26.25
AIADMK C. Mahendran 3,78,34735.12−6.60
MNM R. Mookambika59,6935.54
NTK U. Sanuja31,4832.92
Independent S. Muthukumar26,6632.47
NOTA None of the above15,1101.400.11
Margin of victory1,75,88316.322.22
Turnout 10,77,42071.15−1.51
Registered electors 15,20,50410.06
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 9.72

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK C. Mahendran 417,092 41.72 1.95
KMDK E. R. Eswaran 2,76,11827.6225.43
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 2,51,82925.19−8.60
INC Selvaraj30,0143.00
NOTA None of the above12,9471.30
Independent M. Mary Stella4,9420.49
Margin of victory1,40,97414.108.12
Turnout 9,99,72073.31−3.22
Registered electors 13,81,50535.73
AIADMK hold Swing 1.95

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK K. Sugumar 305,935 39.77 1.81
DMK K. Shamugasundaram 2,59,91033.79
KNMK Best S. Ramasamy1,03,00413.39
DMDK K. P. Thangavel38,8245.05
BJP V. S. Baba Ramesh16,8152.19
MNMK E. Ummar13,9331.81
Independent P. Sukumar5,6600.74
Margin of victory46,0255.98−12.82
Turnout 7,69,30375.8013.71
Registered electors 10,17,811−2.07
AIADMK gain from MDMK Swing -17.00

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MDMK C. Krishnan 364,988 56.76 8.14
AIADMK G. Murugan2,44,06737.96−9.09
Independent R. Rajkumar13,0392.03
Independent K. M. Ganesan6,5031.01
Independent A. Krishnan5,4520.85
BSP N. Muthukumar5,2940.82
Independent K. Devaraj3,6560.57
Margin of victory1,20,92118.8117.23
Turnout 6,42,99961.884.78
Registered electors 10,39,279−3.25
MDMK hold Swing 8.14

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MDMK C. Krishnan 293,038 48.63
AIADMK M. Thiyagarajan2,83,52347.0513.05
JD(S) K. N. Rajan9,9141.65
PT M. Jothiraj9,2801.54
Independent P. Ganesan6,8861.14
Margin of victory9,5151.58−15.63
Turnout 6,02,64157.09−14.80
Registered electors 10,74,2304.70
MDMK gain from AIADMK Swing -6.55

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK M. Thiyagarajan 306,083 55.22
TMC(M) N. Kovaithangam 2,10,68238.01
INC R. Eswaravelu31,9675.77
PT M. Jothiraj4,9260.89
Margin of victory95,40117.21−3.97
Turnout 5,54,27556.42−15.47
Registered electors 10,26,0565.92
AIADMK gain from TMC(M) Swing 0.04

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TMC(M) V. Kandasamy 361,743 55.18
AIADMK R. Anna Nambi2,22,85233.99−31.65
JD K. N. Rajan49,0327.48
BJP E. K. Elangandhi15,1232.31
Margin of victory1,38,89121.19−11.46
Turnout 6,55,56771.894.43
Registered electors 9,68,7390.53
TMC(M) gain from AIADMK Swing -10.47

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK B. Raja Ravi Varma 414,810 65.65 −1.63
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 2,08,54033.00
PMK G. Selvaraj5,2370.83
Margin of victory2,06,27032.64−3.66
Turnout 6,31,86467.460.42
Registered electors 9,63,590−0.28
AIADMK hold Swing -1.63

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK B. Raja Ravi Varma 428,704 67.28 8.01
CPI M. Aurmugham1,97,39530.98
THMM C. Sankar5,8000.91
PMK T. Subramaniam3,5320.55
Margin of victory2,31,30936.3017.76
Turnout 6,37,21067.04−7.33
Registered electors 9,66,25625.74
AIADMK hold Swing 8.01

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK R. Anna Nambi 324,200 59.27 11.33
DMK K. Krishnaswamy2,22,77040.73−10.68
Margin of victory1,01,43018.5415.08
Turnout 5,46,97074.378.60
Registered electors 7,68,4358.88
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 7.86

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 233,261 51.41 17.80
AIADMK M. A. M. Natarajan2,17,52647.94−16.54
Independent K. Nagarajan2,9340.65
Margin of victory15,7353.47−27.41
Turnout 4,53,72165.774.06
Registered electors 7,05,7935.27
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.07

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK K. A. Raju 259,388 64.48
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 1,35,19433.61−31.05
Independent V. Murugan7,6641.91
Margin of victory1,24,19430.880.41
Turnout 4,02,24661.71−9.69
Registered electors 6,70,44510.97
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -0.17

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Narayanan 267,811 64.66 6.09
SSP K. R. Nallasivam1,41,60534.19
Independent K. N. Lingasami Gounder4,7991.16
Margin of victory1,26,20630.4710.27
Turnout 4,14,21571.40−5.30
Registered electors 6,04,1919.95
DMK hold Swing 6.09

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Narayanan 237,035 58.56
INC S. K. Paramasivam1,55,28138.36−18.03
Independent N. L. Gounder12,4373.07
Margin of victory81,75420.20−11.78
Turnout 4,04,75376.703.99
Registered electors 5,49,50022.45
DMK gain from INC Swing 2.17

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Chidambaram Subramaniam 176,512 56.40 3.29
SWA R. M. Ramasami76,41524.41
Independent Thangavel Gounder46,92214.99
Independent Ramanujam13,1424.20
Margin of victory1,00,09731.9825.77
Turnout 3,12,99172.7113.14
Registered electors 4,48,7441.42
INC hold Swing 3.29

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. R. Ramakrishnan 139,984 53.10 8.70
PSP Gurusami Aicker1,23,61846.90
Margin of victory16,3666.21−15.97
Turnout 2,63,60259.582.46
Registered electors 4,42,46720.13
INC hold Swing 8.70

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Pollachi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC G. R. Damodaran 93,405 44.40 44.40
SP Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev46,74422.22
CPI Ramaswami44,38321.10
Independent Paranjothi Ganpathi Swami20,6999.84
Independent Ramalinga Chetty5,1282.44
Margin of victory46,66122.18
Turnout 2,10,35957.11
Registered electors 3,68,3100.00
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. "GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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