Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency

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Sivakasi
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
Established1967
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

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.

Contents

Assembly segments

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

YearWinnerPartyRunner-upParty
1967 P. Ramamoorthy SWA P. A. Nadar INC
1971 V. Jeyalakshmi INC R. Gopalakrishnan SWA
1977 V. Jeyalakshmi INC G. Ramanujuam NCO
1980 N. Soundararajan AIADMK V. Jayalakshmi INC(I)
1984 N. Soundararajan AIADMK A. Srinivasan CPI
1989 K. Kalimuthu AIADMK V. Gopalsamy DMK
1991 R. Kanga Govindarajulu [3] AIADMK A. Srinivasan CPI
1996 V. Alagirisamy CPI Sanjay Ramasamy AIADMK
1998 Vaiko [4] MDMK V. Alagirisamy CPI
1999 Vaiko [5] MDMK V. Ramaswami AIADMK
2004 A. Ravichandran [6] MDMK P. Kannan AIADMK

Election results

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

2004 Indian general elections: Sivakasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MDMK A. Ravichandran 469,072 56.44 +15.23
AIADMK Kannan. P304,55536.64+4.89
JD(U) Dheepa Valentina 27,1303.26n/a
Independent Venkatesan. K10,1561.22n/a
Majority164,51719.79+10.34
Turnout 831,16763.27+0.41
MDMK hold Swing +15.23

General Election 1999

PartyCandidateVotes%
MDMK Vaiko 325,82941.2%
AIADMK V.Ramasamy251,04831.7%
TMC(M) A.Gunasekharan152,81719.3%
IND R.Thamaraikani 36,9774.7%
IND A.Somasundaram4,6600.6%
AIFB A.C.Cheenasamy thevar4,3300.5%
IND V.Seenivasagan9440.1%
IND K.Subbukalai6690.1%
IND PID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan5000.1%
IND P.Sahadevan4540.1%
IND I.Ramasamy3780.0%
IND V.Kannan2340.0%
IND K.Ganesan2240.0%
IND N.Gunasekharan1630.0%
IND M.Manmathan1540.0%
IND K.Muthupandian830.0%
Majority74,7819.5%
Turnout 790,75162.9%
MDMK Hold

General Election 1998

PartyCandidateVotes%
MDMK Vaiko 387,69449.6%
CPI V.Alagirisamy 252,77132.3%
PT S.Sathiyamoorthy106,72613.7%
INC K.Rajendran9,7451.2%
IND K.Mariappan1,9220.2%
IND C.Ponnusamy1,7560.2%
IND M.Manmathan1,0210.1%
IND Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan7930.1%
IND M.Gurusamy6390.1%
RJD A.Rajasekhar6270.1%
IND S.V.Rengyananam5830.1%
IND V.Kannan3690.0%
IND R.P.Ramasamy2710.0%
Majority134,92317.3%
Turnout 781,75765.0%
MDMK gain from CPI

General Election 1996

PartyCandidateVotes%
CPI V.Alagirisamy 238,48329.5%
AIADMK Sanjay Ramasamy214,86126.6%
MDMK Vaiko 204,33925.3%
IND S.Sathiyamoorthy39,4274.9%
BJP S.Mohan Rajalu18,9412.3%
IND R.Boosaperumal8,9471.1%
PMK P.Lakshmanan6,2550.8%
Majority23,6222.9%
Turnout 808,46069.3%
CPI gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMK R.Govidarajalu365,15553.4%
CPI A.Srinivasan202,06529.6%
IND R.Thamaraikani50,2587.4%
IND K.Muthu pillai18,2172.7%
PMK K.Ponnaiah11,2081.6%
Jharkhand party E.Chandran3,3230.5%
IND S.Ramachandran1,3720.2%
IND M.P.Jeyapal1,3400.2%
IND M.Manmathan1,2710.2%
Tharasu makkal mandram I.Kannan1,1460.2%
Majority163,09023.9%
Turnout 683,29363.5%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMK K.Kalimuthu 450,37657.5%
DMK Vaiko 313,30840.0%
PMK J.S.Balaiah1,9180.2%
JP E.Chandran1,3460.2%
IND S.Pannerselvam9200.1%
IND S.Kanagavel6510.1%
IND M.Manmathan5940.1%
Tharasu makkal mandram P.Pasupon5800.1%
IND C.Pandi5220.1%
IND D.Periyasamy4330.1%
Majority137,06817.5%
Turnout 783,25272.3%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMK N.Soundararajan 323,78651.6%
CPI A.Sreenivasan257,30841.0%
IND K.Kaliappan12,4982.0%
IND K.Ramar4,9210.8%
INC(J) P.Subba Reddyiar4,5210.7%
Majority66,47810.6%
Turnout 627,31574.9%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1980

PartyCandidateVotes%
AIADMK N.Soundararajan 234,65445.3%
INC V.Jayalakshmi228,04244.1%
IND R.M.Sreeram21,1574.1%
IND S.P.Raju12,4222.4%
IND G.A.Appan2,4550.5%
IND S.P.Shenbagamoorthy2,4020.5%
INC(U) R.Sooriyanarayanan1,8560.4%
Majority6,6121.3%
Turnout 517,47568.4%
AIADMK gain from INC

General Election 1977

PartyCandidateVotes%
INC V.Jayalakshmi271,56853.3%
NCO G.Ramanujan156,72030.8%
IND S.P.Raju41,7078.2%
IND P.Muthu Ramanuja devar10,5512.1%
IND A.K.Kandasamy Pandian6,4571.3%
IND K.Kaliappanadar4,7130.9%
IND R.Subba Reddiar3,4590.7%
IND P.Selvaraj2,8400.6%
Majority114,84822.5%
Turnout 509,44570.5%
INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971

PartyCandidateVotes%
DMK V.Jayalakshmi235,49156.7%
SWA R.Gopalakrishnan149,82936.0%
IND S.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar5,2331.3%
IND P.S.Reddy4,1261.0%
Majority85,66220.6%
Turnout 394,67968.8%
DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967

PartyCandidateVotes%
SWA P.Ramamoorthy194,36445.8%
INC P.A.Nadar162,69238.4%
CPI S.Alagarsamy55,75313.2%
Majority31,6727.5%
Turnout 412,80978.6%
SWA Win (New Seat)

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References

  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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