Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency

Sivakasi
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

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.

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 Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1967	P. Ramamoorthy		Swatantra Party
1971	V. Jeyalakshmi		Indian National Congress
1977
1980	N. Soundararajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
1989	K. Kalimuthu
1991	R. Kanga Govindarajulu
1996	V. Alagirisamy		Communist Party of India
1998	Vaiko		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999
2004	A. Ravichandran

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	A. Ravichandran	469,072	56.44	+15.23
	AIADMK	Kannan. P	304,555	36.64	+4.89
	JD(U)	Dheepa Valentina	27,130	3.26	n/a
	Independent	Venkatesan. K	10,156	1.22	n/a
Majority			164,517	19.79	+10.34
Turnout			831,167	63.27	+0.41
	MDMK hold		Swing	+15.23

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDMK	Vaiko	325,829	41.2%
	AIADMK	V.Ramasamy	251,048	31.7%
	TMC(M)	A.Gunasekharan	152,817	19.3%
	IND	R.Thamaraikani	36,977	4.7%
	IND	A.Somasundaram	4,660	0.6%
	AIFB	A.C.Cheenasamy thevar	4,330	0.5%
	IND	V.Seenivasagan	944	0.1%
	IND	K.Subbukalai	669	0.1%
	IND	PID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan	500	0.1%
	IND	P.Sahadevan	454	0.1%
	IND	I.Ramasamy	378	0.0%
	IND	V.Kannan	234	0.0%
	IND	K.Ganesan	224	0.0%
	IND	N.Gunasekharan	163	0.0%
	IND	M.Manmathan	154	0.0%
	IND	K.Muthupandian	83	0.0%
Majority			74,781	9.5%
Turnout			790,751	62.9%
	MDMK Hold

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDMK	Vaiko	387,694	49.6%
	CPI	V.Alagirisamy	252,771	32.3%
	PT	S.Sathiyamoorthy	106,726	13.7%
	INC	K.Rajendran	9,745	1.2%
	IND	K.Mariappan	1,922	0.2%
	IND	C.Ponnusamy	1,756	0.2%
	IND	M.Manmathan	1,021	0.1%
	IND	Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan	793	0.1%
	IND	M.Gurusamy	639	0.1%
	RJD	A.Rajasekhar	627	0.1%
	IND	S.V.Rengyananam	583	0.1%
	IND	V.Kannan	369	0.0%
	IND	R.P.Ramasamy	271	0.0%
Majority			134,923	17.3%
Turnout			781,757	65.0%
	MDMK gain from CPI

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	V.Alagirisamy	238,483	29.5%
	AIADMK	Sanjay Ramasamy	214,861	26.6%
	MDMK	Vaiko	204,339	25.3%
	IND	S.Sathiyamoorthy	39,427	4.9%
	BJP	S.Mohan Rajalu	18,941	2.3%
	IND	R.Boosaperumal	8,947	1.1%
	PMK	P.Lakshmanan	6,255	0.8%
Majority			23,622	2.9%
Turnout			808,460	69.3%
	CPI gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	R.Govidarajalu	365,155	53.4%
	CPI	A.Srinivasan	202,065	29.6%
	IND	R.Thamaraikani	50,258	7.4%
	IND	K.Muthu pillai	18,217	2.7%
	PMK	K.Ponnaiah	11,208	1.6%
	Jharkhand party	E.Chandran	3,323	0.5%
	IND	S.Ramachandran	1,372	0.2%
	IND	M.P.Jeyapal	1,340	0.2%
	IND	M.Manmathan	1,271	0.2%
	Tharasu makkal mandram	I.Kannan	1,146	0.2%
Majority			163,090	23.9%
Turnout			683,293	63.5%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	K.Kalimuthu	450,376	57.5%
	DMK	Vaiko	313,308	40.0%
	PMK	J.S.Balaiah	1,918	0.2%
	JP	E.Chandran	1,346	0.2%
	IND	S.Pannerselvam	920	0.1%
	IND	S.Kanagavel	651	0.1%
	IND	M.Manmathan	594	0.1%
	Tharasu makkal mandram	P.Pasupon	580	0.1%
	IND	C.Pandi	522	0.1%
	IND	D.Periyasamy	433	0.1%
Majority			137,068	17.5%
Turnout			783,252	72.3%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	N.Soundararajan	323,786	51.6%
	CPI	A.Sreenivasan	257,308	41.0%
	IND	K.Kaliappan	12,498	2.0%
	IND	K.Ramar	4,921	0.8%
	INC(J)	P.Subba Reddyiar	4,521	0.7%
Majority			66,478	10.6%
Turnout			627,315	74.9%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	N.Soundararajan	234,654	45.3%
	INC	V.Jayalakshmi	228,042	44.1%
	IND	R.M.Sreeram	21,157	4.1%
	IND	S.P.Raju	12,422	2.4%
	IND	G.A.Appan	2,455	0.5%
	IND	S.P.Shenbagamoorthy	2,402	0.5%
	INC(U)	R.Sooriyanarayanan	1,856	0.4%
Majority			6,612	1.3%
Turnout			517,475	68.4%
	AIADMK gain from INC

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V.Jayalakshmi	271,568	53.3%
	NCO	G.Ramanujan	156,720	30.8%
	IND	S.P.Raju	41,707	8.2%
	IND	P.Muthu Ramanuja devar	10,551	2.1%
	IND	A.K.Kandasamy Pandian	6,457	1.3%
	IND	K.Kaliappanadar	4,713	0.9%
	IND	R.Subba Reddiar	3,459	0.7%
	IND	P.Selvaraj	2,840	0.6%
Majority			114,848	22.5%
Turnout			509,445	70.5%
	INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	V.Jayalakshmi	235,491	56.7%
	SWA	R.Gopalakrishnan	149,829	36.0%
	IND	S.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar	5,233	1.3%
	IND	P.S.Reddy	4,126	1.0%
Majority			85,662	20.6%
Turnout			394,679	68.8%
	DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SWA	P.Ramamoorthy	194,364	45.8%
	INC	P.A.Nadar	162,692	38.4%
	CPI	S.Alagarsamy	55,753	13.2%
Majority			31,672	7.5%
Turnout			412,809	78.6%
	SWA Win (New Seat)

See also

• Sivakasi
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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.

External links

• Election Commission of India

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