K. S. Alagiri

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =K. S. Alagiri
| image =
| office = President of the [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]]
| 1blankname = [[President of the Indian National Congress|National President]]
| 1namedata = [[Rahul Gandhi]] [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| term_start = February 2019
| term_end =
| parliament1 = Indian
| term_start1 = 2009
| term_end1 = 2014
| constituency_MP1 = [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore]]
| assembly3 = Tamil Nadu Legislative
| term_start3 = 1991
| term_end3 = 2001
| constituency_AM3 = [[Chidambaram (state assembly constituency)|Chidambaram]]
| occupation = Politician
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| residence =
| spouse =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (from 2002)
| alma_mater = [[Annamalai University]]
| otherparty = [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] (1996–2002)
}}

'''K S Alagiri''' is an Indian politician representing the party [[Indian National Congress]]. He is the president of [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee|Tamil Nadu Congress party]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ks-alagiri-is-new-tncc-president/article26164726.ece|title=K.S. Alagiri is new TNCC president|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=3 February 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=7 January 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rahul-gandhi-appoints-ks-alagiri-as-new-tamil-nadu-congress-president-1445520-2019-02-02|title=Rahul Gandhi appoints KS Alagiri as new Tamil Nadu Congress president|newspaper=India Today|access-date=7 January 2020|agency=Ist}}</ref> and an ex-member of the [[Lok Sabha|Parliament of India]] from [[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore Constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/11_ListOfSuccessfulCandidate.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref>
Previously, he was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Chidambaram (state assembly constituency)|Chidambaram constituency]] in [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 election]], and as a [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] candidate in [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf 1996 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in 1952. He graduated from Annamalai University, Chidambaram and is a native of Cuddalore district in North Tamil Nadu.

==Positions held==
*State President – [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]] [Feb 2019–present]
*Member of Parliament of India (2009–2014)
*Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu (1991–2001)

== Electoral performance ==

=== Lok Sabha elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Election
!Party
!PC name
!Result
!Votes gained
!Vote share(%)
|-
|2009
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|{{won}}
|{{formatnum:320473}}
|42.76%
|-
|2014
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|3rd Runner-up
|26,650
|2.71%
|}

=== Assembly elections ===

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Election
!Party
!AC name
!Result
!Votes gained
!Vote share(%)
|-
|1991
|[[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|10th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Chidambaram (state assembly constituency)|Chidambaram]]
|{{won}}
|48,767
|49.54%
|-
|1996
|[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|11th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|[[Chidambaram (state assembly constituency)|Chidambaram]]
|{{won}}
|52,066
|48.02%
|}

*Election Commission of India Results:, 1991,[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3336-tamil-nadu-1996/ 1996]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Cuddalore district]]
[[Category:Members of the 10th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:1952 births]]

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Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Cuddalore
| image = cuddalore lok sabha constituency.png
| caption = Cuddalore constituency, post-2008 delimitation
| Existence = 1952-present
| Reservation =
| CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| CurrentMP = [[T. R. V. S. Ramesh]]
| ElectedByYear = 2019
| State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| Successful Party = [[Indian National Congress]] (8 times)
| AssemblyConstituencies = [[Tittakudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tittakudi ]] [[Vridhachalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vriddhachalam]] [[Neyveli (State Assembly Constituency)|Neyveli]] [[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panruti]] [[Cuddalore (State Assembly Constituency)|Cuddalore]] [[Kurinjipadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Kurinjipadi]]
| Electorate = 986,030<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802000135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |date=2 August 2013 }}</ref>
}}
'''Cuddalore''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] (Parliament of India) constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Assembly segments==
After 2009, Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|work=Tamil Nadu|publisher=Election Commission of India|page=448|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number
! width="200px" |Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="150px" |District
|-
|151
|[[Tittakudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tittakudi]]
|SC
|[[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
|-
|152
|[[Vridhachalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vriddhachalam]]
|None
|[[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
|-
|153
|[[Neyveli (State Assembly Constituency)|Neyveli]]
|None
|[[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
|-
|154
|[[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panruti]]
|None
|[[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
|-
|155
|[[Cuddalore (State Assembly Constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|None
|[[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
|-
|156
|[[Kurinjipadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Kurinjipadi]]
|None
|[[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
|-
|}
#
Before 2009, Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf|format=PDF
| title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
| accessdate = 2008-10-09
| page = 3
| work = Tamil Nadu
| publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>
#[[Ulundurpet (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Ulundurpet (SC)]]
#[[Nellikkuppam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nellikkuppam]]
#[[Cuddalore (State Assembly Constituency)|Cuddalore]]
#[[Panruti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panruti]]
#[[Rishivandinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rishivandinam]]
#[[Sankarapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankarapuram]]

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Winning Candidate
! Party
|----
|1951
|N.D.Govindasamy Kachirayar
|[[Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party]]
|----
|1957
|[[T. D. Muthukumarasamy]]
|Independent
|----
|1962
|[[T. Ramabadran]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1967
|[[V.K. Gounder]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1971
|[[S. Radhakrishnan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1977
|[[G. Bhuvarahan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1980
|[[R. Muthukumaran]]
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|----
|1984
|[[P. R. S. Venkatesan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1989
|[[P. R. S. Venkatesan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1991
|[[P. P. Kaliaperumal]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1996
|[[P. R. S. Venkatesan]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
|----
|1998
|[[M. C. Dhamodaran]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1999
|[[Adhi Sankar]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|2004
|[[K. Venkatapathy]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|2009
|[[S. Alagiri]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|2014
|[[A. Arunmozhithevan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|----
|2019
|[[T.R.V.S. Ramesh]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10277-general-election-to-the-17th-lok-sabha-2019-list-of-members-elected/|page=26|format=PDF|publisher=Election Commission of India|date=25 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|-
|}

==Election results==

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Cuddalore]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[T. R. V. S. Ramesh]]
|votes = 5,22,160
|percentage = 50.10
|change =+21.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = R. Govindasamy
|votes = 3,78,177
|percentage = 36.30
|change =

}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = K. R. Karthik
|votes = 44,892
|percentage = 4.30
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = R. Chitra
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi
|votes = 34,692
|percentage = 3.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = V. Annamalai
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam
|votes = 23,713
|percentage = 2.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,43,983
|percentage = 13.80
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,43,380
|percentage = 76.49
|change = -2.45
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Cuddalore]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[A. Arunmozhithevan]]
|votes = 4,81,429
|percentage = 48.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = K. Nandagopala krishnan
|votes = 2,78,304
|percentage = 28.27
|change =

}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|candidate = C. R. Jayasankar
|votes = 1,47,606
|percentage = 14.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = S. Alagiri
|votes =26,650
|percentage = 2.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate =Bala Subramanian K
|votes =11,122
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,03,125
|percentage = 20.63
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,85,127
|percentage = 78.94
|change = +2.88
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Cuddalore]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[S. Alagiri]]
|votes = 3,20,473
|percentage = 42.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[M. C. Sampath]]
|votes = 2,96,941
|percentage = 39.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|candidate = M. C. Dhamotharan
|votes = 93,172
|percentage = 12.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate =S. Vasanthi
|votes = 13,400
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 23,532
|percentage = 3.14
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =7,49,800
|percentage =76.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Cuddalore]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Statistics], [[Election Commission of India]]

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/cuddalore/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Cuddalore lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}

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K. S. Alagiri

Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)