Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency

2022-07-18T06:52:08Z

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{{Short description|Constituency of the Lok Sabha}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
'''[[Periyakulam]]''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It was absorbed in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni Lok Sabha constituency]] after the 2009 election as part of reorganisation of Lok Sabha seats to reflect the change in population over specific geographic areas. Periyakulam is defunct.

==Assembly segments ==
Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|accessdate = 2008-10-11
|work = Tamil Nadu
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate = 2006-05-04
}}</ref>
#[[Periyakulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Periyakulam]] (now in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]] after 2009)
#[[Theni (State Assembly Constituency)|Theni]] (defunct)
#[[Bodinayakkanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bodinayakkanur]] (now in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]] after 2009)
#[[Cumbum (State Assembly Constituency)|Cumbum]] (now in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]] after 2009)
#[[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Andipatti]] (now in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]] after 2009)
#[[Sedapatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Sedapatti]] (defunct)

==Members of the Parliament==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="40%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Duration
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
|-
| First||1952-57||[[K. Sakthivadivel Gounder]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Secondh||1957-62||[[R. Narayanaswami]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Third||1962-67||[[M. Malaichami Thevar]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Fourth||1967-71||[[H. Ajamal Khan]]||[[Swatantra Party]]
|-
| Fifth||1971-77||[[S. M. Muhammed Sheriff]]||[[IUML|Indian union Muslim league]]/
[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| Sixth||1977-80||[[S. Ramaswamy]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Seventh||1980-82||[[Cumbum N. Natarajan]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Seventh||1982-84||[[S.T.K. Jakkayan]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Eighth||1984-89||[[P. Selvendran]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Ninth||1989-91||[[R. Muthiah]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Tenth||1991-96||[[R. Ramasamy]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Elewenth||1996-98||[[R. Gnanagurusamy]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Twelfth||1998-99||[[R. Muthiah]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| Thirteenth||1999-04||[[T.T.V. Dhinakaran]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-2009||[[J.M. Aaron Rashid]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

The seat was absorbed in [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni Lok Sabha constituency]] after 2009 election. So Periyakulum seat has become defunct since then.

==Election Results==
{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of Winning candidates
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[#2004|2004]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.51}}
{{bar percent|[[#1999|1999]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|45.6}}
{{bar percent|[[#1998|1998]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|51.8}}
{{bar percent|[[#1996|1996]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|47.6}}
{{bar percent|[[#1991|1991]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|61.3}}
{{bar percent|[[#1989|1989]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|60.7}}
{{bar percent|[[#1984|1984]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|60.9}}
{{bar percent|[[#1980|1980]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|50.4}}
{{bar percent|[[#1977|1977]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|68.3}}
{{bar percent|[[#1971|1971]]|{{party color|Independent}}|42.0}}
{{bar percent|[[#1967|1967]]|{{party color|Swatantra Party}}|43.9}}
{{bar percent|[[#1962|1962]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|47.2}}
{{bar percent|[[#1957|1957]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.1}}
{{bar percent|[[#1952|1952]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|44.4}}
}}
===General Election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Periyakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Periyakulam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[J. M. Aaron Rashid]]
|votes = 346,851
|percentage = 49.51
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[T.T.V. Dhinakaran]]
|votes = 325,696
|percentage = 46.49
|change = +0.85
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,155
|percentage = 3.02
|change = -3.86
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 700,603
|percentage = 66.29
|change = +6.93
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing = +49.51
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = United Progressive Alliance
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 1999===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''[[T. T. V. Dhinakaran|T.T.V.Dhinakaran]]'''
|'''303,881'''
|'''45.6%'''
|'''-6.2%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|P.Selvendran
|258,075
|38.8%
| -1.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Puthiya Tamilagam}}"|
|[[Puthiya Tamilagam|PT]]
|Mansoor Alikhan
|87,429
|13.1%
| +9.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra Kazhagam
|P.R.Jeganathan
|1,414
|0.2%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|A.Sadayandi
|1,327
|0.2%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|C.Rajagopal
|1,256
|0.2%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Elamurugan
|1,105
|0.2%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|45,806
|6.9%
| -4.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|665,824
|59.4%
| +2.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''Hold'''
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1998===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''[[Sedapatti Muthiah|R.Muthaih]]'''
|'''319,672'''
|'''51.8%'''
|'''+4.2%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|R.Gandhimathy
|249,092
|40.4%
| -7.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Puthiya Tamilagam}}"|
|[[Puthiya Tamilagam|PT]]
|C.Mookaih
|20,219
|3.3%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|P.V.K.Deivendran
|5,549
|0.9%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|M.Veeraprakash
|4,214
|0.7%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|70,580
|11.4%
| -7.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|617,136
|57.2%
| -10.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''gain from''' [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1996===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|'''R.Gnanagurusamy'''
|'''326,665'''
|'''47.6%'''
|'''+20.6%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|R.Ramasamy
|195,328
|28.5%
| -32.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
|N.Ramakrishnan
|91,601
|13.3%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|M.Periyasamy Devar
|20,035
|2.9%
| -0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|P.Thangaraj
|11,503
|1.7%
| -4.1%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|131,337
|19.1%
| -15.2%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|686,544
|67.2%
| +5.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] '''gain from''' [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1991===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''R.Ramasamy'''
|'''382,759'''
|'''61.3%'''
|'''+0.6%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|Cumbum Ramakrishnan
|168,799
|27.0%
| -0.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|K.Madasamy
|36,454
|5.8%
| -3.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Balakrishnan
|19,148
|3.1%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|P.Rajangam
|1,211
|0.2%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|213,960
|34.3%
| +0.9%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|624,469
|61.7%
| -3.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''Hold'''
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1989===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''[[Sedapatti Muthiah|R.Muthaiah]]'''
|'''402,691'''
|'''60.7%'''
|'''-0.2%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|A.K.Cumbum Mahindran
|181,287
|27.3%
| -5.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|S.Gunasekharan
|62,536
|9.4%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|221,404
|33.4%
| +5.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|663,502
|65.3%
| -6.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''Hold'''
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1984===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''P.Selvendran'''
|'''3''<nowiki/>''48,903'''
|'''60.9%'''
|'''+14.4%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|S.Agniraju
|190,290
|33.2%
| -17.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Palaniswamy
|5,376
|0.9%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Surulvelu
|5,122
|0.9%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Ayyadurai
|2,148
|0.4%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.S.Sailani
|1,125
|0.2%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Jayamani
|837
|0.1%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|A.Rajendran
|633
|0.1%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|158,613
|27.7%
| +23.8%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|572,802
|71.5%
| +2.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''gain from''' [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1980===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|'''Cumbum N.Natarajan'''
|'''255,204'''
|'''50.4%'''
|'''+24.7%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|S.Ramasaamy
|235,322
|46.5%
| -21.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Surilvelu
|6,934
|1.4%
| +0.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|19,882
|3.9%
| -38.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|506,263
|68.8%
| -0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] '''gain from''' [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1977===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''S.Ramasamy'''
|'''328,100'''
|'''68.3%'''
|'''New'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|Palanivel Rajan
|123,708
|25.7%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Andithevar
|12,813
|2.7%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Surulivelu
|4,808
|1.0%
| -0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Gunasekharan
|1,630
|0.3%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|204,392
|42.5%
| +32.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|480,718
|69.3%
| +3.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''gain from''' [[Independent politician|IND]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1971===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|'''S.M.Mohammad Sherief'''
|'''175,940'''
|'''42.0%'''
|'''New'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|Ajmalkhan
|134,015
|32.0%
| -11.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|H.Muthaih
|45,066
|10.8%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Alagarsamy Chettiyar
|27,371
|6.5%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Surilvelu
|6,108
|1.5%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|41,925
|10.0%
| +3.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|388,500
|65.9%
| -9.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Independent politician|IND]] '''gain from''' [[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1967===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|'''H.Ajmalkhan'''
|'''183,593'''
|'''43.9%'''
|'''New'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|M.Ibrahim
|155,972
|37.3%
| -9.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Muthaiah
|65,329
|15.6%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|27,621
|6.6%
| +5.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|404,894
|74.9%
| +6.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Swatantra Party|SWA]] '''gain from''' [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1962===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''Malaichamy Thevar'''
|'''146,829'''
|'''47.2%'''
|'''-2.9%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Muthaiah
|143,930
|46.3%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Ponnusamy
|12,357
|4.0%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|2,899
|0.9%
|
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|303,116
|68.2%
| +14.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''Hold'''
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1957===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''R.Narayanasamy'''
|'''116,715'''
|'''50.1%'''
|'''+5.7%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Muthaiah
|64,867
|27.8%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.V.Sethu Rao
|19,238
|8.3%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.K.M.Meeran
|16,282
|7.0%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.S.Marisamy
|15,838
|6.8%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|51,848
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|232,940
|53.5%
| -12.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''Hold'''
!
!
!
|}

===General Election 1952===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
!
{| class="wikitable"
!±%
|}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''A.Shaktivel gounder'''
|'''107,875'''
|'''44.4%'''
|'''New'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Forward Bloc}}"|
|[[Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist group)]]
|C.Raghupathi Thevar
|74,991
|30.9%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party }}"|
|[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]]
|S.N.K.Sundaram
|30,461
|12.5%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
|Velayudha Nair
|29,450
|12.1%
|New
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|32,884
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|242,777
|65.6%
|New
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''Win (New Seat)'''
!
!
!
|}

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

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Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency