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{{Short description|Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu}}
{{moresources|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
'''[[Pudukkottai]]''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]]. After [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] in 2009, it is now a [[wikt:Defunct|defunct]] constituency.

==Assembly segments==
Pudukkottai 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 = 2008-10-12
|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>
#[[Pattukkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Pattukkottai]] (moved to [[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thanjavur]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency)|Peravurani]] (moved to [[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thanjavur]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Kolathur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Kolathur (SC)]] (dissolved and its territories were shared between the newly formed [[Gandarvakottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Gandarvakottai]] and [[Viralimalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Viralimalai]] constituencies after 2009)
#[[Pudukkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Pudukkottai]] (moved to [[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchirappall]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Alangudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Alangudi]] (moved to [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Arantangi (State Assembly Constituency)|Arantangi]] (moved to [[Ramanathapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ramanathapuram]] constituency after 2009)

==Members of the Parliament==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="40%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
|----
|1951
|[[K.M. Valatharsu]]
|[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|----
|1957
|[[R. Ramanathan Chettiar]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1962
|[[R. Umanath]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|----
|1967
|[[R. Umanath]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|----
|1971
|[[K. Veeriah]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1977
|[[V.S. Elanchezhian]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1980
|[[V.N. Swamynathan]]
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|----
|1984
|[[N. Sundararaj]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1989
|[[N. Sundararaj]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1991
|[[N. Sundararaj]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1996
|[[Tiruchi Siva]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1998
|[[Raja Paramasivam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1999
|[[S. Thirunavukkarasu]]
|[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|2004
|[[S. Regupathy]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|}

== 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|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|56.82}}
{{bar percent|[[#1999|1999]]|{{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|50.7}}
{{bar percent|[[#1998|1998]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|36.4}}
{{bar percent|[[#1996|1996]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|48.1}}
{{bar percent|[[#1991|1991]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|61.6}}
{{bar percent|[[#1989|1989]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|65.8}}
{{bar percent|[[#1984|1984]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|65.3}}
{{bar percent|[[#1980|1980]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.1}}
{{bar percent|[[#1977|1977]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|64.2}}
{{bar percent|[[#1971|1971]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|53.9}}
{{bar percent|[[#1967|1967]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|46.6}}
{{bar percent|[[#1962|1962]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist) }}|43.4}}
{{bar percent|[[#1957|1957]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.1}}
{{bar percent|[[#1952|1952]]|{{party color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}|53.4}}
}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election 2004]]: Pudukkottai}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[S. Regupathy]]
|votes = 466,133
|percentage = 56.82
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = Ravichandran. A
|votes = 309,637
|percentage = 37.75
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Nagooran. A
|votes = 10,024
|percentage = 1.22
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = M. S. Lion Rajendran
|votes = 9,723
|percentage = 1.19
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 156,496
|percentage = 19.08
|change = +10.84
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 820,300
|percentage = 66.42
|change = +2.32
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = M.G.R. Anna Dravida Kazhagam
|swing = +56.82
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 1999===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Su. Thirunavukkarasar|MADMK]]
|'''[[Su. Thirunavukkarasar|S.Thirunavukkarasar]]'''
|'''396,216'''
|'''50.7%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|S.Singaaravadivel
|331,914
|42.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Puthiya Tamilagam}}"|
|[[Puthiya Tamilagam|PT]]
|M.Palaniappan
|29,453
|3.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Ramaiah
|7,710
|1.0%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|64,302
|8.2%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|780,964
|64.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MADMK]] '''gain''' from [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1998===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''Paramasivam Raja'''
|'''288,072'''
|'''36.4%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|P.N.Siva
|257,552
|32.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MADMK]]
|[[Su. Thirunavukkarasar|S.Thirunavukkarasar]]
|226,416
|28.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.R.Chokkalingam
|895
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent Politician|IND]]
|C.Velappan
|448
|0.1%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|30,520
|3.9%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|791,405
|66.8%
|-
|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
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|'''N.Siva'''
|'''398,209'''
|'''48.1%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|V.N.Swaminathan
|220,336
|26.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"|
|[[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)|AIIC(T)]]
|T.Pushparaj
|61,830
|7.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
|R.Karthikeyan
|60,405
|7.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|K.Shanmughanathan
|16,147
|1.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent Politician|IND]]
|I.Jahuber
|8,320
|1.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent Politician|IND]]
|C.Nagarajan
|2,930
|0.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|177,873
|21.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|828,411
|73.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] '''gain''' from [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1991===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''N.Sundararajan'''
|'''460,795'''
|'''61.6%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|K.Chandrasekhar
|241,074
|32.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent Politician|IND]]
|L.S.Kamal Baatsha
|9,036
|1.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|R.Thirumaravan
|3,885
|0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|V.Thiruvarangam
|3,638
|0.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|219,721
|29.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|748,163
|71.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''Hold'''
!
|
|}

===General Election 1989===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''N.Sundararajan'''
|'''518,762'''
|'''65.8%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|A.Selvaraj
|247,626
|31.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent Politician|IND]]
|M.R.Chokkalingam
|3,191
|0.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent Politician|IND]]
|P.A.Palani
|2,503
|0.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}"|
|Tharasu Makkal Mandram
|A.Mohanraj
|1,793
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|Sivaperumal
|1,002
|0.1%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|271,136
|34.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|787,854
|74.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''Hold'''
!
|
|}

===General Election 1984===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''N.Sundararajan'''
|'''426,717'''
|'''65.3%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|K.Veeraih
|161,813
|24.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)|INC(J)]]
|Singaravel Chettiyar
|16,902
|2.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|264,904
|40.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|653,865
|81.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''Hold'''
!
|
|}

===General Election 1980===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''V.N.Swaminathan'''
|'''294,494'''
|'''49.1%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|Kuzha Chezhiyan
|278,395
|46.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Sooriyanarayanan
|6,486
|1.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Dhandayudhapani
|6,389
|1.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]
|K.Ramanujan
|4,150
|0.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|16,099
|2.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|600,327
|80.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''gain''' from [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1977===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''V.S.Elanchezhiyan'''
|'''342,120'''
|'''64.2%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress (Organization)|INC(O)]]
|V.Vairava Thevar
|118,505
|22.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Kuzha Chellaih
|49,147
|9.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Singaravel Chettiyar
|10,790
|2.0%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|223,615
|42.0%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|532,811
|76.1%
|-
|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 1971===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|'''K.Veeraiah'''
|'''251,861'''
|'''53.9%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress (Organization)|INC(O)]]
|R.Vijaya Reghunatha Thondaiman
|203,466
|43.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|48,395
|10.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|455,327
|75.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] '''gain''' from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1967===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|'''R.Umanath'''
|'''199,469'''
|'''46.6%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|A.N.Chettiyar
|190,087
|44.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.R.G.Iyer
|23,828
|5.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|9,382
|2.2%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|413,384
|76.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] '''Hold'''
!
|
|}

===General Election 1962===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|'''R.Umanath'''
|'''134,162'''
|'''43.4%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|L.Alagusundaram Chettiyar
|103,944
|33.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|A.R.Nagappa Chettiyar
|60,073
|19.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|30,218
|9.8%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|298,179
|66.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] '''gain''' from [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1957===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''F.Ramanathan Chettiyar'''
|'''111,694'''
|'''50.1%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}"|
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|K.M.Vallatharas
|46,242
|20.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|V.Nagu servai
|45,383
|20.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Soundararajan
|19,432
|8.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|65,452
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|222,751
|53.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''gain''' from [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1952===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}"|
|[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]]
|'''K.M.Vallatharasu'''
|'''102,404'''
|'''53.4%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|V.Ramaiah Servai
|89,293
|46.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|13,111
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|191,697
|51.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]] '''Win''' (New Seat)
!
|
|}

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

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

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}

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Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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