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{{Short description|Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Sivakasi
| type = LS
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| union_territory =
| established = 1967
| abolished = 2008
| assembly_cons =
| latest_election_year = 2004
| reservation = None
| mp =
| party =
| electors =
| preceded_by =
}}
'''Sivakasi''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[India]]<ref name=delimitation1976>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=1 December 1976 |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into [[Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Virudhunagar constituency]] after [[Electoral boundary delimitation|delimitation]] in 2008.

==Assembly segments==
Sivakasi 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 = 2008-10-13
|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>
#[[Sattur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sattur]] (moved to [[Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Virudhunagar]] constituency)
# [[Virudhunagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Virudhunagar]] (moved to [[Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Virudhunagar]] constituency)
# [[Sivakasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Sivakasi]] (moved to [[Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Virudhunagar]] constituency)
#[[Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rajapalayam]] (moved to [[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi]] constituency)
#[[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivilliputhur]] (moved to [[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi]] constituency)
#[[Kovilpatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Kovilpatti]] (moved to [[Thoothukudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukudi]] constituency)

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|P. Ramamoorthy
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|[[V. Jeyalakshmi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|rowspan="2"|[[N. Soundararajan]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[K. Kalimuthu]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|R. Kanga Govindarajulu
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[V. Alagirisamy]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Vaiko]]
|{{Full party name with color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[A. Ravichandran]]
|}

==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|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|56.44}}
{{bar percent|[[#1999|1999]]|{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|41.2}}
{{bar percent|[[#1998|1998]]|{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|49.6}}
{{bar percent|[[#1996|1996]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|29.5}}
{{bar percent|[[#1991|1991]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|53.4}}
{{bar percent|[[#1989|1989]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|57.5}}
{{bar percent|[[#1984|1984]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|51.6}}
{{bar percent|[[#1980|1980]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|45.3}}
{{bar percent|[[#1977|1977]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|53.3}}
{{bar percent|[[#1971|1971]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|56.7}}
{{bar percent|[[#1967|1967]]|{{party color|Swatantra Party}}|45.8}}
}}
=== 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: Sivakasi}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[A. Ravichandran]]|votes=469,072|percentage=56.44|change=+15.23}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Kannan. P|votes=304,555|percentage=36.64|change=+4.89}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=[[Dheepa Valentina]]|votes=27,130|percentage=3.26|change=n/a}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Venkatesan. K|votes=10,156|percentage=1.22|change=n/a}}
{{Election box majority||votes=164,517|percentage=19.79|change=+10.34}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=831,167|percentage=63.27|change=+0.41}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing = +15.23
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 1999===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
|'''[[Vaiko]]'''
|'''325,829'''
|'''41.2%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|V.Ramasamy
|251,048
|31.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}"|
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC(M)]]
|A.Gunasekharan
|152,817
|19.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|[[R. Thamaraikani|R.Thamaraikani]]
|36,977
|4.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|A.Somasundaram
|4,660
|0.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]
|A.C.Cheenasamy thevar
|4,330
|0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|V.Seenivasagan
|944
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Subbukalai
|669
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|PID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan
|500
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|P.Sahadevan
|454
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|I.Ramasamy
|378
|0.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|V.Kannan
|234
|0.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Ganesan
|224
|0.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|N.Gunasekharan
|163
|0.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Manmathan
|154
|0.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Muthupandian
|83
|0.0%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|74,781
|9.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|790,751
|62.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] '''Hold'''
!
|
|}

===General Election 1998===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
|'''[[Vaiko]]'''
|'''387,694'''
|'''49.6%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|[[V. Alagirisamy|V.Alagirisamy]]
|252,771
|32.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Puthiya Tamilagam}}"|
|[[Puthiya Tamilagam|PT]]
|S.Sathiyamoorthy
|106,726
|13.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|K.Rajendran
|9,745
|1.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Mariappan
|1,922
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|C.Ponnusamy
|1,756
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Manmathan
|1,021
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan
|793
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Gurusamy
|639
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|A.Rajasekhar
|627
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.V.Rengyananam
|583
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|V.Kannan
|369
|0.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|R.P.Ramasamy
|271
|0.0%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|134,923
|17.3%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|781,757
|65.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] '''gain''' from [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1996===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|[[V. Alagirisamy|'''V.Alagirisamy''']]
|'''238,483'''
|'''29.5%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|Sanjay Ramasamy
|214,861
|26.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
|[[Vaiko]]
|204,339
|25.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Sathiyamoorthy
|39,427
|4.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|S.Mohan Rajalu
|18,941
|2.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|R.Boosaperumal
|8,947
|1.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|P.Lakshmanan
|6,255
|0.8%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|23,622
|2.9%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|808,460
|69.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] '''gain''' from [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1991===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''R.Govidarajalu'''
|'''365,155'''
|'''53.4%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|A.Srinivasan
|202,065
|29.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|R.Thamaraikani
|50,258
|7.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Muthu pillai
|18,217
|2.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|K.Ponnaiah
|11,208
|1.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
|[[Jharkhand Party|Jharkhand party]]
|E.Chandran
|3,323
|0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Ramachandran
|1,372
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.P.Jeyapal
|1,340
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Manmathan
|1,271
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}"|
|[[Tharasu makkal mandram]]
|I.Kannan
|1,146
|0.2%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|163,090
|23.9%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|683,293
|63.5%
|-
|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'''
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[K. Kalimuthu|'''K.Kalimuthu''']]
|'''450,376'''
|'''57.5%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[Vaiko]]
|313,308
|40.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|J.S.Balaiah
|1,918
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|E.Chandran
|1,346
|0.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Pannerselvam
|920
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.Kanagavel
|651
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|M.Manmathan
|594
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}"|
|[[Tharasu makkal mandram]]
|P.Pasupon
|580
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|C.Pandi
|522
|0.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|D.Periyasamy
|433
|0.1%
|-
! colspan="3" |'''Majority'''
|137,068
|17.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |'''[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]'''
|783,252
|72.3%
|-
|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
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''[[N. Soundararajan|N.Soundararajan]]'''
|'''323,786'''
|'''51.6%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|A.Sreenivasan
|257,308
|41.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Kaliappan
|12,498
|2.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Ramar
|4,921
|0.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)|INC(J)]]
|P.Subba Reddyiar
|4,521
|0.7%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|66,478
|10.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|627,315
|74.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''Hold'''
!
|
|}

===General Election 1980===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|'''[[N. Soundararajan|N.Soundararajan]]'''
|'''234,654'''
|'''45.3%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|V.Jayalakshmi
|228,042
|44.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|R.M.Sreeram
|21,157
|4.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.P.Raju
|12,422
|2.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|G.A.Appan
|2,455
|0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.P.Shenbagamoorthy
|2,402
|0.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]]
|R.Sooriyanarayanan
|1,856
|0.4%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|6,612
|1.3%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|517,475
|68.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] '''gain''' from [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1977===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|'''V.Jayalakshmi'''
|'''271,568'''
|'''53.3%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]
|G.Ramanujan
|156,720
|30.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.P.Raju
|41,707
|8.2%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|P.Muthu Ramanuja devar
|10,551
|2.1%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|A.K.Kandasamy Pandian
|6,457
|1.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|K.Kaliappanadar
|4,713
|0.9%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|R.Subba Reddiar
|3,459
|0.7%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|P.Selvaraj
|2,840
|0.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|114,848
|22.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|509,445
|70.5%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] '''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]]
|'''V.Jayalakshmi'''
|'''235,491'''
|'''56.7%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|R.Gopalakrishnan
|149,829
|36.0%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|S.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar
|5,233
|1.3%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|P.S.Reddy
|4,126
|1.0%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|85,662
|20.6%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|394,679
|68.8%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] '''gain''' from [[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
!
|
|}

===General Election 1967===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|'''P.Ramamoorthy'''
|'''194,364'''
|'''45.8%'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|P.A.Nadar
|162,692
|38.4%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|S.Alagarsamy
|55,753
|13.2%
|-
! colspan="3" |Majority
|31,672
|7.5%
|-
! colspan="3" |[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]
|412,809
|78.6%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
| colspan="2" |[[Swatantra Party|SWA]] '''Win''' (New Seat)
!
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Sivakasi]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

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

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