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<p><span class="autocomment">Election results</span></p>
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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
|image = 1971 delimitation vandavasi lok sabha constituency.png<br />
|caption = Vandavasi constituency, 1971 delimitation.<br />
|Existence = 1962-2004<br />
|CurrentMPParty = <br />
|CurrentMP = <br />
|ElectedByYear = <br />
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|Successful Party = [[Indian National Congress]] (5 times)<br />
|AssemblyConstituencies = <br />
}}<br />
'''Vandavasi''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] (Parliament of India) constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]]. After delimitation in 2009, it is defunct.<br />
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==Assembly segments==<br />
Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies<br />
|access-date = 2008-10-08<br />
|work = Tamil Nadu<br />
|publisher = Election Commission of India<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|archive-date = 2008-10-31<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
#[[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai]] (moved to [[Tiruvannamalai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruvannamalai]] constituency after 2009)<br />
#[[Polur (State Assembly Constituency)|Polur]] (moved to [[Arani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arani]] constituency after 2009)<br />
#[[Vandavasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Vandavasi (SC)]] (moved to [[Arani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arani]] constituency after 2009)<br />
#[[Peranamallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Peranamallur]]<br />
#[[Melmalayanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Melmalayanur]]<br />
#[[Gingee (State Assembly Constituency)|Gingee]] (moved to [[Arani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arani]] constituency after 2009)<br />
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==Members of Parliament==<br />
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="width:60%; border-collapse:collapse; border:2px #dee8f1 solid; font-size:x-big; font-family:verdana;"<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Year<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Winning Candidate<br />
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Party<br />
|- <br />
|1962<br />
|[[A.Jayaraman]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|- <br />
|1967<br />
|[[G. Viswanathan]]<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|- <br />
|1971<br />
|[[G. Viswanathan]]<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|- <br />
|1977<br />
|[[Venugopal Gounder]]<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|- <br />
|1980<br />
|[[D. Pattuswamy Mudaliar]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|- <br />
|1984<br />
|[[L. Balaraman]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|- <br />
|1989<br />
|[[L. Balaraman]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|- <br />
|1991<br />
|[[M. Krishnasamy]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|1996<br />
|[[L. Balaraman]]<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]<br />
|-<br />
|1998<br />
|[[M. Durai]]<br />
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]<br />
|-<br />
|1999<br />
|[[M. Durai]]<br />
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]<br />
|-<br />
|2004<br />
|[[N. Ramachandran Gingee]]<br />
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: Vandavasi}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[Gingee N. Ramachandran]]<br />
|votes = 394,903<br />
|percentage = 56.12<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = Rajalakshmi R.<br />
|votes = 243,470<br />
|percentage = 34.60<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|candidate = Punniyakotti P.<br />
|votes = 23,609<br />
|percentage = 3.36<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Vinayagam S.<br />
|votes = 14,473<br />
|percentage = 2.06<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 151,433<br />
|percentage = 21.52<br />
|change = +12.81<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 703,669<br />
|percentage = 62.35<br />
|change = +0.80<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = Pattali Makkal Katchi<br />
|swing = +56.12<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
Note: The incumbent party [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) coalition partner [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (MDMK), who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. MDMK had not contested this seat in the previous [[1999 Indian general election|1999 elections]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Vandavasi]]<br />
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
* [[Election Commission of India]] -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp<br />
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]</div>
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