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{{Short description|Defunct parliament constituency in Tamil Nadu, India}}
#REDIRECT [[Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency]]
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{{for|other places with the same/similar name|Tiruchengode (disambiguation)}}
'''Tiruchengode''' in [[South India]] was a [[Lok Sabha]] (House of the People) former constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]] state. After delimitation in 2009, it is now a [[wikt:Defunct|defunct]] constituency.


The region covered by this constituency are now a part of the [[Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Namakkal constituency]].
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==Assembly segments==
Tiruchengode 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  = 2008-10-09
|work        = Tamil Nadu
|publisher  = Election Commission of India
|url-status    = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304010951/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate = 2009-03-04
}}</ref>
#[[Kapilamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Kapilamalai]] (defunct)
#[[Tiruchengode (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruchengode]] (moved to [[Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Namakkal]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Sankari (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankagiri (SC)]] (moved to [[Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Namakkal]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Edappadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Edappadi]] (moved to [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Modakurichi (State Assembly Constituency)|Modakurichi]] (moved to [[Erode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Erode]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Erode (State Assembly Constituency)|Erode]] (moved to [[Erode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Erode]] constituency after 2009)
 
==Members of Parliament==
{| width="60%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winning Candidate
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
|----
|1951
|[[S. K.Ramasamy]]
|Independent
|----
|1957
|[[P. Subbarayan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1962
|[[P. Subbarayan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1967
|[[K. Anbazhagan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1971
|[[M. Muthusami]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1977
|[[R. Kolanthaivelu]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1980
|[[M. Kandaswamy]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1984
|[[P. Kannan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1989
|[[K. C. Palaniswamy]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1991
|[[K. S. Soundaram]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1996
|[[K. P. Ramalingam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1998
|[[ K. Palaniswami]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1999
|[[M. Kannappan]]
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|2004
|[[Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|}
* Seat was decommissioned in 2008
 
== Election results ==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: Tiruchengode}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate  = [[Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan]]
|votes      = 501,569
|percentage = 58.00
|change    = n/a
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate  = Palaniswami. K
|votes      = 322,172
|percentage = 37.26
|change    = -10.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Independent (politician)
|candidate  = Palanisamy. K
|votes      = 14,208
|percentage = 1.64
|change    = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes      = 179,397
|percentage = 20.75
|change    = +20.21
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 864,735
|percentage = 59.92
|change    = +4.51
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner    = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser      = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing      = +58.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: The incumbent party [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its [[United Progressive Alliance]] coalition partner [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]], who won the seat. Thus, the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]], lost the seat, since MDMK left the NDA, and joined the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]], who held the seat. [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] had not contested this seat in the previous [[1999 Indian general election|1999 elections]].
==See also==
* [[Tiruchengode]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Election Commission of India]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}
{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

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