Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)
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 defunct constituency.
The region covered by this constituency are now a part of the Namakkal constituency.
Assembly segmentsEdit
Tiruchengode was composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Kapilamalai (defunct)
- Tiruchengode (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
- Sankagiri (SC) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
- Edappadi (moved to Salem constituency after 2009)
- Modakurichi (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)
- Erode (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)
Members of ParliamentEdit
- Seat was decommissioned in 2008
Election resultsEdit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | 501,569 | 58.00 | n/a | |
| AIADMK | Palaniswami. K | 322,172 | 37.26 | -10.58 | |
| Independent | Palanisamy. K | 14,208 | 1.64 | n/a | |
| Majority | 179,397 | 20.75 | +20.21 | ||
| Turnout | 864,735 | 59.92 | +4.51 | ||
| DMK gain from MDMK | Swing | +58.00 | |||
Note: The incumbent party MDMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner DMK, who won the seat. Thus, the NDA, lost the seat, since MDMK left the NDA, and joined the UPA, who held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2008.