Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency

Chidambaram
Chidambaram
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Chidambaram constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Incumbent	Thol. Thirumavalavan
Parliamentary Party	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1957-present
Reservation	Scheduled Caste
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	14,79,108
Assembly Constituencies	Kunnam; Ariyalur; Jayankondam; Bhuvanagiri; Chidambaram; Kattumannarkoil

Chidambaram is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It spread on district of Ariyalur and Cuddalore.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

After 2009, Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
148	Kunnam	None	Perambalur	DMK
149	Ariyalur	None	Ariyalur	DMK
150	Jayankondam	None	Ariyalur	DMK
157	Bhuvanagiri	None	Cuddalore	AIADMK
158	Chidambaram	None	Cuddalore	AIADMK
159	Kattumannarkoil	SC	Cuddalore	VCK

Before 2009, Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1957	R. Kangasabai Pillai and Elayaperumal	Indian National Congress
1962	R. Kanagasabai Pillai	Indian National Congress
1967	V. Mayavan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	V. Mayavan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	A. Murugesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Kulandaivelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Vallalperuman	Indian National Congress
1989	P. Vallalperuman	Indian National Congress
1991	P. Vallalperuman	Indian National Congress
1996	V. Ganesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	Dalit Ezhilmalai	Pattali Makkal Katchi
1999	E. Ponnuswamy	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2004	E. Ponnuswamy	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2009	Thol. Thirumavalavan	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2014	M. Chandrakasi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Thol. Thirumavalavan^[3]	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Election results[edit | edit source]

General Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Chidambaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	5,00,229	43.38	8.97
	AIADMK	P. Chandrasekar	4,97,010	43.10	N/A
	AMMK	A. Elavarasan	62,308	5.4	N/A
	NTK	M. Siva Jothi	37,471	3.25	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	15,535	1.35	N/A
Majority			3,219	0.28
Turnout			11,54,257	77.98
	VCK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.28

General Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Chidambaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chandrakasi	4,29,536	39.46	+39.46
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	3,01,041	27.66
	PMK	Sudha Manirathinem	2,79,016	25.63
	INC	Vallal Peruman P	28,988	2.66
	NOTA	None of the above	12,138	1.12	N/A
Majority			1,28,495	11.81
Turnout			10,88,842	79.70	+1.82
	AIADMK gain from VCK		Swing

General Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Chidambaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	4,28,804	49.23
	PMK	E. Ponnuswamy	3,29,721	37.85
	DMDK	S. Sasikumar	66,283	7.61
	IND	Manikandan V	9,799	1.12
Majority			99,083	11.39
Turnout			8,69,709	77.18
	VCK gain from PMK		Swing

General Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general elections: Chidambaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	mathivanan v	343,424	46.18	-0.95
	JD(U)	Thirumaavalavan Thol	255,773	34.41	n/a
	BJP	Tada.D.Periyasamy	113,974	15.32	n/a
Majority			87,651	11.78	-4.53
Turnout			643,871	66.09	+0.07
	PMK hold		Swing	-0.95

References[edit | edit source]

↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
↑ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

Election Commission of India https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

External links[edit | edit source]

Chidambaram lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

Coordinates: 11°24′N 79°42′E / 11.4°N 79.7°E / 11.4; 79.7

[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[ECI1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

[3] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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