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Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Cuddalore | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 Cuddalore constituency, post-2008 delimitation | |
| Incumbent | T. R. V. S. Ramesh |
| Parliamentary Party | DMK |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1952-present |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total Electors | 986,030[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Tittakudi Vriddhachalam Neyveli Panruti Cuddalore Kurinjipadi |
Cuddalore is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Assembly segments[edit | edit source]
After 2009, Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Tittakudi | SC | Cuddalore |
| 152 | Vriddhachalam | None | Cuddalore |
| 153 | Neyveli | None | Cuddalore |
| 154 | Panruti | None | Cuddalore |
| 155 | Cuddalore | None | Cuddalore |
| 156 | Kurinjipadi | None | Cuddalore |
Before 2009, Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]
| Year | Winning Candidate | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N.D.Govindasamy Kachirayar | Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party |
| 1957 | T. D. Muthukumarasamy | Independent |
| 1962 | T. Ramabadran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1967 | V.K. Gounder | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1971 | S. Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | G. Bhuvarahan | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | R. Muthukumaran | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | P. R. S. Venkatesan | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | P. R. S. Venkatesan | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | P. P. Kaliaperumal | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | P. R. S. Venkatesan | Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) |
| 1998 | M. C. Dhamodaran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1999 | Adhi Sankar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2004 | K. Venkatapathy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2009 | S. Alagiri | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | A. Arunmozhithevan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2019 | T.R.V.S. Ramesh[4] | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2019[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. R. V. S. Ramesh | 5,22,160 | 50.10 | +21.83 | |
| PMK | R. Govindasamy | 3,78,177 | 36.30 | ||
| AMMK | K. R. Karthik | 44,892 | 4.30 | ||
| NTK | R. Chitra | 34,692 | 3.33 | ||
| MNM | V. Annamalai | 23,713 | 2.27 | ||
| Majority | 1,43,983 | 13.80 | |||
| Turnout | 10,43,380 | 76.49 | -2.45 | ||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. Arunmozhithevan | 4,81,429 | 48.90 | ||
| DMK | K. Nandagopala krishnan | 2,78,304 | 28.27 | ||
| DMDK | C. R. Jayasankar | 1,47,606 | 14.99 | ||
| INC | S. Alagiri | 26,650 | 2.71 | ||
| CPI | Bala Subramanian K | 11,122 | 1.13 | ||
| Majority | 2,03,125 | 20.63 | |||
| Turnout | 9,85,127 | 78.94 | +2.88 | ||
| AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S. Alagiri | 3,20,473 | 42.73 | ||
| AIADMK | M. C. Sampath | 2,96,941 | 39.59 | ||
| DMDK | M. C. Dhamotharan | 93,172 | 12.42 | ||
| IND | S. Vasanthi | 13,400 | 1.79 | ||
| Majority | 23,532 | 3.14 | |||
| Turnout | 7,49,800 | 76.04 | |||
| INC gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. p. 448. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. p. 3. 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.