Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Cuddalore
Lok Sabha Constituency
Cuddalore lok sabha constituency.png
Cuddalore constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentT. R. V. S. Ramesh
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952-present
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors986,030[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesTittakudi
Vriddhachalam
Neyveli
Panruti
Cuddalore
Kurinjipadi

Cuddalore is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.

Assembly segments[edit]

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]

  1. Ulundurpet (SC)
  2. Nellikkuppam
  3. Cuddalore
  4. Panruti
  5. Rishivandinam
  6. Sankarapuram

Members of Parliament[edit]

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]

2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Cuddalore
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]

2014 Indian general elections: Cuddalore
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]

2009 Indian general elections: Cuddalore
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]

References[edit]

  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. p. 448. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  3. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  4. "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.

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 11°45′N 79°45′E / 11.75°N 79.75°E / 11.75; 79.75

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