| Kallakurichi | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 Kallakurichi constituency, post-2008 delimitation | |
| Incumbent | Gautham Sigamani.C |
| Parliamentary Party | DMK |
| Elected Year | 2019 Election |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 2009-present |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total Electors | 15,28,539[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Rishivandiyam Sankarapuram Kallakurichi Gangavalli Attur Yercaud |
Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. This constituency came into existence following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.
Assembly segments[edit | edit source]
Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Legislative Assembly segments:[2]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78. | Rishivandiyam | None | Kallakurichi |
| 79. | Sankarapuram | None | Kallakurichi |
| 80. | Kallakurichi | SC | Kallakurichi |
| 81. | Gangavalli | SC | Salem |
| 82. | Attur | SC | Salem |
| 83. | Yercaud | ST | Salem |
Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Member | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1967-71 | M.Deiveekan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 5th | 1971-75 | M.Deiveekan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 15th | 2009-14 | Adhi Sankar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 16th | 2014-19 | K. Kamaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 17th | 2019-incumbent | Pon. Gautham Sigamani[3] | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Election Results[edit | edit source]
General Election, 2019[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Gautham Sigamani | 7,21,713 | 59.92 |  31.94
| |
| DMDK | L. K. Sudhish | 3,21,794 | 26.79 | 11.97
| |
| AMMK | Komuki Maniyan | 50,179 | 4.17 | ||
| NTK | Sharphutheen | 30,246 | 2.51 | ||
| MNM | H. Ganesh | 14,587 | 1.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 11,576 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 3,99,919 | 33.13 | 12.95
| ||
| Turnout | 12,04,935 | 78.81 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 12.95
|
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General Election, 2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Kamaraj | 5,33,383 | 48.16 | 18.33
| |
| DMK | R. Manimaran | 3,09,876 | 27.98 |  14.22
| |
| DMDK | V. P. Eswaran | 1,64,183 | 14.82 | 0.62
| |
| INC | R. Devadass | 39,677 | 3.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,901 | 0.98 | ||
| Majority | 2,23,507 | 20.18 | |||
| Turnout | 11,07,506 | 78.41 | 1.17
| ||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
General Election, 2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Adhi Shankar | 3,63,601 | 42.53 | ||
| PMK | K. Dhanaraju | 2,54,993 | 29.83 | ||
| DMDK | L. K. Sudhish | 1,32,223 | 15.47 | ||
| KMDK | S. Ramesh | 17,818 | 2.08 | ||
| Independent | A. Arun Kennadi | 13,216 | 1.55 | ||
| Majority | 1,08,608 | 12.70 | |||
| Turnout | 8,54,955 | 77.23 | N/A | ||
| DMK win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Viluppuram District
- Salem District
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ramakrishnan, T. (1 May 2009). "Beset with agrarian issues and poor development". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "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.