Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency

Perambalur
Perambalur
Lok Sabha constituency
	Perambalur constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Kulithalai; Lalgudi; Manachanallur; Musiri; Thuraiyur; Perambalur
Established	1952
Total electors	13,91,011
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Arun Nehru
Party	DMK
Alliance	[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance\|Template:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance/meta/shortname]]
Elected year	2024

Perambalur is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 25 of 39.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

2009–present[edit | edit source]

Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
137.	Kulithalai	None	Karur	DMK	DMK
143.	Lalgudi	None	Tiruchirappalli
144.	Manachanallur	None
145.	Musiri	None
146.	Thuraiyur	SC
147.	Perambalur	SC	Perambalur

Before 2009[edit | edit source]

Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]

Uppiliapuram (ST) (defunct)
Perambalur (SC)
Varahur (SC) (defunct)
Ariyalur (moved to Chidambaram)
Andimadam (defunct)
Jayankondam (moved to Chidambaram)

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Winner
1951	V. Boorarangaswami Padayatchi	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	M. Palaniyandi	Indian National Congress
1962	Era Seziyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	A. Durairasu
1971	A. Durairasu
1977	A. Asokraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. B. S. Mani	Indian National Congress
1984	S. Thanga Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Asokraj
1991	A. Asokraj
1996	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	P. Raja rethinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	A. Raja
2009	D. Napoleon
2014	R. P. Marutharajaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	T. R. Paarivendhar^[4]	Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi
2024	Arun Nehru	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			53.42%
2019			62.45%
2014			45.40%
2009			48.08%
2004			55.12%
1999			48.58%
1998			53.37%
1996			59.19%
1991			58.92%
1989			53.41%
1984			63.57%
1980			58.89%
1977			68.62%
1971			56.75%
1967			53.97%
1962			55.90%
1957			48.75%
1951			37.34%

General Elections 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arun Nehru	603,209	53.42%	9.02
	AIADMK	N. D. Chandramohan	214,102	18.96%	6.63
	IJK	T. R. Paarivendhar	161,866	14.33%
	NTK	R Thenmozhi	113,092	10.02%	5.13
	NOTA	None of the above	10,322	0.91%	0.08
Margin of victory			389,107	34.46%	-
Turnout			1,129,226
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJK	Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar^{[N 1]}	683,697	62.45%	37.96%
	AIADMK	N. R. Sivapathy	2,80,179	25.59%	−19.80%
	NTK	K. Shanthi	53,545	4.89%
	Independent	M. Rajasekharan	45,591	4.16%
	NOTA	None of the above	11,325	1.03%	−0.10%
Margin of victory			4,03,518	36.86%	15.96%
Turnout			10,94,754	79.26%	−0.63%
Registered electors			13,91,853		8.27%
	IJK gain from AIADMK		Swing	17.06%

↑ IJK contested one seat in DMK's Rising Sun party symbol, therefore he will be considered as DMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit

General Elections 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. P. Marutharajaa	462,693	45.40%	6.68%
	DMK	S. Seemanur Prabu	2,49,645	24.49%	−23.58%
	BJP	T. R. Paarivendhar	2,38,887	23.44%
	INC	M. Rajasekharan	31,998	3.14%
	NOTA	None of the above	11,605	1.14%
	TNMK	K. Ramar Yadav	6,324	0.62%
Margin of victory			2,13,048	20.90%	11.55%
Turnout			10,19,221	80.25%	0.22%
Registered electors			12,85,576		22.55%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.68%

General Elections 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Napoleon	398,742	48.08%	−7.04%
	AIADMK	K. K. Balasubramanian	3,21,138	38.72%	5.29%
	DMDK	Kamaraj Durai	74,317	8.96%
	BSP	G. Selvaraj	5,014	0.60%
Margin of victory			77,604	9.36%	-12.33%
Turnout			8,29,410	79.33%	8.33%
Registered electors			10,49,033		4.95%
	DMK hold		Swing	-7.04%

General Elections 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	389,708	55.12%	6.53%
	AIADMK	Dr. M. Sundaram	2,36,375	33.43%	−5.15%
	JD(U)	V. Ganesan	47,041	6.65%
	Independent	K. Jaisankar	15,935	2.25%
	JP	Dr. M. Thatchanamoorthy	7,470	1.06%
	Independent	A. Jayaraman	6,995	0.99%
	Independent	N. Subramanian	3,504	0.50%
Margin of victory			1,53,333	21.69%	11.69%
Turnout			7,07,028	70.63%	5.34%
Registered electors			9,99,508		-6.09%
	DMK hold		Swing	6.53%

General Elections 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	330,675	48.58%	−10.60%
	AIADMK	P. Raja Rethinam	2,62,624	38.59%
	TMC(M)	D. Periyasamy	85,209	12.52%
Margin of victory			68,051	10.00%	0.54%
Turnout			6,80,615	65.40%	−8.10%
Registered electors			10,64,321		3.82%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.60%

General Elections 1998[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Raja Rethinam	341,118	53.37%
	DMK	A. Raja	2,80,682	43.91%
	INC	P. V. Subramanian	16,579	2.59%
Margin of victory			60,436	9.45%	-22.32%
Turnout			6,39,200	64.56%	−8.94%
Registered electors			10,25,125		4.39%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-5.82%

General Elections 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	399,079	59.19%	30.86%
	INC	P. V. Subramanian	1,84,832	27.41%
	MDMK	S. Durairajan	53,782	7.98%
	BJP	R. Moorthy	7,778	1.15%
	Independent	R. Pitchaimuthu	5,278	0.78%
	Independent	M. Ganapathi	4,475	0.66%
	Independent	P. Dhanasekaran	4,323	0.64%
	Independent	K. Singaram	3,858	0.57%
	Independent	K. Kannapiran	3,464	0.51%
	Independent	P. Kalyanasundaram	3,181	0.47%
Margin of victory			2,14,247	31.77%	1.18%
Turnout			6,74,280	73.50%	2.81%
Registered electors			9,81,968		5.12%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.27%

General Elections 1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Asokraj	375,430	58.92%	5.50%
	DMK	S. V. Ramaswamy	1,80,480	28.32%	−4.75%
	PMK	J. Sivagnanamani	77,831	12.21%
	Independent	K. Singaram	3,463	0.54%
Margin of victory			1,94,950	30.59%	10.25%
Turnout			6,37,204	70.69%	−1.56%
Registered electors			9,34,168		-0.79%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.50%

General Elections 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Asokraj	357,565	53.41%	−10.16%
	DMK	S. Panovai Karuthazhan	2,21,389	33.07%	−2.79%
	PMK	B. John Pandian	83,933	12.54%
	Independent	S. Kandasamy	3,127	0.47%
Margin of victory			1,36,176	20.34%	-7.36%
Turnout			6,69,413	72.25%	−4.79%
Registered electors			9,41,568		26.86%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.16%

General Elections 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Thangaraju	350,549	63.57%	25.34%
	DMK	C. Thiyagarajan	1,97,780	35.87%
	Independent	Sathiya Devaraj	3,103	0.56%
Margin of victory			1,52,769	27.70%	7.05%
Turnout			5,51,432	77.04%	6.42%
Registered electors			7,42,190		6.93%
	AIADMK gain from INC(I)		Swing	4.68%

General Elections 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	K. B. S. Mani	282,767	58.89%
	AIADMK	S. Thangaraju	1,83,595	38.24%	−30.39%
	Independent	K. Kumaravel	4,812	1.00%
	Independent	M. Ayya Kannu	4,012	0.84%
	Independent	K. Karmeham	3,504	0.73%
Margin of victory			99,172	20.65%	-17.24%
Turnout			4,80,175	70.61%	−1.69%
Registered electors			6,94,116		3.28%
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.73%

General Elections 1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Asokraj	326,046	68.62%
	DMK	J. S. Raju	1,46,019	30.73%	−26.02%
	Independent	M. Mahalingam	3,072	0.65%
Margin of victory			1,80,027	37.89%	24.38%
Turnout			4,75,137	72.31%	−7.00%
Registered electors			6,72,075		13.74%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.87%

General Elections 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Durairasu	258,724	56.75%	2.78%
	INC(O)	M. Ayya Kannu	1,97,155	43.25%
Margin of victory			61,569	13.51%	5.57%
Turnout			4,55,879	79.31%	−2.37%
Registered electors			5,90,866		9.86%
	DMK hold		Swing	2.78%

General Elections 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Durairasu	229,941	53.97%	−1.93%
	INC	P. K. Ramaswamy	1,96,113	46.03%	6.52%
Margin of victory			33,828	7.94%	-8.45%
Turnout			4,26,054	81.69%	7.99%
Registered electors			5,37,811		13.60%
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.93%

General Elections 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Era Sezhiyan	188,926	55.90%
	INC	M. Palaniyandi	1,33,536	39.51%	−9.24%
	Independent	R. Danarajau	15,539	4.60%
Margin of victory			55,390	16.39%	-11.94%
Turnout			3,38,001	73.70%	21.55%
Registered electors			4,73,412		6.98%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.15%

General Elections 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Palaniyandi	112,497	48.75%	19.77%
	Independent	V. Boovaraghaswamy Padayachi	47,133	20.42%
	Independent	Mannar Mannan	43,983	19.06%
	Independent	Raja Chidambaram	27,165	11.77%
Margin of victory			65,364	28.32%	19.96%
Turnout			2,30,778	52.15%	−10.73%
Registered electors			4,42,543		23.20%
	INC gain from Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party		Swing	11.41%

General Elections 1951[edit | edit source]

1951–52 Indian general election: Perambalur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	V. Boovaraghaswamy Padayachi	84,332	37.34%
	INC	R. Krishnaswami Reddiar	65,443	28.98%	28.98%
	Independent	Hajee Abdul Kadir Jamali	39,565	17.52%
	Independent	K. Rajachidambara Reddiar	36,518	16.17%
Margin of victory			18,889	8.36%
Turnout			2,25,858	62.87%
Registered electors			3,59,221		0.00%
	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 11 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.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links[edit | edit source]

Perambalur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[:0-5] IJK contested one seat in DMK's Rising Sun party symbol, therefore he will be considered as DMK party candidates officially by ECI affidavit

[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result

[delimitation2008-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[3] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 11 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.

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