Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into Virudhunagar constituency after delimitation in 2008.
Assembly segments[edit]
Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
- Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
- Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
- Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency after 2009)
- Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency after 2009)
- Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency after 2009)
Members of Parliament[edit]
Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | P. Ramamoorthy | SWA | P. A. Nadar | INC |
1971 | V. Jeyalakshmi | INC | R. Gopalakrishnan | SWA |
1977 | V. Jeyalakshmi | INC | G. Ramanujuam | NCO |
1980 | N. Soundararajan | AIADMK | V. Jayalakshmi | INC(I) |
1984 | N. Soundararajan | AIADMK | A. Srinivasan | CPI |
1989 | K. Kalimuthu | AIADMK | V. Gopalsamy | DMK |
1991 | R. Kanga Govindarajulu | AIADMK | A. Srinivasan | CPI |
1996 | V. Alagirisamy | CPI | Sanjay Ramasamy | AIADMK |
1998 | Vaiko | MDMK | V. Alagirisamy | CPI |
1999 | Vaiko | MDMK | V. Ramaswami | AIADMK |
2004 | A. Ravichandran | MDMK | P. Kannan | AIADMK |
Election results[edit]
2004[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MDMK | A. Ravichandran | 469,072 | 56.44 | +15.23 | |
AIADMK | Kannan. P | 304,555 | 36.64 | +4.89 | |
JD(U) | Dheepa Valentina | 27,130 | 3.26 | n/a | |
Independent | Venkatesan. K | 10,156 | 1.22 | n/a | |
Majority | 164,517 | 19.79 | +10.34 | ||
Turnout | 831,167 | 63.27 | +0.41 | ||
MDMK hold | Swing | +15.23 |
1999:
Vaiko (MDMK) 3,25,829
Ramaswamy (ADMK) 2,51,048
1998:
Vaiko (MDMK) 3,87,694
Alagirisamy (CPI)2,52,771
1996:
Alagirisamy (CPI) 2,38,483
Sanjay Ramaswamy (ADMK) 2,14,861
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2008.