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 segmentsEdit
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 ParliamentEdit
| 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 resultsEdit
2004Edit
| 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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "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.