Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency

Tiruchengode
Tiruchengode
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1951
Abolished	2008

Tiruchengode in South India was a Lok Sabha (House of the People) former constituency in Tamil Nadu state. After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency.

The region covered by this constituency is now a part of the Namakkal constituency.

Assembly segments

Tiruchengode was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Kapilamalai (defunct)
Tiruchengode (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
Sangagiri (SC) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
Edappadi (moved to Salem constituency after 2009)
Modakurichi (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)
Erode (Defunct)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1951	S.K.Baby @ Kandaswami	Independent
1957	P. Subbarayan	Indian National Congress
1962	P. Subbarayan	Indian National Congress
1967	K. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	M. Muthusami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Kolanthaivelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Kandaswamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Kannan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. C. Palaniswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. S. Soundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. P. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	M. Kannappan	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Seat was decommissioned in 2008

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			58.0%
1999			48.4%
1998			53.1%
1996			55.0%
1991			65.3%
1989			62.3%
1984			58.7%
1980			50.4%
1977			58.2%
1971			54.5%
1967			54.0%
1962			42.5%
1957			57.7%
1952			54.8%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	501,569	58.02%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	3,22,172	37.27%	-11.26%
	Independent	K. Palanisamy	14,208	1.64%
	BSP	K. M. Balasubramanyam	6,746	0.78%
	Independent	R. Palanisamy	5,282	0.61%
Margin of victory			1,79,397	20.75%	20.21%
Turnout			8,64,451	59.92%	4.49%
Registered electors			14,43,197		-5.49%
	DMK gain from MDMK		Swing	8.95%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	M. Kannappan	409,293	49.08%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	4,04,737	48.53%	-6.17%
	PT	T. M. Kanagasabapathi	11,535	1.38%
Margin of victory			4,556	0.55%	-13.27%
Turnout			8,34,015	55.41%	-9.44%
Registered electors			15,27,064		4.57%
	MDMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.57%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	414,992	54.70%	21.27%
	DMK	Dr. K. P. Ramalingam	3,10,183	40.89%	-15.75%
	INC	P. Palanisamy	28,421	3.75%
Margin of victory			1,04,809	13.82%	-9.39%
Turnout			7,58,625	53.54%	-11.31%
Registered electors			14,60,292		10.44%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.94%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. Ramalingam	471,533	56.64%	30.12%
	AIADMK	A. V. Kumarasamy	2,78,345	33.44%	-33.36%
	MDMK	P. Balakrishnan	40,041	4.81%
	AIIC(T)	K. Perumal	18,677	2.24%
	BJP	S. T. Ramalingam	10,264	1.23%
Margin of victory			1,93,188	23.21%	-17.07%
Turnout			8,32,475	64.85%	2.01%
Registered electors			13,22,216		4.07%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.15%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Soundaram	521,580	66.80%	3.64%
	DMK	K. P. Ramalingam	2,07,099	26.52%	-2.91%
	PMK	A. Mannathan	43,563	5.58%	-0.20%
Margin of victory			3,14,481	40.27%	6.55%
Turnout			7,80,845	62.84%	-1.59%
Registered electors			12,70,472		0.07%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.64%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. C. Pallanishamy	509,847	63.16%	2.23%
	DMK	C. Poongothi Thirumathi	2,37,576	29.43%	-8.93%
	PMK	K. Chandrashekar	46,670	5.78%
	Independent	S. Chamumdeeswari	3,797	0.47%
Margin of victory			2,72,271	33.73%	11.15%
Turnout			8,07,287	64.43%	-8.40%
Registered electors			12,69,558		27.19%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.23%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kannan	426,648	60.93%	13.38%
	DMK	M. Kandaswamy	2,68,582	38.35%	-13.15%
	Independent	V. K. Eswaramoorthi	5,039	0.72%
Margin of victory			1,58,066	22.57%	18.61%
Turnout			7,00,269	72.84%	11.28%
Registered electors			9,98,164		12.24%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.42%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kandaswamy	276,015	51.51%	17.07%
	AIADMK	R. Kolanthaivelu	2,54,797	47.55%	-12.03%
	Independent	R. G. Samy	3,771	0.70%
Margin of victory			21,218	3.96%	-21.18%
Turnout			5,35,881	61.56%	-1.65%
Registered electors			8,89,296		7.62%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.07%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Kolanthaivelu	303,738	59.58%
	DMK	M. Muthusamy	1,75,558	34.44%	-21.39%
	Independent	K. Rajalingam	23,020	4.52%
	Independent	C. Seerangam	7,468	1.46%
Margin of victory			1,28,180	25.14%	11.10%
Turnout			5,09,784	63.21%	-5.51%
Registered electors			8,26,331		29.70%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.75%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Muthusamy	238,746	55.83%	0.54%
	INC(O)	T. M. Kaliyannan	1,78,699	41.79%
	Independent	C. Seerangan	10,201	2.39%
Margin of victory			60,047	14.04%	2.56%
Turnout			4,27,646	68.72%	-6.31%
Registered electors			6,37,099		11.01%
	DMK hold		Swing	0.54%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	232,365	55.29%	16.39%
	INC	T. M. Kaliannan	1,84,114	43.81%	0.06%
	Independent	S. S. Moopan	3,797	0.90%
Margin of victory			48,251	11.48%	6.63%
Turnout			4,20,276	75.03%	13.02%
Registered electors			5,73,903		37.74%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	11.54%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Subbarayan	109,799	43.74%	-13.98%
	DMK	S. Kandappan	97,635	38.90%
	PSP	S. Govindasami	39,937	15.91%
	Independent	A. R. Maruthuvamani	3,634	1.45%
Margin of victory			12,164	4.85%	-35.45%
Turnout			2,51,005	62.01%	25.22%
Registered electors			4,16,657		1.79%
	INC hold		Swing	-13.98%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. P. Subbarayan	86,935	57.72%	12.50%
	PSP	Palaniappa Bakthar	26,240	17.42%
	Independent	Ramalingam	23,719	15.75%
	Independent	Paramasiva Gounder	13,718	9.11%
Margin of victory			60,695	40.30%	30.74%
Turnout			1,50,612	36.80%	-10.39%
Registered electors			4,09,325		10.59%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.94%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election : Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. K. Baby Alias Kandaswami	95,664	54.78%
	INC	Dr. P. Subbarayan	78,973	45.22%	45.22%
Margin of victory			16,691	9.56%
Turnout			1,74,637	47.18%
Registered electors			3,70,121		0.00%
	Independent win (new seat)

References

↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

External links

Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

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[1] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

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