Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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
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
| 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 | ADMK | V. Jayalakshmi | INC(I) |
| 1984 | N. Soundararajan | ADMK | A. Srinivasan | CPI |
| 1989 | K. Kalimuthu | ADMK | V. Gopalsamy | DMK |
| 1991 | R. Kanga Govindarajulu | ADMK | A. Srinivasan | CPI |
| 1996 | V. Alagirisamy | CPI | Sanjay Ramasamy | ADMK |
| 1998 | Vaiko | MDMK | V. Alagirisamy | CPI |
| 1999 | Vaiko | MDMK | V. Ramaswami | ADMK |
| 2004 | A. Ravichandran | MDMK | P. Kannan | ADMK |
Election results
2004
| General Election, 2004: Sivakasi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. T | 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 | |||
See also
- Sivakasi
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-13.