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Constituency of the Lok Sabha
Periyakulam was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu .[ 1] It was absorbed in Theni Lok Sabha constituency after the 2009 election as part of reorganisation of Lok Sabha seats to reflect the change in population over specific geographic areas. Periyakulam is defunct.
Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[ 2]
Periyakulam (now in Theni after 2009)
Theni (defunct)
Bodinayakkanur (now in Theni after 2009)
Cumbum (now in Theni after 2009)
Andipatti (now in Theni after 2009)
Sedapatti (defunct)
Members of the Parliament [ edit ]
The seat was absorbed in Theni Lok Sabha constituency after 2009 election. So Periyakulum seat has become defunct since then.
General Election 1999 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
T.T.V.Dhinakaran
303,881
45.6%
-6.2%
DMK
P.Selvendran
258,075
38.8%
-1.6%
PT
Mansoor Alikhan
87,429
13.1%
+9.8%
Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra Kazhagam
P.R.Jeganathan
1,414
0.2%
New
IND
A.Sadayandi
1,327
0.2%
New
IND
C.Rajagopal
1,256
0.2%
New
IND
K.Elamurugan
1,105
0.2%
New
Majority
45,806
6.9%
-4.5%
Turnout
665,824
59.4%
+2.2%
AIADMK Hold
General Election 1998 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
R.Muthaih
319,672
51.8%
+4.2%
DMK
R.Gandhimathy
249,092
40.4%
-7.2%
PT
C.Mookaih
20,219
3.3%
New
IND
P.V.K.Deivendran
5,549
0.9%
New
INC
M.Veeraprakash
4,214
0.7%
New
Majority
70,580
11.4%
-7.7%
Turnout
617,136
57.2%
-10.0%
AIADMK gain from DMK
General Election 1996 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
DMK
R.Gnanagurusamy
326,665
47.6%
+20.6%
AIADMK
R.Ramasamy
195,328
28.5%
-32.8%
MDMK
N. Eramakrishnan
91,601
13.3%
New
BJP
M.Periyasamy Devar
20,035
2.9%
-0.2%
PMK
P.Thangaraj
11,503
1.7%
-4.1%
Majority
131,337
19.1%
-15.2%
Turnout
686,544
67.2%
+5.5%
DMK gain from AIADMK
General Election 1991 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
R.Ramasamy
382,759
61.3%
+0.6%
DMK
Cumbum Ramakrishnan
168,799
27.0%
-0.3%
PMK
K.Madasamy
36,454
5.8%
-3.6%
BJP
Balakrishnan
19,148
3.1%
New
IND
P.Rajangam
1,211
0.2%
New
Majority
213,960
34.3%
+0.9%
Turnout
624,469
61.7%
-3.6%
AIADMK Hold
General Election 1989 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
R.Muthaiah
402,691
60.7%
-0.2%
DMK
A.K.Cumbum Mahindran
181,287
27.3%
-5.9%
PMK
S.Gunasekharan
62,536
9.4%
New
Majority
221,404
33.4%
+5.7%
Turnout
663,502
65.3%
-6.2%
AIADMK Hold
General Election 1984 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
P.Selvendran
348,903
60.9%
+14.4%
DMK
S.Agniraju
190,290
33.2%
-17.2%
IND
K.Palaniswamy
5,376
0.9%
New
IND
K.Surulvelu
5,122
0.9%
New
IND
K.Ayyadurai
2,148
0.4%
New
IND
S.S.Sailani
1,125
0.2%
New
IND
K.Jayamani
837
0.1%
New
IND
A.Rajendran
633
0.1%
New
Majority
158,613
27.7%
+23.8%
Turnout
572,802
71.5%
+2.7%
AIADMK Hold
General Election 1980 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
DMK
Cumbum N.Natarajan
255,204
50.4%
+24.7%
AIADMK
S.Ramasaamy
235,322
46.5%
-21.8%
IND
Surilvelu
6,934
1.4%
+0.4%
Majority
19,882
3.9%
-38.6%
Turnout
506,263
68.8%
-0.5%
DMK gain from AIADMK
General Election 1977 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes[ 4]
%
AIADMK
S.Ramasamy
328,100
68.3%
New
DMK
Palanivel Rajan
123,708
25.7%
New
IND
K.Andithevar
12,813
2.7%
New
IND
K.Surulivelu
4,808
1.0%
-0.5%
IND
S.Gunasekharan
1,630
0.3%
New
Majority
204,392
42.5%
+32.5%
Turnout
480,718
69.3%
+3.4%
AIADMK gain from IND
General Election 1971 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
IND
S.M.Mohammad Sherief
175,940
42.0%
New
SWA
Ajmalkhan
134,015
32.0%
-11.9%
IND
H.Muthaih
45,066
10.8%
New
IND
S.Alagarsamy Chettiyar
27,371
6.5%
New
IND
K.Surilvelu
6,108
1.5%
New
Majority
41,925
10.0%
+3.4%
Turnout
388,500
65.9%
-9.0%
IND gain from SWA
General Election 1967 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
SWA
H.Ajmalkhan
183,593
43.9%
New
INC
M.Ibrahim
155,972
37.3%
-9.9%
IND
M.Muthaiah
65,329
15.6%
New
Majority
27,621
6.6%
+5.7%
Turnout
404,894
74.9%
+6.7%
SWA gain from INC
General Election 1962 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
INC
Malaichamy Thevar
146,829
47.2%
-2.9%
IND
Muthaiah
143,930
46.3%
New
IND
Ponnusamy
12,357
4.0%
New
Majority
2,899
0.9%
Turnout
303,116
68.2%
+14.7%
INC Hold
General Election 1957 [ edit ]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
INC
R.Narayanasamy
116,715
50.1%
+5.7%
IND
Muthaiah
64,867
27.8%
New
IND
M.V.Sethu Rao
19,238
8.3%
New
IND
M.K.M.Meeran
16,282
7.0%
New
IND
S.S.Marisamy
15,838
6.8%
New
Majority
51,848
Turnout
232,940
53.5%
-12.1%
INC Hold
General Election 1952 [ edit ]
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