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Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 9°30′N 77°48′E / 9.5°N 77.8°E / 9.5; 77.8
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Sivakasi
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Established1967
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India[1] which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into Virudhunagar constituency after delimitation in 2008.

Assembly segments

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Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
  2. Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
  3. Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
  4. Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
  5. Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
  6. Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency)

Members of the Parliament

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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[3] AIADMK A. Srinivasan CPI
1996 V. Alagirisamy CPI Sanjay Ramasamy AIADMK
1998 Vaiko[4] MDMK V. Alagirisamy CPI
1999 Vaiko[5] MDMK V. Ramaswami AIADMK
2004 A. Ravichandran[6] MDMK P. Kannan AIADMK

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2004
 
 56.44%
1999
 
 41.2%
1998
 
 49.6%
1996
 
 29.5%
1991
 
 53.4%
1989
 
 57.5%
1984
 
 51.6%
1980
 
 45.3%
1977
 
 53.3%
1971
 
 56.7%
1967
 
 45.8%

2004

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2004 Indian general elections: 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 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

General Election 1999

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Party Candidate Votes %
MDMK Vaiko 325,829 41.2%
AIADMK V.Ramasamy 251,048 31.7%
TMC(M) A.Gunasekharan 152,817 19.3%
IND R.Thamaraikani 36,977 4.7%
IND A.Somasundaram 4,660 0.6%
AIFB A.C.Cheenasamy thevar 4,330 0.5%
IND V.Seenivasagan 944 0.1%
IND K.Subbukalai 669 0.1%
IND PID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan 500 0.1%
IND P.Sahadevan 454 0.1%
IND I.Ramasamy 378 0.0%
IND V.Kannan 234 0.0%
IND K.Ganesan 224 0.0%
IND N.Gunasekharan 163 0.0%
IND M.Manmathan 154 0.0%
IND K.Muthupandian 83 0.0%
Majority 74,781 9.5%
Turnout 790,751 62.9%
MDMK Hold

General Election 1998

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Party Candidate Votes %
MDMK Vaiko 387,694 49.6%
CPI V.Alagirisamy 252,771 32.3%
PT S.Sathiyamoorthy 106,726 13.7%
INC K.Rajendran 9,745 1.2%
IND K.Mariappan 1,922 0.2%
IND C.Ponnusamy 1,756 0.2%
IND M.Manmathan 1,021 0.1%
IND Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan 793 0.1%
IND M.Gurusamy 639 0.1%
RJD A.Rajasekhar 627 0.1%
IND S.V.Rengyananam 583 0.1%
IND V.Kannan 369 0.0%
IND R.P.Ramasamy 271 0.0%
Majority 134,923 17.3%
Turnout 781,757 65.0%
MDMK gain from CPI

General Election 1996

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Party Candidate Votes %
CPI V.Alagirisamy 238,483 29.5%
AIADMK Sanjay Ramasamy 214,861 26.6%
MDMK Vaiko 204,339 25.3%
IND S.Sathiyamoorthy 39,427 4.9%
BJP S.Mohan Rajalu 18,941 2.3%
IND R.Boosaperumal 8,947 1.1%
PMK P.Lakshmanan 6,255 0.8%
Majority 23,622 2.9%
Turnout 808,460 69.3%
CPI gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991

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Party Candidate Votes %
AIADMK R.Govidarajalu 365,155 53.4%
CPI A.Srinivasan 202,065 29.6%
IND R.Thamaraikani 50,258 7.4%
IND K.Muthu pillai 18,217 2.7%
PMK K.Ponnaiah 11,208 1.6%
Jharkhand party E.Chandran 3,323 0.5%
IND S.Ramachandran 1,372 0.2%
IND M.P.Jeyapal 1,340 0.2%
IND M.Manmathan 1,271 0.2%
Tharasu makkal mandram I.Kannan 1,146 0.2%
Majority 163,090 23.9%
Turnout 683,293 63.5%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989

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Party Candidate Votes %
AIADMK K.Kalimuthu 450,376 57.5%
DMK Vaiko 313,308 40.0%
PMK J.S.Balaiah 1,918 0.2%
JP E.Chandran 1,346 0.2%
IND S.Pannerselvam 920 0.1%
IND S.Kanagavel 651 0.1%
IND M.Manmathan 594 0.1%
Tharasu makkal mandram P.Pasupon 580 0.1%
IND C.Pandi 522 0.1%
IND D.Periyasamy 433 0.1%
Majority 137,068 17.5%
Turnout 783,252 72.3%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

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Party Candidate Votes %
AIADMK N.Soundararajan 323,786 51.6%
CPI A.Sreenivasan 257,308 41.0%
IND K.Kaliappan 12,498 2.0%
IND K.Ramar 4,921 0.8%
INC(J) P.Subba Reddyiar 4,521 0.7%
Majority 66,478 10.6%
Turnout 627,315 74.9%
AIADMK Hold

General Election 1980

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Party Candidate Votes %
AIADMK N.Soundararajan 234,654 45.3%
INC V.Jayalakshmi 228,042 44.1%
IND R.M.Sreeram 21,157 4.1%
IND S.P.Raju 12,422 2.4%
IND G.A.Appan 2,455 0.5%
IND S.P.Shenbagamoorthy 2,402 0.5%
INC(U) R.Sooriyanarayanan 1,856 0.4%
Majority 6,612 1.3%
Turnout 517,475 68.4%
AIADMK gain from INC

General Election 1977

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Party Candidate Votes %
INC V.Jayalakshmi 271,568 53.3%
NCO G.Ramanujan 156,720 30.8%
IND S.P.Raju 41,707 8.2%
IND P.Muthu Ramanuja devar 10,551 2.1%
IND A.K.Kandasamy Pandian 6,457 1.3%
IND K.Kaliappanadar 4,713 0.9%
IND R.Subba Reddiar 3,459 0.7%
IND P.Selvaraj 2,840 0.6%
Majority 114,848 22.5%
Turnout 509,445 70.5%
INC gain from DMK

General Election 1971

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Party Candidate Votes %
DMK V.Jayalakshmi 235,491 56.7%
SWA R.Gopalakrishnan 149,829 36.0%
IND S.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar 5,233 1.3%
IND P.S.Reddy 4,126 1.0%
Majority 85,662 20.6%
Turnout 394,679 68.8%
DMK gain from SWA

General Election 1967

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Party Candidate Votes %
SWA P.Ramamoorthy 194,364 45.8%
INC P.A.Nadar 162,692 38.4%
CPI S.Alagarsamy 55,753 13.2%
Majority 31,672 7.5%
Turnout 412,809 78.6%
SWA Win (New Seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. ^ "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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