Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency

Namakkal is a Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 16 of 39. It was a part of Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency) in previous parliament Election. Namakkal Lok Sabha Constituency consists of Sankagiri, Rasipuram, Senthamangalam, Namakkal, Paramathi-Velur and Tiruchengodu assembly segments. Out of these 6 assembly segments Rasipuram is Reserved for SC candidates and Senthamangalam assembly segment is reserved for ST Candidates.

For other places with the same name, see Namakkal (disambiguation).
Namakkal
Lok Sabha Constituency
Namakkal constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly ConstituenciesSankari
Rasipuram
Senthamangalam
Namakkal
Paramathi-Velur
Tiruchengodu
Established2009
Total electors14,13,246[1]
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year2019 Indian general elections

History

Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency) and Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency) were delimited in 2008 and the area became a part of the Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Assembly segments

Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party
87 Sankari None Salem AIADMK
92 Rasipuram SC Namakkal DMK
93 Senthamangalam ST Namakkal DMK
94 Namakkal None Namakkal DMK
95 Paramathi-Velur None Namakkal AIADMK
96 Tiruchengodu None Namakkal AIADMK

Members of Parliament
Year Duration Member Party
3rd 1962-1967 V. K. Ramasamy Indian National Congress
15th 2009-2014 S. Gandhiselvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16th 2014-2019 P. R. Sundaram[3] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17th 2019 – present A.K.P. Chinraj Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 55.24%
2014
 
 53.20%
2009
 
 43.89%
1962
 
 42.7%

General Election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. K. P. Chinraj 6,26,293 55.24
AIADMK P. Kaliappan 3,61,142 31.85
NTK B. Baskar 38,531 3.40
MNM R. Thangavelu 30,947 2.73
AMMK P. P. Saminathan 23,347 2.06
NOTA None of the Above 15,073 1.33
Majority 2,65,151 23.39
Turnout 11,33,984 80.22 +0.49
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

General Election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. R. Sundaram 5,63,272 53.20
DMK S. Gandhiselvan 2,68,898 25.40
DMDK S. K. Vel 1,46,882 13.87
INC G. R. Subramaniyan 19,800 1.87
NOTA None of the above 16,002 1.51
Majority 2,94,374 27.80
Turnout 10,60,024 79.73 +1.04
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Gandhiselvan 3,71,476 43.89 New
AIADMK V. Vairam Tamilarasi 2,69,045 31.79 New
DMDK N. Maheswaran 79,420 9.38 New
KNMK R. Devarasan 52,433 6.19 New
Majority 1,02,431 12.12 New
Turnout 8,46,365 78.69 New
DMK win (new seat)

Note: After 1967 Delimitation Order Namakkal Lok Sabha Constituency is abolished Upto 2008 Delimitation ,2009 Is the first election After Delimitation.

General Election 1962
1962 Indian general election: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V.K.Ramasamy 118,603 42.7% New
DMK M.P.Vadivelu 109,652 39.5% New
Tamil National Party S.Palanimuthu 28,621 10.3% New
Independent Seerangan 13,722 4.9% New
Majority 8,951 3.2% New
Turnout 2,77,601 66.2% New
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  3. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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