Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency

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 Election 2004

General Election 2004: Tiruchengode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	501,569	58.00	n/a
	AIADMK	Palaniswami. K	322,172	37.26	-10.58
	Independent	Palanisamy. K	14,208	1.64	n/a
Majority			179,397	20.75	+20.21
Turnout			864,735	59.92	+4.51
	DMK gain from MDMK		Swing	+58.00

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	M.Kannappan	409,293	48.4%	New
	AIADMK	K.Palaniswamy	404,737	47.8%	-5.3%
	PT	T.M.Kangasethupathi	11,535	1.4%	+1.1%
	Tamil Desiya Katchi	E.P.Gowrishankar	3,317	0.4%	New
	Tharasu makkal mandram	K.Mathaiyan	2,570	0.3%	New
	IND	M.Thandapani	989	0.1%	New
	IND	C.Karupannan	918	0.1%	New
	IND	P.Selvakumar	401	0.0%	New
	IND	A.P.Chokkalingam	255	0.0%	New
Majority			4,556	0.5%	-12.9%
Turnout			846,112	55.4%	+1.9%
	MDMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K.Palaniswamy	414,992	53.1%	+20.6%
	DMK	K.P.Ramalingam	310,183	39.7%	-15.3%
	INC	P.Palanisamy	28,421	3.6%	New
	PT	D.Backiyan	2,442	0.3%	New
	IND	S.V.Selvam	1,483	0.2%	New
	IND	S.Pon Thillaikarasi	622	0.1%	New
	IND	R.Sengodan	482	0.1%	New
Majority			104,809	13.4%	-9.1%
Turnout			781,858	53.5%	-11.4%
	AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K.P.Ramalingam	471,533	55.0%	+29.1%
	AIADMK	A.V.Kumarasamy	278,345	32.5%	-32.8%
	MDMK	P.Balakrishnan	40,041	4.7%	New
	AIIC(T)	K.Perumal	18,677	2.2%	New
	BJP	S.T.Ramalingam	10,264	1.2%	New
	IND	K.Karuppanna gounder	2,148	0.3%	New
	IND	P.Subramani	1,585	0.2%	New
	IND	C.Subramaniam	1,450	0.2%	New
	IND	S.Palaniappan	1,384	0.2%	New
	IND	M.S.Sadasivam	1,212	0.1%	New
	IND	G. Samuel Raja	1,098	0.1%	New
	IND	N.Rajachandrasekhar	1,085	0.1%	New
	IND	A.Shivakumar	906	0.1%	New
	IND	K.K.Arumugam	720	0.1%	New
	IND	P.Ganga naidu	689	0.1%	New
	IND	A.Sundaresan	668	0.1%	New
	IND	K.Madheshwaran	427	0.0%	New
	IND	D.Venugopal	243	0.0%	New
Majority			193,188	22.5%	-16.9%
Turnout			857,452	64.9%	+2.1%
	DMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K.S.Soundaram	521,580	65.3%	+3.0%
	DMK	K.P.Ramalingam	207,099	25.9%	-3.1%
	PMK	A.Mannadhan	43,563	5.5%	-0.2%
	Tharasu makkal mandram	C.Rajendran	2,635	0.3%	+0.1%
	IND	M.Selvaraj	1,695	0.2%	New
	IND	G.Selvaraj	1,509	0.2%	New
	IND	A.Perumal	1,144	0.1%	New
	IND	N.V.Kandasamy	920	0.1%	New
	IND	A.Marappan	700	0.1%	New
Majority			314,481	39.4%	+6.1%
Turnout			798,360	62.8%	-1.6%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K.C.Palaniswamy	509,847	62.3%	+3.6%
	DMK	C.Poongothi Thirumathi	237,576	29.0%	-7.9%
	PMK	K.Chandrasekhar	46,670	5.7%	New
	IND	S.Selvi chamundeshwari	3,797	0.5%	New
	Tharasu makkal mandram	C.Rajendran	1,743	0.2%	New
	IND	V.R.Kalidas	1,197	0.1%	New
	IND	V.Dharma Lingam	1,189	0.1%	New
	IND	A.Perumal	1,099	0.1%	New
	IND	P.Lakshman	953	0.1%	New
	IND	Ponnaian alias K.K.Perumal	702	0.1%	New
	IND	T.G.Seetharaman	589	0.1%	New
	IND	K.Noyal	506	0.1%	New
	IND	S.Kunjaram	498	0.1%	New
	IND	S.Singaravel	449	0.1%	New
	IND	A.Venkatesh	295	0.0%	New
	IND	K.M.Varadhamuthu	177	0.0%	New
Majority			272,271	33.3%	+11.6%
Turnout			818,032	64.4%	-8.4%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P.Kannan	426,648	58.7%	+12.2%
	DMK	M.Kandasamy	268,582	36.9%	-13.5%
	IND	V.K.Eshwaramoorthy	5,039	0.7%	New
Majority			158,066	21.7%	+17.8%
Turnout			7,27,054	72.8%	+11.2%
	AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M.Kandaswamy	276,015	50.4%	+16.8%
	AIADMK	R.Kulandaivelu	254,797	46.5%	-11.7%
	IND	R.G.Samy	3,771	0.7%	New
	IND	E.M.S.Narayanan	1,298	0.2%	New
Majority			21,218	3.9%	-20.6%
Turnout			547,419	61.6%	-1.6%
	DMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R.Kulandaivelu	303,738	58.2%	New
	DMK	M.Muthusamy	175,558	33.6%	-20.9%
	IND	K.Rajalingam	23,020	4.4%	New
	IND	C.Seerangam	7,468	1.4%	-0.9%
Majority			128,180	24.5%	+10.8%
Turnout			5,22,305	63.2%	-5.5%
	AIADMK Gain from DMK

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M.Muthusamy	238,746	54.5%	+0.5%
	NCO	R.M.Kaliyannan	178,699	40.8%	New
	IND	C.Seerangan	10,201	2.3%	New
Majority			60,047	13.7%	+2.5%
Turnout			437,815	68.7%	-4.5%
	DMK Hold

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K.Anbazhagan	232,365	54.0%	+16.2%
	INC	T.M.Kaliannan	184,114	42.8%	+0.3%
	IND	S.S.Moopan	3,797	0.9%	New
Majority			48,251	11.2%	+6.5%
Turnout			420,276	73.2%	+13.0%
	DMK gain from INC

General Election 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P.Subbarayan	109,799	42.5%	-15.2%
	DMK	S.Kandhappan	97,635	37.8%	New
	PSP	S.Govindhasami	39,937	15.5%	-1.9%
	IND	A.R.Marudhavamani	3,634	1.4%	New
Majority			12,164	4.7%	---
Turnout			251,005	60.2%	+23.4%
	INC Hold

General Election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr.P.Subbarayan	86,935	57.7%	+12.5%
	PSP	Palaniyappa Bakhthar	26,240	17.4%	New
	IND	Ramalingam	23,719	15.7%	New
	IND	Paramasiva gounder	13,718	9.1%	New
Majority			60,595	. ----	---
Turnout			1,50,612	36.8%	-10.4%
	INC Gain from Independent

General Election 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	S.K.Baby alias Kandaswami	95,664	54.8%	New
	INC	Dr.P.Subbarayan	78,973	45.2%	New
Majority			16,691	--	New
Turnout			1,74,637	47.2%	New
	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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