Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Pudukkottai was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency.
Assembly segments[]
Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Pattukkottai (moved to Thanjavur constituency after 2009)
- Peravurani (moved to Thanjavur constituency after 2009)
- Kolathur (SC) (dissolved and its territories were shared between the newly formed Gandarvakottai and Viralimalai constituencies after 2009)
- Pudukkottai (moved to Tiruchirappall constituency after 2009)
- Alangudi (moved to Sivaganga constituency after 2009)
- Arantangi (moved to Ramanathapuram constituency after 2009)
- Viralimalai (moved to Karur after 2009)
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Winning Candidate | Party |
---|---|---|
1951 | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
1957 | R. Ramanathan Chettiar | Indian National Congress |
1962 | R. Umanath | Communist Party of India |
1967 | R. Umanath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
1971 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1977 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1984 | N. Sundararaj | Indian National Congress |
1989 | N. Sundararaj | Indian National Congress |
1991 | N. Sundararaj | Indian National Congress |
1996 | Tiruchi Siva | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
1998 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1999 | S. Thirunavukkarasu | MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
2004 | S. Regupathy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | S. Regupathy | 466,133 | 56.82 | n/a | |
AIADMK | Ravichandran. A | 309,637 | 37.75 | n/a | |
BSP | Nagooran. A | 10,024 | 1.22 | n/a | |
Independent | M. S. Lion Rajendran | 9,723 | 1.19 | n/a | |
Majority | 156,496 | 19.08 | +10.84 | ||
Turnout | 820,300 | 66.42 | +2.32 | ||
DMK gain from | Swing | +56.82 |
Note: The incumbent party did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its coalition partner from the previous 1999 elections - DMK.
Election result 1999:
Su.Thirunavukarasar (MADMK) 3,96,216
S.Singaravadivel (INC) 3,31,914
Election result 1998:
Paramasivam Raja (ADMK) 2,88,072
P.N.Siva (DMK) 2,57,552
Election result 1996:
P.N.Siva (DMK) 3,98,209
V.N.Swaminathan (INC) 2,20,336
References[]
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
See also[]
- Pudukottai
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
Categories:
- Pudukkottai district
- Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu
- Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- 2008 disestablishments in India
- Constituencies disestablished in 2008