Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)

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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 are now a part of the Namakkal constituency.

Assembly segments[]

Tiruchengode was composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Kapilamalai (defunct)
  2. Tiruchengode (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
  3. Sankagiri (SC) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
  4. Edappadi (moved to Salem constituency after 2009)
  5. Modakurichi (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)
  6. Erode (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament[]

Year Winning Candidate Party
1951 Independent
1957 P. Subbarayan Indian National Congress
1962 P. Subbarayan Indian National Congress
1967 K. Anbazhagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971 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[]

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

Note: The incumbent party MDMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner DMK, who won the seat. Thus, the NDA, lost the seat, since MDMK left the NDA, and joined the UPA, who held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

See also[]

References[]

  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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