Kallakurichi
Lok Sabha constituency
Kallakurichi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly constituenciesRishivandiyam
Sankarapuram
Kallakurichi
Gangavalli
Attur
Yercaud
Established2009
Total electors15,28,539[1]
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year2019 Election

Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 14. This constituency came into existence following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.

Assembly segments

Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Legislative Assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party
78. Rishivandiyam None Kallakurichi DMK
79. Sankarapuram None DMK
80. Kallakurichi SC ADMK
81. Gangavalli SC Salem ADMK
82. Attur SC ADMK
83. Yercaud ST ADMK

[2]

Members of Parliament

Year Duration Winner Party
4th 1967-71 M.Deiveekan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5th 1971-75 M.Deiveekan
15th 2009-14 Adhi Sankar
16th 2014-19 K. Kamaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17th 2019-incumbent Pon. Gautham Sigamani[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
60.22%
2014
48.65%
2009
42.67%
1971
52.79%
1967
52.81%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Gautham Sigamani Pon 721,713 60.22% 31.96%
DMDK L. K. Sudhish 3,21,794 26.85% 11.88%
Independent M. Komugi Maniyan 50,179 4.19%
NTK S. Sharfudeen 30,246 2.52%
MNM H. Ganesh 14,587 1.22%
NOTA None of the above 11,576 0.97% -0.03%
Independent B. Sumathi 10,045 0.84%
Independent V. Chandrasekaran 8,066 0.67%
Margin of victory 3,99,919 33.37% 12.98%
Turnout 11,98,423 78.81% 0.77%
Registered electors 15,28,938 8.24%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 11.57%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Kamaraj 533,383 48.65%
DMK R. Manimaran 3,09,876 28.26% -14.41%
DMDK V. P. Eswaran 1,64,183 14.98% -0.54%
INC R. Devadass 39,677 3.62%
NOTA None of the above 10,901 0.99%
Independent S. Madaiyan 7,314 0.67%
Independent M. P. Mannan 6,186 0.56%
BSP S. Sakthivel 5,929 0.54% -0.17%
Independent M. Varadan 5,054 0.46%
Margin of victory 2,23,507 20.39% 7.64%
Turnout 10,96,340 78.41% 0.60%
Registered electors 14,12,499 27.67%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 5.98%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Adhi Sankar 363,601 42.67%
PMK K. Dhanaraju 2,54,993 29.93%
DMDK L. K. Sudhish 1,32,223 15.52%
KNMK S. Ramesh 17,818 2.09%
Independent A. Arun Kennedi 13,216 1.55%
Independent T. Vijaya Rajendhar 8,211 0.96%
Independent G. Sivaraman 7,463 0.88%
Independent S. Sathish Babu 7,136 0.84%
Independent J. Selvaraju 7,012 0.82%
BSP K. Senthilkumar 6,030 0.71%
Independent T. Dhanaraj 5,789 0.68%
Margin of victory 1,08,608 12.75%
Turnout 8,52,073 77.28%
Registered electors 11,06,352
DMK win (new seat)

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Devekan 207,721 52.79% -0.01%
INC(O) K. Veerasamy 1,85,745 47.21% 1.66%
Margin of victory 21,976 5.59% -1.67%
Turnout 3,93,466 72.40% -3.23%
Registered electors 5,58,064 11.88%
DMK hold Swing -0.01%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Devekan 193,043 52.81%
INC K. Parthasarathy 1,66,520 45.55%
Independent M. Vajjiravel 6,000 1.64%
Margin of victory 26,523 7.26%
Turnout 3,65,563 75.63%
Registered electors 4,98,804
DMK win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Ramakrishnan, T. (1 May 2009). "Beset with agrarian issues and poor development". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  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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