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Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 10°23′N 78°49′E / 10.38°N 78.82°E / 10.38; 78.82
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Pudukkottai
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Established1952
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

Pudukkottai was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.[1] After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency.

Assembly segments

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Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Pattukkottai (moved to Thanjavur constituency after 2009)
  2. Peravurani (moved to Thanjavur constituency after 2009)
  3. Kolathur (SC) (dissolved and its territories were shared between the newly formed Gandarvakottai and Viralimalai constituencies after 2009)
  4. Pudukkottai (moved to Tiruchirappall constituency after 2009)
  5. Alangudi (moved to Sivaganga constituency after 2009)
  6. Arantangi (moved to Ramanathapuram constituency after 2009)

Members of the Parliament

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Year Winner Party
1951 K.M. Valatharsu Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957 R. Ramanathan Chettiar Indian National Congress
1962 R. Umanath Communist Party of India
1967 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 K. Veeriah Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 V.S. Elanchezhian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 V.N. Swamynathan Indian National Congress (I)
1984 N. Sundararaj Indian National Congress
1989
1991[3]
1996 Tiruchi Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998 Raja Paramasivam[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999 S. Thirunavukkarasu[5] MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2002 S. Thirunavukkarasu[6] Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 S. Regupathy[7] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2004
 
 56.82%
1999
 
 50.7%
1998
 
 36.4%
1996
 
 48.1%
1991
 
 61.6%
1989
 
 65.8%
1984
 
 65.3%
1980
 
 49.1%
1977
 
 64.2%
1971
 
 53.9%
1967
 
 46.6%
1962
 
 43.4%
1957
 
 50.1%
1952
 
 53.4%

2004

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2004 Indian general elections: Pudukkottai
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 MADMK Swing 56.82

General Election 1999

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Party Candidate Votes %
MADMK S.Thirunavukkarasar 396,216 50.7%
INC S.Singaaravadivel 331,914 42.5%
PT M.Palaniappan 29,453 3.8%
IND M.Ramaiah 7,710 1.0%
Majority 64,302 8.2%
Turnout 780,964 64.1%
MADMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1998

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Party Candidate Votes %
AIADMK Paramasivam Raja 288,072 36.4%
DMK P.N.Siva 257,552 32.5%
MADMK S.Thirunavukkarasar 226,416 28.6%
IND M.R.Chokkalingam 895 0.1%
IND C.Velappan 448 0.1%
Majority 30,520 3.9%
Turnout 791,405 66.8%
AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1996

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Party Candidate Votes %
DMK N.Siva 398,209 48.1%
INC V.N.Swaminathan 220,336 26.6%
AIIC(T) T.Pushparaj 61,830 7.5%
MDMK R.Karthikeyan 60,405 7.3%
BJP K.Shanmughanathan 16,147 1.9%
IND I.Jahuber 8,320 1.0%
IND C.Nagarajan 2,930 0.4%
Majority 177,873 21.5%
Turnout 828,411 73.7%
DMK gain from INC

General Election 1991

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Party Candidate Votes %
INC N.Sundararajan 460,795 61.6%
DMK K.Chandrasekhar 241,074 32.2%
IND L.S.Kamal Baatsha 9,036 1.2%
IND R.Thirumaravan 3,885 0.5%
PMK V.Thiruvarangam 3,638 0.5%
Majority 219,721 29.4%
Turnout 748,163 71.4%
INC Hold

General Election 1989

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Party Candidate Votes %
INC N.Sundararajan 518,762 65.8%
DMK A.Selvaraj 247,626 31.4%
IND M.R.Chokkalingam 3,191 0.4%
IND P.A.Palani 2,503 0.3%
Tharasu Makkal Mandram A.Mohanraj 1,793 0.2%
PMK Sivaperumal 1,002 0.1%
Majority 271,136 34.4%
Turnout 787,854 74.7%
INC Hold

General Election 1984

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Party Candidate Votes %
INC N.Sundararajan 426,717 65.3%
DMK K.Veeraih 161,813 24.7%
INC(J) Singaravel Chettiyar 16,902 2.6%
Majority 264,904 40.5%
Turnout 653,865 81.1%
INC Hold

General Election 1980

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Party Candidate Votes %
INC V.N.Swaminathan 294,494 49.1%
AIADMK Kuzha Chezhiyan 278,395 46.4%
IND S.Sooriyanarayanan 6,486 1.1%
IND M.Dhandayudhapani 6,389 1.1%
JP(S) K.Ramanujan 4,150 0.7%
Majority 16,099 2.7%
Turnout 600,327 80.7%
INC gain from AIADMK

General Election 1977

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Party Candidate Votes %
AIADMK V.S.Elanchezhiyan 342,120 64.2%
INC(O) V.Vairava Thevar 118,505 22.2%
IND Kuzha Chellaih 49,147 9.2%
IND Singaravel Chettiyar 10,790 2.0%
Majority 223,615 42.0%
Turnout 532,811 76.1%
AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1971

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Party Candidate Votes %
DMK K.Veeraiah 251,861 53.9%
INC(O) R.Vijaya Reghunatha Thondaiman 203,466 43.5%
Majority 48,395 10.4%
Turnout 455,327 75.3%
DMK gain from CPI(M)

General Election 1967

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Party Candidate Votes %
CPI(M) R.Umanath 199,469 46.6%
INC A.N.Chettiyar 190,087 44.4%
IND S.R.G.Iyer 23,828 5.6%
Majority 9,382 2.2%
Turnout 413,384 76.9%
CPI(M) Hold

General Election 1962

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Party Candidate Votes %
CPI(M) R.Umanath 134,162 43.4%
INC L.Alagusundaram Chettiyar 103,944 33.6%
SWA A.R.Nagappa Chettiyar 60,073 19.4%
Majority 30,218 9.8%
Turnout 298,179 66.8%
CPI(M) gain from INC

General Election 1957

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Party Candidate Votes %
INC F.Ramanathan Chettiyar 111,694 50.1%
PSP K.M.Vallatharas 46,242 20.8%
CPI V.Nagu servai 45,383 20.4%
IND S.Soundararajan 19,432 8.7%
Majority 65,452
Turnout 222,751 53.1%
INC gain from KMPP

General Election 1952

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Party Candidate Votes %
KMPP K.M.Vallatharasu 102,404 53.4%
INC V.Ramaiah Servai 89,293 46.6%
Majority 13,111
Turnout 191,697 51.2%
KMPP Win (New Seat)

References

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  1. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. ^ "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Rediff on the NeT: 70-member Vajpayee ministry sworn in".
  7. ^ "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

See also

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10°23′N 78°49′E / 10.38°N 78.82°E / 10.38; 78.82

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