Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Indian constituency Periyakulam was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.[1] It was absorbed in Theni Lok Sabha constituency after the 2009 election as part of reorganisation of Lok Sabha seats to reflect the change in population over specific geographic areas. Periyakulam is defunct.
Assembly segments
Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Periyakulam (now in Theni after 2009)
- Theni (defunct)
- Bodinayakkanur (now in Theni after 2009)
- Cumbum (now in Theni after 2009)
- Andipatti (now in Theni after 2009)
- Sedapatti (defunct)
Members of the Parliament
| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1952-57 | K. Sakthivadivel Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1957-62 | R. Narayanaswami | |
| 1962-67 | M. Malaichami Thevar | |
| 1967-71 | H. Ajamal Khan | Swatantra Party |
| 1971-77 | S. M. Muhammed Sheriff | Indian union Muslim league |
| 1977-80 | S. Ramaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980-82 | Cumbum N. Natarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1982-84 | S. T. K. Jakkaiyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984-89 | P. Selvendran | |
| 1989-91 | R. Muthiah | |
| 1991-96 | R. Ramasamy | |
| 1996-98 | R. Gnanagurusamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1998-99 | R. Muthiah | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1999-04 | T.T.V. Dhinakaran | |
| 2004-2009 | J.M. Aaron Rashid | Indian National Congress |
The seat was absorbed in Theni Lok Sabha constituency after 2009 election. So Periyakulum seat has become defunct since then.
Election Results
2004
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | T.T.V. Dhinakaran | 325,696 | 46.49 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 21,155 | 3.02 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 700,603 | 66.29 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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General Election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | T.T.V.Dhinakaran | 303,881 | 45.6% | -6.2% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | P.Selvendran | 258,075 | 38.8% | -1.6% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | PT | Mansoor Alikhan | 87,429 | 13.1% | +9.8% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra Kazhagam | P.R.Jeganathan | 1,414 | 0.2% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | A.Sadayandi | 1,327 | 0.2% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | C.Rajagopal | 1,256 | 0.2% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Elamurugan | 1,105 | 0.2% | New | |
| Majority | 45,806 | 6.9% | -4.5% | |||
| Turnout | 665,824 | 59.4% | +2.2% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK Hold | |||||
General Election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | R.Muthaih | 319,672 | 51.8% | +4.2% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | R.Gandhimathy | 249,092 | 40.4% | -7.2% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | PT | C.Mookaih | 20,219 | 3.3% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | P.V.K.Deivendran | 5,549 | 0.9% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC | M.Veeraprakash | 4,214 | 0.7% | New | |
| Majority | 70,580 | 11.4% | -7.7% | |||
| Turnout | 617,136 | 57.2% | -10.0% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK gain from DMK | |||||
General Election 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | R.Gnanagurusamy | 326,665 | 47.6% | +20.6% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | R.Ramasamy | 195,328 | 28.5% | -32.8% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | MDMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 91,601 | 13.3% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | BJP | M.Periyasamy Devar | 20,035 | 2.9% | -0.2% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | PMK | P.Thangaraj | 11,503 | 1.7% | -4.1% | |
| Majority | 131,337 | 19.1% | -15.2% | |||
| Turnout | 686,544 | 67.2% | +5.5% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK gain from AIADMK | |||||
General Election 1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | R.Ramasamy | 382,759 | 61.3% | +0.6% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | Cumbum Ramakrishnan | 168,799 | 27.0% | -0.3% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | PMK | K.Madasamy | 36,454 | 5.8% | -3.6% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | BJP | Balakrishnan | 19,148 | 3.1% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | P.Rajangam | 1,211 | 0.2% | New | |
| Majority | 213,960 | 34.3% | +0.9% | |||
| Turnout | 624,469 | 61.7% | -3.6% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK Hold | |||||
General Election 1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | R.Muthaiah | 402,691 | 60.7% | -0.2% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | A.K.Cumbum Mahindran | 181,287 | 27.3% | -5.9% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | PMK | S.Gunasekharan | 62,536 | 9.4% | New | |
| Majority | 221,404 | 33.4% | +5.7% | |||
| Turnout | 663,502 | 65.3% | -6.2% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK Hold | |||||
General Election 1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | P.Selvendran | 348,903 | 60.9% | +14.4% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | S.Agniraju | 190,290 | 33.2% | -17.2% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Palaniswamy | 5,376 | 0.9% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Surulvelu | 5,122 | 0.9% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Ayyadurai | 2,148 | 0.4% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | S.S.Sailani | 1,125 | 0.2% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Jayamani | 837 | 0.1% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | A.Rajendran | 633 | 0.1% | New | |
| Majority | 158,613 | 27.7% | +23.8% | |||
| Turnout | 572,802 | 71.5% | +2.7% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK Hold | |||||
By-election 1982
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | S. T. K. Jakkaiyan | 252,377 | 50.1% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | N. Eramakrishnan | 183,117 | 36.4% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | A.K. Sheik | 28,869 | 5.7% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | A. Wahab | 16,366 | 3.2% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | M. Pandian | 10,261 | 2.0% | ||
| Majority | 69,260 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Turnout | 503,651 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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General Election 1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | Cumbum N.Natarajan | 255,204 | 50.4% | +24.7% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | S.Ramasaamy | 235,322 | 46.5% | -21.8% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | Surilvelu | 6,934 | 1.4% | +0.4% | |
| Majority | 19,882 | 3.9% | -38.6% | |||
| Turnout | 506,263 | 68.8% | -0.5% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK gain from AIADMK | |||||
General Election 1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes[4] | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK | S.Ramasamy | 328,100 | 68.3% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | DMK | Palanivel Rajan | 123,708 | 25.7% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Andithevar | 12,813 | 2.7% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Surulivelu | 4,808 | 1.0% | -0.5% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | S.Gunasekharan | 1,630 | 0.3% | New | |
| Majority | 204,392 | 42.5% | +32.5% | |||
| Turnout | 480,718 | 69.3% | +3.4% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | AIADMK gain from IND | |||||
General Election 1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | S.M.Mohammad Sherief | 175,940 | 42.0% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | SWA | Ajmalkhan | 134,015 | 32.0% | -11.9% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | H.Muthaih | 45,066 | 10.8% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | S.Alagarsamy Chettiyar | 27,371 | 6.5% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | K.Surilvelu | 6,108 | 1.5% | New | |
| Majority | 41,925 | 10.0% | +3.4% | |||
| Turnout | 388,500 | 65.9% | -9.0% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND gain from SWA | |||||
General Election 1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | SWA | H.Ajmalkhan | 183,593 | 43.9% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC | M.Ibrahim | 155,972 | 37.3% | -9.9% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | M.Muthaiah | 65,329 | 15.6% | New | |
| Majority | 27,621 | 6.6% | +5.7% | |||
| Turnout | 404,894 | 74.9% | +6.7% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | SWA gain from INC | |||||
General Election 1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC | Malaichamy Thevar | 146,829 | 47.2% | -2.9% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | Muthaiah | 143,930 | 46.3% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | Ponnusamy | 12,357 | 4.0% | New | |
| Majority | 2,899 | 0.9% | ||||
| Turnout | 303,116 | 68.2% | +14.7% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC Hold | |||||
General Election 1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC | R.Narayanasamy | 116,715 | 50.1% | +5.7% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | Muthaiah | 64,867 | 27.8% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | M.V.Sethu Rao | 19,238 | 8.3% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | M.K.M.Meeran | 16,282 | 7.0% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | IND | S.S.Marisamy | 15,838 | 6.8% | New | |
| Majority | 51,848 | |||||
| Turnout | 232,940 | 53.5% | -12.1% | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC Hold | |||||
General Election 1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes[5] | % |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC | A.Shaktivel gounder | 107,875 | 44.4% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Forward Bloc (Marxist group) | C.Raghupathi Thevar | 74,991 | 30.9% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | KMPP | S.N.K.Sundaram | 30,461 | 12.5% | New | |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Socialist Party | Velayudha Nair | 29,450 | 12.1% | New | |
| Majority | 32,884 | |||||
| Turnout | 242,777 | 65.6% | New | |||
| bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | INC Win (New Seat) | |||||
References
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