Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox Indian constituency Pollachi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 21 of 39.

Assembly segments

From 2009

Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

No	Name	District	Member	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Party
119	Thondamuthur	Coimbatore	S. P. Velumani	General	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	ADMK
122	Kinathukadavu		S. Damodaran	General	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	ADMK
123	Pollachi		V. Jayaraman	General	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	ADMK
124	Valparai		T. K. Amulkandasami	SC	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	ADMK
125	Udumalaipettai	Tiruppur	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	General	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	ADMK
126	Madathukulam		C. Mahendran	General	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	ADMK

Before 2009

1. Kinathukkadavu
2. Pollachi
3. Valparai (SC)
4. Udumalpet
5. Pongalur (defunct)
6. Dharapuram (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party
1951	G. R. Damodaran	Template:Full party name with color	Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev	SP
1957	P.R. Ramakrishnan	Gurusami Aicker	PSP
1962	Chidambaram Subramaniam	R. M. Ramasamy	SWA
1967	Narayanan	Template:Full party name with color	SK Paramasivam	INC
1971		Nallasivam	SSP
1971 (by-election)	M. Kalingarayar	RK Gounder	Independent
1977	K.A. Raju	Template:Full party name with color	C.T. Dhandapani	DMK
1980	C.T. Dhandapani	Template:Full party name with color	Natarajan M.A.M	AIDMK
1984	R. Anna Nambi	Template:Full party name with color	K. Krishnasamy	DMK
1989	B. Raja Ravi Varma	M. Arumugham	CPI
1991		C.T. Dhandapani	DMK
1996	V. Kandasamy	Template:Full party name with color	R. Anna Nambi	AIADMK
1998	M. Thiyagarajan	Template:Full party name with color	N. Kovaithangam	TMC(M)
1999	C. Krishnan	Template:Full party name with color	M. Thiyagarajan	AIADMK
2004		G. Murugan	AIADMK
2009	K. Sugumar	Template:Full party name with color	K. Shamugasundaram	DMK
2014	C. Mahendran	E. R. Eswaran	KMDK
2019	K. Shamugasundaram	Template:Full party name with color	C. Mahendran	AIADMK

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			47.37%
2019			51.44%
2014			41.72%
2009			39.77%
2004			56.76%
1999			48.63%
1998			55.22%
1996			55.18%
1991			65.65%
1989			67.28%
1984			59.27%
1980			51.41%
1977			64.48%
1971			64.66%
1967			58.56%
1962			56.40%
1957			53.10%
1951			44.40%

General Elections 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A. Karthikeyan	281,335	24.98
		K. Vasantharajan	223,354	19.84
		Suresh Kumar	58,196	5.17
		None of the above	14,503	1.29
Turnout			1,126,045
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

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2019 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. Mahendran	3,78,347	35.12
		R. Mookambika	59,693	5.54
		U. Sanuja	31,483	2.92
		S. Muthukumar	26,663	2.47
		None of the above	15,110	1.40
Turnout			10,77,420	71.15
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	9.72

General Elections 2014

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2014 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E. R. Eswaran	2,76,118	27.62
		Pongalur N. Palanisamy	2,51,829	25.19
		Selvaraj	30,014	3.00
		None of the above	12,947	1.30
		M. Mary Stella	4,942	0.49
Turnout			9,99,720	73.31
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	1.95

General Elections 2009

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2009 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. Shamugasundaram	2,59,910	33.79
		Best S. Ramasamy	1,03,004	13.39
		K. P. Thangavel	38,824	5.05
		V. S. Baba Ramesh	16,815	2.19
		E. Ummar	13,933	1.81
		P. Sukumar	5,660	0.74
Turnout			7,69,303	75.80
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-17.00

General Elections 2004

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2004 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		G. Murugan	2,44,067	37.96
		R. Rajkumar	13,039	2.03
		K. M. Ganesan	6,503	1.01
		A. Krishnan	5,452	0.85
		N. Muthukumar	5,294	0.82
		K. Devaraj	3,656	0.57
Turnout			6,42,999	61.88
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	8.14

General Elections 1999

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1999 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. Thiyagarajan	2,83,523	47.05
		K. N. Rajan	9,914	1.65
		M. Jothiraj	9,280	1.54
		P. Ganesan	6,886	1.14
Turnout			6,02,641	57.09
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-6.55

General Elections 1998

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1998 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		N. Kovaithangam	2,10,682	38.01
		R. Eswaravelu	31,967	5.77
		M. Jothiraj	4,926	0.89
Turnout			5,54,275	56.42
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	0.04

General Elections 1996

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1996 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. Anna Nambi	2,22,852	33.99
		K. N. Rajan	49,032	7.48
		E. K. Elangandhi	15,123	2.31
Turnout			6,55,567	71.89
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-10.47

General Elections 1991

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1991 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. T. Dhandapani	2,08,540	33.00
		G. Selvaraj	5,237	0.83
Turnout			6,31,864	67.46
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	-1.63

General Elections 1989

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1989 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. Aurmugham	1,97,395	30.98
		C. Sankar	5,800	0.91
		T. Subramaniam	3,532	0.55
Turnout			6,37,210	67.04
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	8.01

General Elections 1984

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1984 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. Krishnaswamy	2,22,770	40.73
Turnout			5,46,970	74.37
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	7.86

General Elections 1980

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1980 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. A. M. Natarajan	2,17,526	47.94
		K. Nagarajan	2,934	0.65
Turnout			4,53,721	65.77
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-13.07

General Elections 1977

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1977 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. T. Dhandapani	1,35,194	33.61
		V. Murugan	7,664	1.91
Turnout			4,02,246	61.71
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-0.17

General Elections 1971

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1971 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. R. Nallasivam	1,41,605	34.19
		K. N. Lingasami Gounder	4,799	1.16
Turnout			4,14,215	71.40
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	6.09

General Elections 1967

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1967 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		S. K. Paramasivam	1,55,281	38.36
		N. L. Gounder	12,437	3.07
Turnout			4,04,753	76.70
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	2.17

General Elections 1962

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1962 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. M. Ramasami	76,415	24.41
		Thangavel Gounder	46,922	14.99
		Ramanujam	13,142	4.20
Turnout			3,12,991	72.71
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	3.29

General Elections 1957

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1957 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gurusami Aicker	1,23,618	46.90
Turnout			2,63,602	59.58
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	hold		Swing	8.70

General Elections 1951

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1951–52 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev	46,744	22.22
		Ramaswami	44,383	21.10
		Paranjothi Ganpathi Swami	20,699	9.84
		Ramalinga Chetty	5,128	2.44
Turnout			2,10,359	57.11
Registered electors			Template:Ifnumber
	win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

• http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2221.htm?ac=21

External links

• Pollachi lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule