Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu, India
Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India [1] which existed until the 2004 Lok sabha elections. It was converted into Virudhunagar constituency after delimitation in 2008.
Assembly segments
Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency after 2009)
Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency after 2009)
Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency after 2009)
Members of the Parliament
Election results
2004
General Election 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
MDMK
Vaiko
325,829
41.2%
AIADMK
V.Ramasamy
251,048
31.7%
TMC(M)
A.Gunasekharan
152,817
19.3%
IND
R.Thamaraikani
36,977
4.7%
IND
A.Somasundaram
4,660
0.6%
AIFB
A.C.Cheenasamy thevar
4,330
0.5%
IND
V.Seenivasagan
944
0.1%
IND
K.Subbukalai
669
0.1%
IND
PID.Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan
500
0.1%
IND
P.Sahadevan
454
0.1%
IND
I.Ramasamy
378
0.0%
IND
V.Kannan
234
0.0%
IND
K.Ganesan
224
0.0%
IND
N.Gunasekharan
163
0.0%
IND
M.Manmathan
154
0.0%
IND
K.Muthupandian
83
0.0%
Majority
74,781
9.5%
Turnout
790,751
62.9%
MDMK Hold
General Election 1998
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
MDMK
Vaiko
387,694
49.6%
CPI
V.Alagirisamy
252,771
32.3%
PT
S.Sathiyamoorthy
106,726
13.7%
INC
K.Rajendran
9,745
1.2%
IND
K.Mariappan
1,922
0.2%
IND
C.Ponnusamy
1,756
0.2%
IND
M.Manmathan
1,021
0.1%
IND
Thiyagarajan alias Yogakannan
793
0.1%
IND
M.Gurusamy
639
0.1%
RJD
A.Rajasekhar
627
0.1%
IND
S.V.Rengyananam
583
0.1%
IND
V.Kannan
369
0.0%
IND
R.P.Ramasamy
271
0.0%
Majority
134,923
17.3%
Turnout
781,757
65.0%
MDMK gain from CPI
General Election 1996
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
CPI
V.Alagirisamy
238,483
29.5%
AIADMK
Sanjay Ramasamy
214,861
26.6%
MDMK
Vaiko
204,339
25.3%
IND
S.Sathiyamoorthy
39,427
4.9%
BJP
S.Mohan Rajalu
18,941
2.3%
IND
R.Boosaperumal
8,947
1.1%
PMK
P.Lakshmanan
6,255
0.8%
Majority
23,622
2.9%
Turnout
808,460
69.3%
CPI gain from AIADMK
General Election 1991
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
R.Govidarajalu
365,155
53.4%
CPI
A.Srinivasan
202,065
29.6%
IND
R.Thamaraikani
50,258
7.4%
IND
K.Muthu pillai
18,217
2.7%
PMK
K.Ponnaiah
11,208
1.6%
Jharkhand party
E.Chandran
3,323
0.5%
IND
S.Ramachandran
1,372
0.2%
IND
M.P.Jeyapal
1,340
0.2%
IND
M.Manmathan
1,271
0.2%
Tharasu makkal mandram
I.Kannan
1,146
0.2%
Majority
163,090
23.9%
Turnout
683,293
63.5%
AIADMK Hold
General Election 1989
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
K.Kalimuthu
450,376
57.5%
DMK
Vaiko
313,308
40.0%
PMK
J.S.Balaiah
1,918
0.2%
JP
E.Chandran
1,346
0.2%
IND
S.Pannerselvam
920
0.1%
IND
S.Kanagavel
651
0.1%
IND
M.Manmathan
594
0.1%
Tharasu makkal mandram
P.Pasupon
580
0.1%
IND
C.Pandi
522
0.1%
IND
D.Periyasamy
433
0.1%
Majority
137,068
17.5%
Turnout
783,252
72.3%
AIADMK Hold
General Election 1984
General Election 1980
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AIADMK
N.Soundararajan
234,654
45.3%
INC
V.Jayalakshmi
228,042
44.1%
IND
R.M.Sreeram
21,157
4.1%
IND
S.P.Raju
12,422
2.4%
IND
G.A.Appan
2,455
0.5%
IND
S.P.Shenbagamoorthy
2,402
0.5%
INC(U)
R.Sooriyanarayanan
1,856
0.4%
Majority
6,612
1.3%
Turnout
517,475
68.4%
AIADMK gain from INC
General Election 1977
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
INC
V.Jayalakshmi
271,568
53.3%
NCO
G.Ramanujan
156,720
30.8%
IND
S.P.Raju
41,707
8.2%
IND
P.Muthu Ramanuja devar
10,551
2.1%
IND
A.K.Kandasamy Pandian
6,457
1.3%
IND
K.Kaliappanadar
4,713
0.9%
IND
R.Subba Reddiar
3,459
0.7%
IND
P.Selvaraj
2,840
0.6%
Majority
114,848
22.5%
Turnout
509,445
70.5%
INC gain from DMK
General Election 1971
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
DMK
V.Jayalakshmi
235,491
56.7%
SWA
R.Gopalakrishnan
149,829
36.0%
IND
S.P.Muthuramanuja Thevar
5,233
1.3%
IND
P.S.Reddy
4,126
1.0%
Majority
85,662
20.6%
Turnout
394,679
68.8%
DMK gain from SWA
General Election 1967
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
SWA
P.Ramamoorthy
194,364
45.8%
INC
P.A.Nadar
162,692
38.4%
CPI
S.Alagarsamy
55,753
13.2%
Majority
31,672
7.5%
Turnout
412,809
78.6%
SWA Win (New Seat)
See also
References
External links
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