Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency

Dindigul
Dindigul
Lok Sabha constituency
	Dindigul constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Palani; Oddanchatram; Athoor; Nilakkottai; Natham; Dindigul
Established	1952
Total electors	16,37,511 ; 8,13,707(Male); 8,23,696 (Female) ; 108 (Others)
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent P. Velusamy
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019 Election

Dindigul is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 22 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies like Athoor, Dindigul, Oddanchatram, Natham, Nilakottai and Palani.

Assembly segments[edit]

2009[edit]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
127.	Palani	None	Dindigul	DMK
128.	Oddanchatram	None		DMK
129.	Athoor	None		DMK
130.	Nilakottai	SC		AIADMK
131.	Natham	None		AIADMK
132.	Dindigul	None		AIADMK

Before 2009[edit]

Tirumanagalam (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
Usilampatti (moved to Theni constituency after 2009)
Nilakottai (SC)
Sholavandan (moved to Theni constituency after 2009)
Dindigul
Athoor

Members of Parliament[edit]

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.
First	1952-1957	Ammu Swaminathan	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-1962	M. Gulam Mohideen
Third	1962-1967	T. S. Soundram
Fourth	1967-1971	N. Anbuchezhian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1971-1973	M. Rajangam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1973-1977	K. Maya Thevar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-1980		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-1984		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
eighth	1984-1989	K. R. Natarajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-1991	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan
Tenth	1991-1996	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan
Eleventh	1996-1998	N. S. V. Chitthan	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-1999	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	1999-2004	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2004-2009	N. S. V. Chitthan	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-2014	N. S. V. Chitthan	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-2019	M. Udhayakumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2019-2024	P. Velusamy^[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			64.60%
2014			47.58%
2009			44.10%
2004			58.98%
1999			43.78%
1998			46.55%
1996			63.97%
1991			67.04%
1989			67.24%
1984			61.79%
1980			51.78%
1977			59.60%
By-Election 1973			52.0%
1971			59.88%
1967			62.40%
1962			43.23%
1957			27.99%
1951			36.89%

General Elections 2024[edit]

2024 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Sachithanandam
	PMK	M. Thilagabama
	SDPI	Mohamed Mubarak
	NTK	Durai Kilan. Rajan
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory				-
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

General Elections 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Velusamy	746,523	64.60%	28.93%
	PMK	K. Jothimuthu	2,07,551	17.96%
	Independent	P. Jothi Murugan	62,875	5.44%
	NTK	Mansoor Ali Khan	54,957	4.76%
	MNM	Dr. S. Suthakaran	38,784	3.36%
	NOTA	None of the above	14,177	1.23%	0.24%
Margin of victory			5,38,972	46.64%	34.72%
Turnout			11,55,607	74.95%	-1.65%
Registered electors			15,41,881		10.09%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	17.02%

General Elections 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Udhayakumar	510,462	47.58%	10.11%
	DMK	S. Gandhirajan	3,82,617	35.67%
	DMDK	A. Krishnamoorthy	93,794	8.74%	-3.55%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	35,632	3.32%	-40.78%
	CPI(M)	N. Pandi	19,455	1.81%
	NOTA	None of the above	10,591	0.99%
	Independent	R. Rajendhran	7,580	0.71%
	Independent	N. Manivannan	5,859	0.55%
Margin of victory			1,27,845	11.92%	5.29%
Turnout			10,72,773	76.60%	1.08%
Registered electors			14,00,531		29.00%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	3.49%

General Elections 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	361,545	44.10%	-14.88%
	AIADMK	P. Baalasubramani	3,07,198	37.47%	0.97%
	DMDK	P. Muthuvelraj	1,00,788	12.29%
	BSP	M. Srinivasa Babu	6,960	0.85%	0.12%
	Independent	K. A. Motilal	6,706	0.82%
	KNMK	M. Sellamuthu K	6,411	0.78%
	Independent	K. Durai	6,063	0.74%
	Independent	G. Manikanda Prabu	5,331	0.65%
Margin of victory			54,347	6.63%	-15.85%
Turnout			10,85,696	75.51%	14.83%
Rejected ballots			3	0.00%
Registered electors			8,19,860		-4.54%
	INC hold		Swing	-14.88%

General Elections 2004[edit]

2004 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	407,116	58.98%
	AIADMK	M. Jeyaraman	2,51,945	36.50%	-7.28%
	Independent	J. Ravindran	10,359	1.50%
	JP	P. Thinakara Kumar	5,850	0.85%
	JD(U)	Pushpa Sachan	5,206	0.75%
	BSP	M. Perumal	5,011	0.73%
Margin of victory			1,55,171	22.48%	19.46%
Turnout			6,90,231	60.69%	3.23%
Registered electors			11,37,313		-4.80%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.21%

General Elections 1999[edit]

1999 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	294,794	43.78%	18.33%
	DMK	S. Chandrasekar	2,74,451	40.76%
	TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan	69,713	10.35%
	AIFB	K. Surendran	32,342	4.80%
Margin of victory			20,343	3.02%	0.46%
Turnout			6,73,398	57.46%	-10.02%
Registered electors			11,94,616		4.44%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-20.20%

General Elections 1998[edit]

1998 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	276,106	46.55%
	TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan	2,60,907	43.98%
	MADMK	S. Latha	35,119	5.92%
	PT	C. Santhana Krishnan	19,176	3.23%
Margin of victory			15,199	2.56%	-35.97%
Turnout			5,93,173	53.47%	-14.01%
Registered electors			11,43,880		6.40%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-17.43%

General Elections 1996[edit]

1996 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan	444,858	63.97%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	1,76,944	25.45%	-41.60%
	MDMK	S. Pasumpon Pandian	54,202	7.79%
	PMK	P. Gopal	10,986	1.58%
	ATMK	R. Muthumani	4,060	0.58%
Margin of victory			2,67,914	38.53%	2.42%
Turnout			6,95,368	67.48%	5.68%
Registered electors			10,75,085		4.26%
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.07%

General Elections 1991[edit]

1991 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	416,652	67.04%	-0.20%
	DMK	Maya Thevar	1,92,235	30.93%
	PMK	P. Gopal	7,194	1.16%
Margin of victory			2,24,417	36.11%	-0.28%
Turnout			6,21,479	61.80%	-1.61%
Registered electors			10,31,174		-0.16%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.20%

General Elections 1989[edit]

1989 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	434,966	67.24%	5.45%
	CPI(M)	N. Varatharajan	1,99,598	30.86%
	PMK	K. Raithinasamy	7,579	1.17%
	Independent	S. Palanisamy	2,901	0.45%
Margin of victory			2,35,368	36.39%	10.97%
Turnout			6,46,863	63.41%	-7.81%
Registered electors			10,32,870		26.92%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.45%

General Elections 1984[edit]

1984 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Natarajan	343,571	61.79%	15.67%
	DMK	Maya Thevar	2,02,253	36.38%	-15.41%
	Independent	P. Pitchaimani	5,474	0.98%
Margin of victory			1,41,318	25.42%	19.76%
Turnout			5,55,997	71.22%	7.65%
Registered electors			8,13,821		7.46%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.01%

General Elections 1980[edit]

1980 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Maya Thevar	244,669	51.78%
	AIADMK	V. Rajan Chellappa	2,17,923	46.12%	-13.48%
	Independent	S. Muthukrishnan	3,506	0.74%
	JP(S)	S. Krishnan	2,552	0.54%
Margin of victory			26,746	5.66%	-29.93%
Turnout			4,72,487	63.57%	-3.49%
Registered electors			7,57,333		5.02%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.82%

General Elections 1977[edit]

1977 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Maya Thevar	283,341	59.60%
	CPI(M)	A. Balasumbramaniam	1,14,117	24.00%
	Independent	P. K. Mookkiah Thevar	60,500	12.73%
	Independent	N. M. Santhanam	8,768	1.84%
	Independent	M. Manokaran	5,830	1.23%
	Independent	N. Sreenivasan	2,861	0.60%
Margin of victory			1,69,224	35.59%	12.08%
Turnout			4,75,417	67.06%	-3.89%
Registered electors			7,21,154		16.45%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.28%

Bye-election 1973[edit]

Bye-election 1973: Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	K. Maya Thevar	2,60,824	52.0
	INC(O)	V. C. Sitthan	1,19,032	20.1%
	DMK	Pon Muthu Ramalingam	93,496	18.5%
	INC	Seemaisamy	11,423	2.2%
Majority			1,41,792
Turnout			6,43,704
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

General Elections 1971[edit]

1971 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Rajangam	248,638	59.88%	-2.52%
	SWA	K. Chemachamy	1,51,003	36.36%
	Independent	K. P. Kuppusamy Moopanar	15,610	3.76%
Margin of victory			97,635	23.51%	-1.28%
Turnout			4,15,251	70.95%	-6.06%
Registered electors			6,19,290		11.41%
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.52%

General Elections 1967[edit]

1967 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Anbuchezhian	260,065	62.40%	35.91%
	INC	T. S. S. Ramachndran	1,56,719	37.60%	-5.62%
Margin of victory			1,03,346	24.80%	8.06%
Turnout			4,16,784	77.01%	5.11%
Registered electors			5,55,868		20.54%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	19.17%

General Elections 1962[edit]

1962 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. S. Soundram	138,574	43.23%	15.24%
	DMK	M. S. Abdul Khader	84,921	26.49%
	CPI	N. Krishnaswami	80,406	25.08%
	SWA	Sakuntala	16,673	5.20%
Margin of victory			53,653	16.74%	9.97%
Turnout			3,20,574	71.90%	-22.30%
Registered electors			4,61,145		-46.08%
	INC hold		Swing	15.24%

General Elections 1957[edit]

1957 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Gulam Mohideen	225,510	27.99%	-8.90%
	INC	S. C. Balakrishna	1,70,995	21.22%	-15.67%
	CPI	Krishnasamy	1,32,070	16.39%
	CPI	R. Muniyandi	94,038	11.67%
	Independent	A. Desiar	77,680	9.64%
	Independent	Pitchaimuthu	63,645	7.90%
	Independent	Janakai N Karuppa Pillai	41,724	5.18%
	Independent	G. D. Naidu	0	0.00%
Margin of victory			54,515	6.77%	0.88%
Turnout			8,05,662	94.20%	33.91%
Registered electors			8,55,235		146.17%
	INC hold		Swing	-8.90%

General Elections 1951[edit]

1951–52 Indian general election : Dindigul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ammu Swaminathan	77,285	36.89%	36.89%
	CPI	Krishnaswami	64,953	31.01%
	Independent	Rengaswami Reddiar	48,808	23.30%
	KMPP	M. Natarajan	18,442	8.80%
Margin of victory			12,332	5.89%
Turnout			2,09,488	60.30%
Registered electors			3,47,422		0.00%
	INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "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.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links[edit]

Dindigul lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "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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