Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency

Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency
Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency
Indian electoral constituency
	Sivagangai constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India

Sivagangai is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. One of the 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu, Sivagangai Lok Sabha Constituency comprises six legislative assembly segments. The Sivagangai Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 30) consists of 1,092,438 number of electorates in totality, of these 534,518 are males and 557,920 are females as the Election Commission of India 2009 data suggests.

It came into existence post the 2008 delimitation of parliamentary constituencies and has over 1,090,000 voters. Sivaganga, or Sivagangai is the center of administration of the Sivagangai District which covers an area of 4,189 km² (1,617 sq mi). It is bounded by the districts of Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Tiruchirapalli and Madurai. Karti Chidambaram represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

Sivagangai Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly segments post delimitation effective from fifteenth loksabha

SI No.	Name	MLA	Party
1.	Thirumayam	S. Ragupathy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2.	Tiruppattur	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3.	Karaikudi	K. R. Ramasamy	Indian National Congress
4.	Alangudi	Meyyanathan. Siva. V	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5.	Manamadurai	S. Nagarajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6.	Sivaganga	G. Baskaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Members of the Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Fourth	1967-71	Kiruttinan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1971-77	Kiruttinan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	Periasamy Thiagarajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	R. Swaminathan	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Elewenth	1996-98	P. Chidambaram	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	P. Chidambaram	Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004-2009	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-2014	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-2019	P.R. Senthilnathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth	2019–present	Karti Chidambaram^[2]	Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Sivaganga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karti Chidambaram	5,66,104	52.2	+30%
	BJP	H. Raja	2,33,860	21.6	+7%
	AMMK	V. Pandi	1,22,534	11.3	+11.3
	NTK	V. Sakthi Priya	72,240	6.66
	MNM	Snehan	22,951	2.11
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,283	0.86
Majority			3,32,244	30.64
Turnout			10,84,906	69.90
	INC gain from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Swing

General Election,2014

2014 Indian general elections: Sivaganga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	P. R. Senthilnathan	4,75,993	46.33
	DMK	Dhurai Raaj Subha	2,46,608	24.00
	BJP	H. Raja	1,33,763	13.02
	INC	Karti P. Chidambaram	1,04,678	10.19
	CPI	S. Krishnan	20,473	1.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,042	0.78
Majority			2,29,385	22.33
Turnout			10,27,036	72.72
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Sivaganga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	3,34,348	43.12
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Raja Kannappan R.S.	3,30,994	42.69
	DMDK	Barwatha Regina Papa	60,054	7.74
	IND	Thoothai Selvam M	6,997	0.90
Majority			3,354	0.43
Turnout			7,75,387	70.98
	INC hold		Swing

General Election,2004

General Election, 2004: Sivaganga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	400,393	60.00	+20.57
	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	S. P. Karuppih	237,668	34.60	n/a
	Independent	Subramanian Mutharaiyar. M Arimalam	9,709	1.46	n/a
Majority			162,725	24.39	+20.57
Turnout			703,669	62.35	+0.80
	INC hold		Swing	+20.57

General Election,1999

General Election, 1999: Sivaganga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	2,46,078	40.23
	BJP	H. Raja	2,22,267	36.34
	TMC(M)	P. Chidambaram	1,27,528	20.85
Majority			23,811	3.89
Turnout			6,11,631	54.75
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
^ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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External links

Sivagangai lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result

[2] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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