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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
General Election 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
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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