Erode Lok Sabha constituency

Erode
Erode
Lok Sabha constituency
	Area of Erode Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Kumarapalayam; Erode East; Erode West; Modakkurichi; Dharapuram; Kangayam;
Established	2009
Total electors	1,462,246
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent A. Ganeshamurthi
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019
Preceded by	S. Selvakumara Chinnayan

Erode Lok Sabha constituency (Template:Lang-ta) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Erode Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

No	Name	District	Member	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
97	Kumarapalayam	Namakkal	P. Thangamani	General	AIADMK
98	Erode West	Erode	S. Muthusamy	General	DMK
99	Erode East		E. V. K. S. Elangovan	General	INC
100	Modakkurichi		C. Saraswathi	General	BJP
101	Dharapuram	Tiruppur	N. Kayalvizhi	SC	DMK
102	Kangayam	Tiruppur	M. P. Saminathan	General	DMK

No.	Name	Term of office		Lok Sabha (Election)	Political party
No.	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Lok Sabha (Election)	Political party
1	A. Ganeshamurthi	1 June 2009	18 May 2014	15th (2009 election)		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2	S. Selvakumara Chinnayan	4 June 2014	24 May 2019	16th (2014 election)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(1)	A. Ganeshamurthi	18 June 2019	Incumbent	17th (2019 election)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			53.07%
2014			47.06%
2009			37.12%
1962			45.75%
1951			21.68%

2019 Indian general election : Erode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Ganeshamurthi	563,591	53.07%	31.17%
	AIADMK	G. Manimaran	3,52,973	33.23%	−13.83%
	MNM	A. Saravanakumar	47,719	4.49%
	NTK	M. K. Seethalakshmi	39,010	3.67%
	Independent	K. C. Senthilkumar	25,858	2.43%
	NOTA	None of the above	14,795	1.39%	−0.25%
Margin of victory			2,10,618	19.83%	−1.49%
Turnout			10,62,073	73.11%	−2.46%
Registered electors			14,62,246		10.66%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.00%

2014 Indian general election : Erode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Selvakumara Chinnayan	466,995	47.06%
	MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthi	2,55,432	25.74%	−11.38%
	DMK	H. Pavithravalli	2,17,260	21.89%
	INC	P. Gopi	26,726	2.69%	−27.98%
	NOTA	None of the above	16,268	1.64%
	Independent	S. Vijayakumar	7,478	0.75%
	BSP	Sethupathy	5,917	0.60%
	AAP	R. P. Marutharajaa	4,654	0.47%
Margin of victory			2,11,563	21.32%	14.88%
Turnout			9,92,314	76.39%	−0.69%
Registered electors			13,21,399		30.82%
	AIADMK gain from MDMK		Swing	9.94%

2009 Indian general election : Erode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthi	284,148	37.12%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	2,34,812	30.67%
	KNMK	C. Balasubramaniam	1,06,604	13.93%
	DMDK	Muthu Venkateshwaran	91,008	11.89%
	BJP	N. P. Palanisamy	8,429	1.10%
	Independent	S. Sivasankar	6,802	0.89%
Margin of victory			49,336	6.44%
Turnout			7,65,501	75.98%
Registered electors			10,10,079
	MDMK win (new seat)

1962 Indian general election : Erode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Paramasiva Gounder	156,739	45.75%
	DMK	Narayanan	1,17,561	34.32%
	Socialist Labour Party (India)	S. Balasubramaniam	37,581	10.97%
	Independent	K. Muthusami Gounder	16,901	4.93%
	Independent	Chinnasamy	13,785	4.02%
Margin of victory			39,178	11.44%
Turnout			3,42,567	73.72%
Registered electors			4,78,370
	INC win (new seat)

1951–52 Indian general election : Erode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balakrishnan	169,708	21.68%	21.68%
	INC	Periasami Gounder	1,54,527	19.74%	19.74%
	Independent	Kesavlal Kalidass Sait	1,37,955	17.63%
	SP	Pasupathi	1,24,622	15.92%
	RPI	Kesavalu Pillai	80,721	10.31%
	Independent	Rangachari	67,820	8.67%
	Independent	Sundaresan	47,333	6.05%
Margin of victory			15,181	1.94%
Turnout			7,82,686	105.33%
Registered electors			7,43,081		0.00%
	INC win (new seat)

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