Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency

Pollachi
Lok Sabha constituency
Pollachi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly constituenciesThondamuthur
Kinathukadavu
Pollachi
Valparai
Udumalaipettai
Madathukulam
Established1952
Total electors15,20,276[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
K.Eswarasamy
PartyDMK

Pollachi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 21 of 39.

Assembly segments

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From 2009

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Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

No Name District Member Reserved for (SC/ST/None) Party
119 Thondamuthur Coimbatore S. P. Velumani General ADMK
122 Kinathukadavu S. Damodaran General ADMK
123 Pollachi V. Jayaraman General ADMK
124 Valparai T. K. Amulkandasami SC ADMK
125 Udumalaipettai Tiruppur Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan General ADMK
126 Madathukulam C. Mahendran General ADMK

Before 2009

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  1. Kinathukkadavu
  2. Pollachi
  3. Valparai (SC)
  4. Udumalpet
  5. Pongalur (defunct)
  6. Dharapuram (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament

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Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1951 G. R. Damodaran Indian National Congress Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev SP
1957 P.R. Ramakrishnan Gurusami Aicker PSP
1962 Chidambaram Subramaniam R. M. Ramasamy SWA
1967 Narayanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SK Paramasivam INC
1971 Nallasivam SSP
1971 (by-election) M. Kalingarayar RK Gounder Independent
1977 K.A. Raju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C.T. Dhandapani DMK
1980 C.T. Dhandapani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Natarajan M.A.M AIDMK
1984 R. Anna Nambi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Krishnasamy DMK
1989 B. Raja Ravi Varma M. Arumugham CPI
1991 C.T. Dhandapani DMK
1996 V. Kandasamy Tamil Maanila Congress R. Anna Nambi AIADMK
1998 M. Thiyagarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Kovaithangam TMC(M)
1999 C. Krishnan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Thiyagarajan AIADMK
2004 G. Murugan AIADMK
2009 K. Sugumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Shamugasundaram DMK
2014 C. Mahendran E. R. Eswaran KMDK
2019 K. Shamugasundaram[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Mahendran AIADMK

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
47.37%
2019
51.44%
2014
41.72%
2009
39.77%
2004
56.76%
1999
48.63%
1998
55.22%
1996
55.18%
1991
65.65%
1989
67.28%
1984
59.27%
1980
51.41%
1977
64.48%
1971
64.66%
1967
58.56%
1962
56.40%
1957
53.10%
1951
44.40%

General Elections 2024

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2024 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Eswaraswamy 533,377 47.37 Decrease4.07
AIADMK A. Karthikeyan 281,335 24.98 Decrease10.14
BJP K. Vasantharajan 223,354 19.84 New
NTK Suresh Kumar 58,196 5.17 Increase2.25
NOTA None of the above 14,503 1.29 Decrease0.11
Margin of victory 252,042 22.38 Increase6.06
Turnout 1,126,045
Registered electors
DMK hold Swing

General Elections 2019

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2019 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Shamugasundaram 554,230 51.44% 26.25%
AIADMK C. Mahendran 3,78,347 35.12% −6.60%
MNM R. Mookambika 59,693 5.54%
NTK U. Sanuja 31,483 2.92%
Independent S. Muthukumar 26,663 2.47%
NOTA None of the above 15,110 1.40% 0.11%
Margin of victory 1,75,883 16.32% 2.22%
Turnout 10,77,420 71.15% −1.51%
Registered electors 15,20,504 10.06%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 9.72%

General Elections 2014

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2014 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. Mahendran 417,092 41.72% 1.95%
KMDK E. R. Eswaran 2,76,118 27.62% 25.43%
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 2,51,829 25.19% −8.60%
INC Selvaraj 30,014 3.00%
NOTA None of the above 12,947 1.30%
Independent M. Mary Stella 4,942 0.49%
Margin of victory 1,40,974 14.10% 8.12%
Turnout 9,99,720 73.31% −3.22%
Registered electors 13,81,505 35.73%
AIADMK hold Swing 1.95%

General Elections 2009

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2009 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Sugumar 305,935 39.77% 1.81%
DMK K. Shamugasundaram 2,59,910 33.79%
KNMK Best S. Ramasamy 1,03,004 13.39%
DMDK K. P. Thangavel 38,824 5.05%
BJP V. S. Baba Ramesh 16,815 2.19%
MNMK E. Ummar 13,933 1.81%
Independent P. Sukumar 5,660 0.74%
Margin of victory 46,025 5.98% −12.82%
Turnout 7,69,303 75.80% 13.71%
Registered electors 10,17,811 −2.07%
AIADMK gain from MDMK Swing -17.00%

General Elections 2004

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2004 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDMK C. Krishnan 364,988 56.76% 8.14%
AIADMK G. Murugan 2,44,067 37.96% −9.09%
Independent R. Rajkumar 13,039 2.03%
Independent K. M. Ganesan 6,503 1.01%
Independent A. Krishnan 5,452 0.85%
BSP N. Muthukumar 5,294 0.82%
Independent K. Devaraj 3,656 0.57%
Margin of victory 1,20,921 18.81% 17.23%
Turnout 6,42,999 61.88% 4.78%
Registered electors 10,39,279 −3.25%
MDMK hold Swing 8.14%

General Elections 1999

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1999 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDMK C. Krishnan 293,038 48.63%
AIADMK M. Thiyagarajan 2,83,523 47.05% 13.05%
JD(S) K. N. Rajan 9,914 1.65%
PT M. Jothiraj 9,280 1.54%
Independent P. Ganesan 6,886 1.14%
Margin of victory 9,515 1.58% −15.63%
Turnout 6,02,641 57.09% −14.80%
Registered electors 10,74,230 4.70%
MDMK gain from AIADMK Swing -6.55%

General Elections 1998

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1998 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Thiyagarajan 306,083 55.22%
TMC(M) N. Kovaithangam 2,10,682 38.01%
INC R. Eswaravelu 31,967 5.77%
PT M. Jothiraj 4,926 0.89%
Margin of victory 95,401 17.21% −3.97%
Turnout 5,54,275 56.42% −15.47%
Registered electors 10,26,056 5.92%
AIADMK gain from TMC(M) Swing 0.04%

General Elections 1996

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1996 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) V. Kandasamy 361,743 55.18%
AIADMK R. Anna Nambi 2,22,852 33.99% −31.65%
JD K. N. Rajan 49,032 7.48%
BJP E. K. Elangandhi 15,123 2.31%
Margin of victory 1,38,891 21.19% −11.46%
Turnout 6,55,567 71.89% 4.43%
Registered electors 9,68,739 0.53%
TMC(M) gain from AIADMK Swing -10.47%

General Elections 1991

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1991 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK B. Raja Ravi Varma 414,810 65.65% −1.63%
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 2,08,540 33.00%
PMK G. Selvaraj 5,237 0.83%
Margin of victory 2,06,270 32.64% −3.66%
Turnout 6,31,864 67.46% 0.42%
Registered electors 9,63,590 −0.28%
AIADMK hold Swing -1.63%

General Elections 1989

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1989 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK B. Raja Ravi Varma 428,704 67.28% 8.01%
CPI M. Aurmugham 1,97,395 30.98%
THMM C. Sankar 5,800 0.91%
PMK T. Subramaniam 3,532 0.55%
Margin of victory 2,31,309 36.30% 17.76%
Turnout 6,37,210 67.04% −7.33%
Registered electors 9,66,256 25.74%
AIADMK hold Swing 8.01%

General Elections 1984

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1984 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Anna Nambi 324,200 59.27% 11.33%
DMK K. Krishnaswamy 2,22,770 40.73% −10.68%
Margin of victory 1,01,430 18.54% 15.08%
Turnout 5,46,970 74.37% 8.60%
Registered electors 7,68,435 8.88%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 7.86%

General Elections 1980

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1980 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 233,261 51.41% 17.80%
AIADMK M. A. M. Natarajan 2,17,526 47.94% −16.54%
Independent K. Nagarajan 2,934 0.65%
Margin of victory 15,735 3.47% −27.41%
Turnout 4,53,721 65.77% 4.06%
Registered electors 7,05,793 5.27%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.07%

General Elections 1977

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1977 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Raju 259,388 64.48%
DMK C. T. Dhandapani 1,35,194 33.61% −31.05%
Independent V. Murugan 7,664 1.91%
Margin of victory 1,24,194 30.88% 0.41%
Turnout 4,02,246 61.71% −9.69%
Registered electors 6,70,445 10.97%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -0.17%

General Elections 1971

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1971 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Narayanan 267,811 64.66% 6.09%
SSP K. R. Nallasivam 1,41,605 34.19%
Independent K. N. Lingasami Gounder 4,799 1.16%
Margin of victory 1,26,206 30.47% 10.27%
Turnout 4,14,215 71.40% −5.30%
Registered electors 6,04,191 9.95%
DMK hold Swing 6.09%

General Elections 1967

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1967 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Narayanan 237,035 58.56%
INC S. K. Paramasivam 1,55,281 38.36% −18.03%
Independent N. L. Gounder 12,437 3.07%
Margin of victory 81,754 20.20% −11.78%
Turnout 4,04,753 76.70% 3.99%
Registered electors 5,49,500 22.45%
DMK gain from INC Swing 2.17%

General Elections 1962

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1962 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chidambaram Subramaniam 176,512 56.40% 3.29%
SWA R. M. Ramasami 76,415 24.41%
Independent Thangavel Gounder 46,922 14.99%
Independent Ramanujam 13,142 4.20%
Margin of victory 1,00,097 31.98% 25.77%
Turnout 3,12,991 72.71% 13.14%
Registered electors 4,48,744 1.42%
INC hold Swing 3.29%

General Elections 1957

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1957 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. R. Ramakrishnan 139,984 53.10% 8.70%
PSP Gurusami Aicker 1,23,618 46.90%
Margin of victory 16,366 6.21% −15.97%
Turnout 2,63,602 59.58% 2.46%
Registered electors 4,42,467 20.13%
INC hold Swing 8.70%

General Elections 1951

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1951–52 Indian general election : Pollachi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. R. Damodaran 93,405 44.40% 44.40%
SP Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev 46,744 22.22%
CPI Ramaswami 44,383 21.10%
Independent Paranjothi Ganpathi Swami 20,699 9.84%
Independent Ramalinga Chetty 5,128 2.44%
Margin of victory 46,661 22.18%
Turnout 2,10,359 57.11%
Registered electors 3,68,310 0.00%
INC win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. ^ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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