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.
Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
- Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
- Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
- Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
- Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
- Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency)
Members of the Parliament
[edit] General Election 1999
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] General Election 1984
[edit] General Election 1980
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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) | | |
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