Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency explained

Pudukkottai
Type:	LS
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1952
Abolished:	2008
Latest Election Year:	2004
Reservation:	None

Pudukkottai was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency.

Assembly segments

Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

1. Pattukkottai (moved to Thanjavur constituency after 2009)
2. Peravurani (moved to Thanjavur constituency after 2009)
3. Kolathur (SC) (dissolved and its territories were shared between the newly formed Gandarvakottai and Viralimalai constituencies after 2009)
4. Pudukkottai (moved to Tiruchirappall constituency after 2009)
5. Alangudi (moved to Sivaganga constituency after 2009)
6. Arantangi (moved to Ramanathapuram constituency after 2009)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1951	K.M. Valatharsu	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	R. Ramanathan Chettiar	Indian National Congress
1962	R. Umanath	Communist Party of India
1967		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	K. Veeriah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V.S. Elanchezhian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V.N. Swamynathan	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	N. Sundararaj	Indian National Congress
1989
1991^[3]
1996	Tiruchi Siva	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	Raja Paramasivam^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	S. Thirunavukkarasu^[5]	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2002	S. Thirunavukkarasu^[6]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	S. Regupathy^[7]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MADMK	S.Thirunavukkarasar	396,216	50.7%
	INC	S.Singaaravadivel	331,914	42.5%
	PT	M.Palaniappan	29,453	3.8%
	IND	M.Ramaiah	7,710	1.0%
Majority			64,302	8.2%
Turnout			780,964	64.1%
	MADMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Paramasivam Raja	288,072	36.4%
	DMK	P.N.Siva	257,552	32.5%
	MADMK	S.Thirunavukkarasar	226,416	28.6%
	IND	M.R.Chokkalingam	895	0.1%
	IND	C.Velappan	448	0.1%
Majority			30,520	3.9%
Turnout			791,405	66.8%
	AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	N.Siva	398,209	48.1%
	INC	V.N.Swaminathan	220,336	26.6%
	AIIC(T)	T.Pushparaj	61,830	7.5%
	MDMK	R.Karthikeyan	60,405	7.3%
	BJP	K.Shanmughanathan	16,147	1.9%
	IND	I.Jahuber	8,320	1.0%
	IND	C.Nagarajan	2,930	0.4%
Majority			177,873	21.5%
Turnout			828,411	73.7%
	DMK gain from INC

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N.Sundararajan	460,795	61.6%
	DMK	K.Chandrasekhar	241,074	32.2%
	IND	L.S.Kamal Baatsha	9,036	1.2%
	IND	R.Thirumaravan	3,885	0.5%
	PMK	V.Thiruvarangam	3,638	0.5%
Majority			219,721	29.4%
Turnout			748,163	71.4%
	INC Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N.Sundararajan	518,762	65.8%
	DMK	A.Selvaraj	247,626	31.4%
	IND	M.R.Chokkalingam	3,191	0.4%
	IND	P.A.Palani	2,503	0.3%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	A.Mohanraj	1,793	0.2%
	PMK	Sivaperumal	1,002	0.1%
Majority			271,136	34.4%
Turnout			787,854	74.7%
	INC Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N.Sundararajan	426,717	65.3%
	DMK	K.Veeraih	161,813	24.7%
	INC(J)	Singaravel Chettiyar	16,902	2.6%
Majority			264,904	40.5%
Turnout			653,865	81.1%
	INC Hold

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V.N.Swaminathan	294,494	49.1%
	AIADMK	Kuzha Chezhiyan	278,395	46.4%
	IND	S.Sooriyanarayanan	6,486	1.1%
	IND	M.Dhandayudhapani	6,389	1.1%
	JP(S)	K.Ramanujan	4,150	0.7%
Majority			16,099	2.7%
Turnout			600,327	80.7%
	INC gain from AIADMK

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V.S.Elanchezhiyan	342,120	64.2%
	INC(O)	V.Vairava Thevar	118,505	22.2%
	IND	Kuzha Chellaih	49,147	9.2%
	IND	Singaravel Chettiyar	10,790	2.0%
Majority			223,615	42.0%
Turnout			532,811	76.1%
	AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	K.Veeraiah	251,861	53.9%
	INC(O)	R.Vijaya Reghunatha Thondaiman	203,466	43.5%
Majority			48,395	10.4%
Turnout			455,327	75.3%
	DMK gain from CPI(M)

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	R.Umanath	199,469	46.6%
	INC	A.N.Chettiyar	190,087	44.4%
	IND	S.R.G.Iyer	23,828	5.6%
Majority			9,382	2.2%
Turnout			413,384	76.9%
	CPI(M) Hold

General Election 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	R.Umanath	134,162	43.4%
	INC	L.Alagusundaram Chettiyar	103,944	33.6%
	SWA	A.R.Nagappa Chettiyar	60,073	19.4%
Majority			30,218	9.8%
Turnout			298,179	66.8%

General Election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	F.Ramanathan Chettiyar	111,694	50.1%
	PSP	K.M.Vallatharas	46,242	20.8%
	CPI	V.Nagu servai	45,383	20.4%
	IND	S.Soundararajan	19,432	8.7%
Majority			65,452
Turnout			222,751	53.1%
	INC gain from KMPP

General Election 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KMPP	K.M.Vallatharasu	102,404	53.4%
	INC	V.Ramaiah Servai	89,293	46.6%
Majority			13,111
Turnout			191,697	51.2%
	KMPP Win (New Seat)

References

• Election Commission of India

See also

• Pudukottai
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 . . 1 December 1976 . 13 October 2021.
2. Web site: List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-12 . Tamil Nadu . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf . 2006-05-04.
3. Web site: General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II) . . 31 December 2021.
4. Web site: General Election, 1998 (Vol I, II) . . 3 May 2023.
5. Web site: General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III) . . 31 December 2021.
6. https://www.rediff.com/election/1999/oct/13vaj.htm
7. Web site: General Election 2004 . . 22 October 2021.