Rasipuram Lok Sabha constituency explained

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Rasipuram
Type:	LS
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1977
Abolished:	2008
Latest Election Year:	2004
Reservation:	SC
Electors:	11,32,426

Rasipuram was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. After delimitation in 2009, it is now defunct. The area is now a part of the Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Assembly segments

Rasipuram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

1. Chinnasalem (defunct)
2. Attur (moved to Kallakurichi constituency after 2009)
3. Talavasal (SC) (defunct)
4. Rasipuram (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
5. Sendamangalam (ST) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
6. Namakkal (SC) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Duration	Winner	Party
Sixth	1977-80	B. Devarajan	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	B. Devarajan	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	B. Devarajan	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	B. Devarajan	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	B. Devarajan	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	K. Kandasamy	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	V. Saroja	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	1999-04	V. Saroja	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2004-2009	K. Rani	Indian National Congress

Election results

General Elections 1977

See also

• Rasipuram
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-09 . 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.