Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency explained

Sivakasi
Type:	LS
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1967
Abolished:	2008
Latest Election Year:	2004
Reservation:	None

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.

Assembly segments

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

1. Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
2. Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
3. Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency)
4. Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
5. Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency)
6. Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party
1967	P. Ramamoorthy	SWA	P. A. Nadar	INC
1971	V. Jeyalakshmi	INC	R. Gopalakrishnan	SWA
1977	V. Jeyalakshmi	INC	G. Ramanujuam	NCO
1980	N. Soundararajan	AIADMK	V. Jayalakshmi	INC(I)
1984	N. Soundararajan	AIADMK	A. Srinivasan	CPI
1989	K. Kalimuthu	AIADMK	V. Gopalsamy	DMK
1991	R. Kanga Govindarajulu^[3]	AIADMK	A. Srinivasan	CPI
1996	V. Alagirisamy	CPI	Sanjay Ramasamy	AIADMK
1998	Vaiko^[4]	MDMK	V. Alagirisamy	CPI
1999	Vaiko^[5]	MDMK	V. Ramaswami	AIADMK
2004	A. Ravichandran^[6]	MDMK	P. Kannan	AIADMK

Election results

General Election 1999

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	K.Kalimuthu	450,376	57.5%
	DMK	Vaiko	313,308	40.0%
	PMK	J.S.Balaiah	1,918	0.2%
	JP	E.Chandran	1,346	0.2%
	IND	S.Pannerselvam	920	0.1%
	IND	S.Kanagavel	651	0.1%
	IND	M.Manmathan	594	0.1%
	Tharasu makkal mandram	P.Pasupon	580	0.1%
	IND	C.Pandi	522	0.1%
	IND	D.Periyasamy	433	0.1%
Majority			137,068	17.5%
Turnout			783,252	72.3%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	N.Soundararajan	323,786	51.6%
	CPI	A.Sreenivasan	257,308	41.0%
	IND	K.Kaliappan	12,498	2.0%
	IND	K.Ramar	4,921	0.8%
	INC(J)	P.Subba Reddyiar	4,521	0.7%
Majority			66,478	10.6%
Turnout			627,315	74.9%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1980

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

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

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

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)

See also

• Sivakasi
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Election Commission of India

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 . 2008-10-13 . 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. Web site: General Election 2004 . . 22 October 2021.