Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency explained

Tiruchengode
Type:	LS
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1951
Abolished:	2009
Reservation:	None
Electors:	(2004)

Tiruchengode is a former constituency of the Lok Sabha in Tamil Nadu state. After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency.

The region covered by this constituency is now a part of the Namakkal constituency.

Assembly segments

Tiruchengode was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

1. Kapilamalai (defunct)
2. Tiruchengode (moved to Namakkal constituency)
3. Sangagiri (SC) (moved to Namakkal constituency)
4. Edappadi (moved to Salem constituency)
5. Modakurichi (moved to Erode constituency)
6. Erode (defunct)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1951	S.K.Baby @ Kandaswami	Independent
1957	P. Subbarayan	Indian National Congress
1962	P. Subbarayan	Indian National Congress
1967	K. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	M. Muthusami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Kolanthaivelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Kandaswamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Kannan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. C. Palaniswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. S. Soundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. P. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	M. Kannappan	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

• Seat was decommissioned in 2008

Election results

General Elections 1951

See also

• Tiruchengode
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

11.38°N 77.89°W

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/20090304010951/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf . 2009-03-04.