Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency explained

12.5°N 79.62°W

Type:	LS
Vandavasi
Established:	1962
Abolished:	2009
Electors:	12,13,662
Reservation:	None

Vandavasi was a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] After delimitation in 2009, it is defunct.

Assembly segments

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

1. Tiruvannamalai (moved to Tiruvannamalai constituency)
2. Polur (moved to Arani constituency)
3. Vandavasi (SC) (moved to Arani constituency)
4. Peranamallur (defunct)
5. Melmalayanur (defunct)
6. Gingee (moved to Arani constituency)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1962	A.Jayaraman	Indian National Congress
1967	G Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	G Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Venugopal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	D. Pattuswamy	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	L Balaraman	Indian National Congress
1989	L Balaraman	Indian National Congress
1991	M. Krishnasamy^[3]	Indian National Congress
1996	L Balaraman	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1998	M. Durai^[4]	Pattali Makkal Katchi
1999	M. Durai^[5]	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2004	N. Ramachandran Gingee^[6]	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMK	M.Durai	345,539	50.8%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	286,342	42.1%
	TMC(M)	K.Wahab	36,844	5.4%
Majority			59,197	8.7%
Turnout			679,992	61.5%
	PMK Hold

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMK	M.Durai	327,010	49.0%
	TMC(M)	L.Balaramam	261,935	39.3%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	34,827	5.2%
	IND	Karuppasamy	21,219	3.2%
	IND	G.S.Chandrabose	545	0.1%
Majority			65,075	9.8%
Turnout			667,287	62.0%
	PMK gain from TMC(M)

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TMC(M)	L.Balaraman	342,184	47.7%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	168,880	23.5%
	PMK	P.Senthamizhan	106,388	14.8%
	MDMK	A.Chinnadurai	39,449	5.5%
	BJP]]	4,986	0.7%
Majority			173,306	24.1%
Turnout			717,844	69.6%
	TMC(M) gain from INC

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	354451	53.7%
	DMK	D.Venugopal	177,356	26.8%
	PMK	Kasilanga Durai	99,163	15.0%
bgcolor=		IND	K.Pandurangam	2,519	0.4%
	Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam	K.V.Murugesan	2,382	0.4%
	IND	S.Appadurai	2,232	0.3%
Majority			177,095	26.8%
Turnout			660,560	68.0%
	INC Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	L.Balaraman	313,160	46.2%
	DMK	D.Venugopal	212,988	31.4%
	PMK	Kasilingam	128,318	18.9%
	IND	K.Punithavathi	3,476	0.5%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	S.Manavalan	3,005	0.4%
Majority			100,172	14.8%
Turnout			677,686	69.3%
	INC Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	L.Balaraman	341,267	59.4%
	DMK	R.K.Pandian	206,375	35.9%
Majority			134,892	23.5%
Turnout			574,975	75.3%
	INC Hold

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	D.Pattusamy	285,549	61.0%
	AIADMK	Venugopal Gounder	158,395	33.8%
	INC(U)	R.A.Natrajan	5,327	1.1%
Majority			127,154	27.2%
Turnout			468,039	65.5%
	INC gain from INC

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Venugopal Gounder	267,930	57.0%
	DMK	Duraimurugan	186,798	39.7%
	IND	JagaDeva gounder	4,010	0.9%
Majority			81,132	17.2%
Turnout			470,355	68.6%
	AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	G.Viswanathan	230,003	55.9%
	INC(O)	M.K.Gounder	182,659	45.7%
	IND	Maniazhilan	25,114	6.1%
	IND	J.P.Ganesa Mudhaliar	2,897	0.7%
Majority			87,955	21.4%
Turnout			411,640	76.3%
	DMK Hold

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	G.Vishwanathan	213,537	53.0%
	INC	M.K.Gounder	132,878	33.0%
	IND	P.S.Gounder	31,008	7.7%
	IND	K.M.K.Nayagar	8,998	2.2%
Majority			80,659	20.0%
Turnout			386,421	73.8%
	DMK gain from INC

General Election 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jayaraman	111,053	37.7%
	RPI	M.Krishnasami	100,256	34.0%
	SWP	Pulavar Mani	57,190	19.4%
	IND	Gangadaran	13,414	4.5%
Majority			10,797	3.7%
Turnout			281,913	67.7%
	INC Win (New Seat)

See also

• Vandavasi
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Election Commission of India -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

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 . 2008-10-08 . Tamil Nadu . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf . 2008-10-31 . dead.
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.