Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency

Namakkal
Namakkal
Lok Sabha constituency
	Namakkal constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Sankari; Rasipuram; Senthamangalam; Namakkal; Paramathi-Velur; Tiruchengodu
Established	2009
Total electors	14,13,246
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent A.K.P. Chinraj
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2019

Namakkal is a Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 16 of 39. It was a part of Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency) in previous parliament Election. Namakkal Lok Sabha Constituency consists of Sankagiri, Rasipuram, Senthamangalam, Namakkal, Paramathi-Velur and Tiruchengodu assembly segments. Out of these 6 assembly segments Rasipuram is Reserved for SC candidates and Senthamangalam assembly segment is reserved for ST Candidates.

History[edit]

Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency) and Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency) were delimited in 2008 and the area became a part of the Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Assembly segments[edit]

From 2009

Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
87	Sankari	None	Salem	AIADMK
92	Rasipuram	SC	Namakkal	DMK
93	Senthamangalam	ST		DMK
94	Namakkal	None		DMK
95	Paramathi-Velur	None		AIADMK
96	Tiruchengodu	None		DMK

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Duration	Member
3rd	1962-1967	V. K. Ramasamy	Indian National Congress
15th	2009-2014	S. Gandhiselvan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16th	2014-2019	P. R. Sundaram^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17th	2019 – present	A.K.P. Chinraj	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			55.43%
2014			54.02%
2009			44.00%
1962			43.83%
1957			23.80%

General Elections 2024[edit]

2024 Indian general election : Namakkal
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	DMK	V. S. Maadheshwaran^{[N 1]}
	BJP	K.P.Ramalingam
	NTK	K. Kanimozhi
	AIADMK	S. Tamil Mani
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory				-
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

^ KMDK will contest one seat in DMK's Rising Sun symbol, therefore he will be considered as DMK party candidate officially by ECI affidavit

General Elections 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general election : Namakkal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. K. P. Chinraj	626,293	55.43%	29.64%
	AIADMK	P. Kaliappan	3,61,142	31.96%	-22.06%
	NTK	B. Baskar	38,531	3.41%
	MNM	R. Thangavelu	30,947	2.74%
	Independent	P. P. Saminathan	23,347	2.07%
	NOTA	None of the above	15,073	1.33%	-0.20%
Margin of victory			2,65,151	23.47%	-4.76%
Turnout			11,29,890	80.22%	1.50%
Registered electors			14,13,599		6.32%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.41%

General Elections 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general election : Namakkal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. R. Sundaram	563,272	54.02%	22.15%
	DMK	S. Gandhiselvan	2,68,898	25.79%	-18.21%
	DMDK	S. K. Vel	1,46,882	14.09%	4.68%
	INC	G. R. Subramaniyan	19,800	1.90%
	NOTA	None of the above	16,002	1.53%
	TNMK	S. Velusamy	4,827	0.46%
	Independent	S. M. Sivaji	4,808	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,94,374	28.23%	16.10%
Turnout			10,42,753	79.73%	-0.07%
Registered electors			13,29,552		23.62%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.02%

General Elections 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general election : Namakkal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. Gandhiselvan	371,476	44.00%
	AIADMK	V. Vairam Tamilarasi	2,69,045	31.87%
	DMDK	N. Maheswaran	79,420	9.41%
	KNMK	R. Devarasan	52,433	6.21%
	Independent	U. Thaniyarasu	24,230	2.87%
	BJP	K. Suresh Gandhi	7,939	0.94%
	Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy	V. Lingappan	6,907	0.82%
Margin of victory			1,02,431	12.13%
Turnout			8,44,223	78.69%
Registered electors			10,75,526
	DMK win (new seat)

Note: After the 1967 Delimitation order, the constituency was abolished. It was reestablished after the passing of the 2008 Delimitation order.

General Elections 1962[edit]

1962 Indian general election : Namakkal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Ramaswamy	118,603	43.83%	22.36%
	DMK	M. P. Vadivelu	1,09,652	40.52%
	TNP	S. Palanimuthu	28,621	10.58%
	Independent	Seerangan	13,722	5.07%
Margin of victory			8,951	3.31%	0.98%
Turnout			2,70,598	67.94%	-23.50%
Registered electors			4,08,580		-51.16%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	20.03%

General Elections 1957[edit]

1957 Indian general election : Namakkal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E. V. K. Sampath	182,066	23.80%
	INC	S. R. Arumugam	1,64,221	21.47%
	INC	T. A. M. Subramania Chettiar	1,55,531	20.33%
	Independent	Sundararajan	1,50,673	19.70%
	Independent	Kesavlal Kalidass Sait	70,673	9.24%
	Independent	Paramasiva Gounder	41,848	5.47%
Margin of victory			17,845	2.33%
Turnout			7,65,012	91.44%
Registered electors			8,36,631
	Independent win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
^ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links[edit]

Namakkal lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[:0-4] KMDK will contest one seat in DMK's Rising Sun symbol, therefore he will be considered as DMK party candidate officially by ECI affidavit

[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result

[2] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

[3] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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