Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Sivakasi was a Lok Sabha constituency in India 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:^[1]

1. Sattur (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
2. Virudhunagar (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
3. Sivakasi (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
4. Rajapalayam (moved to Tenkasi constituency after 2009)
5. Srivilliputhur (moved to Tenkasi constituency after 2009)
6. Kovilpatti (moved to Thoothukudi constituency after 2009)

Members of 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	ADMK	V. Jayalakshmi	INC(I)
1984	N. Soundararajan	ADMK	A. Srinivasan	CPI
1989	K. Kalimuthu	ADMK	V. Gopalsamy	DMK
1991	R. Kanga Govindarajulu	ADMK	A. Srinivasan	CPI
1996	V. Alagirisamy	CPI	Sanjay Ramasamy	ADMK
1998	Vaiko	MDMK	V. Alagirisamy	CPI
1999	Vaiko	MDMK	V. Ramaswami	ADMK
2004	A. Ravichandran	MDMK	P. Kannan	ADMK

Election results

2004

General Election, 2004: Sivakasi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	A. Ravichandran	469,072	56.44	+15.23
	AIADMK	Kannan. P	304,555	36.64	+4.89
	JD(U)	Dheepa Valentina. T	27,130	3.26	n/a
	Independent	Venkatesan. K	10,156	1.22	n/a
Majority			164,517	19.79	+10.34
Turnout			831,167	63.27	+0.41
	MDMK hold		Swing	+15.23

See also

• Sivakasi
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-13.

External links

• Election Commission of India