Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency

Chidambaram is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 27 of 39. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It spread on district of Ariyalur and Cuddalore.

Chidambaram
Lok Sabha constituency
Chidambaram constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Kunnam Ariyalur Jayankondam Bhuvanagiri Chidambaram Kattumannarkoil
Established	1957
Total electors	14,79,108[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Thol. Thirumavalavan
Party	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

After 2009

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
148	Kunnam	None	Perambalur	DMK
149	Ariyalur	None	Ariyalur	DMK
150	Jayankondam	None		DMK
157	Bhuvanagiri	None	Cuddalore	AIADMK
158	Chidambaram	None		AIADMK
159	Kattumannarkoil	SC		VCK

Before 2009

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

1. Kurinjipadi (moved to Cuddalore)
2. Bhuvanagiri
3. Kattumannarkoil (SC)
4. Chidambaram
5. Mangalore (SC) (defunct)
6. Vridhachalam (moved to Cuddalore)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1957	R. Kangasabai Pillai		Indian National Congress
	Elayaperumal
1962	R. Kanagasabai Pillai
1967	V. Mayavan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
1977	A. Murugesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Kulandaivelu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Vallalperuman		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	V. Ganesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	Dalit Ezhilmalai		Pattali Makkal Katchi
1999	E. Ponnuswamy
2004
2009	Thol. Thirumavalavan		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2014	M. Chandrakasi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Thol. Thirumavalavan[3][4]		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			43.28%
2019			43.52%
2014			39.91%
2009			49.37%
2004			46.20%
1999			47.68%
1998			45.81%
1996			48.69%
1991			48.77%
1989			30.98%
1984			61.22%
1980			63.59%
1977			62.20%
1971			51.09%
1967			52.22%
1962			44.63%
1957			23.21%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	505,084	43.28
	AIADMK	M. Chandrahasan	4,01,530	34.40
	BJP	P. Karthiyayini	1,68,493	14.44
	NTK	R. Jansi Rani	65,589	5.62
	NOTA	None of the above	8761	0.75
Margin of victory			1,03,554	8.68	−
Turnout			11,67,071	77.00
Registered electors			15,10,915
	VCK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	500,229	43.52	+15.55
	AIADMK	P. Chandrasekar	4,97,010	43.24	+3.33
	Independent	A. Elavarasan	62,308	5.42
	NTK	M. Sivajothi	37,471	3.26
	NOTA	None of the above	15,535	1.35	0.22
	MNM	T. Ravi	15,334	1.33
	Independent	P. Gurusamy	7,012	0.61
Margin of victory			3,219	0.28	−11.66
Turnout			11,49,385	77.98	−1.13
Registered electors			14,80,222		8.35
	VCK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+3.61

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chandrakasi	429,536	39.91
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	3,01,041	27.97	−21.40
	PMK	Sudha Manirathinem	2,79,016	25.92	−12.04
	INC	P. Vallalperuman	28,988	2.69
	NOTA	None of the above	12,138	1.13
Margin of victory			1,28,495	11.94	+0.53
Turnout			10,76,285	79.70	+1.70
Registered electors			13,66,190		+21.24
	AIADMK gain from VCK		Swing	-9.46

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	428,804	49.37%
	PMK	E. Ponnuswamy	3,29,721	37.96%	−8.24%
	DMDK	S. Sasikumar	66,283	7.63%
	Independent	V. Manikandan	9,799	1.13%
	Independent	R. P. Marutharajaa	8,367	0.96%
	Independent	N. Kaviyarasan	6,173	0.71%
	BSP	N. R. Rajendiran	5,718	0.66%	−0.03%
Margin of victory			99,083	11.41%	−0.38%
Turnout			8,68,614	77.18%	11.03%
Registered electors			11,26,828		0.12%
	VCK gain from PMK		Swing	3.17%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	E. Ponnuswamy	343,424	46.20%	−1.48%
	JD(U)	Thol. Thirumavalavan	2,55,773	34.41%
	BJP	D. Periasamy	1,13,974	15.33%
	Independent	D. Ramalingam	6,051	0.81%
	JP	P. Jawaharlal Nehru	5,526	0.74%
	BSP	K. Kumar	5,092	0.68%
Margin of victory			87,651	11.79%	−4.72%
Turnout			7,43,410	66.09%	0.03%
Registered electors			11,25,487		1.37%
	PMK hold		Swing	-1.48%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	E. Ponnuswamy	345,331	47.68%	1.87%
	TMC(M)	Thol. Thirumavalavan	2,25,768	31.17%
	INC	T. Sumathi Udayakumar	1,50,794	20.82%	14.34%
Margin of victory			1,19,563	16.51%	15.31%
Turnout			7,24,305	66.02%	−4.67%
Registered electors			11,10,229		5.27%
	PMK hold		Swing	-1.01%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	R. Ezhilmalai	305,372	45.81%	22.65%
	DMK	V. Ganesan	2,97,417	44.62%	−4.07%
	INC	Dr. P. Vallalperuman	43,214	6.48%	−14.44%
	BSP	P. Nagappan	19,922	2.99%
Margin of victory			7,955	1.19%	−24.34%
Turnout			6,66,594	64.87%	−5.82%
Registered electors			10,54,642		2.73%
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.88%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Ganesan	336,164	48.69%	21.73%
	PMK	R. Elumalai	1,59,898	23.16%	0.07%
	INC	P. Vallalperuman	1,44,478	20.93%	−27.85%
	CPI(M)	P. S. Mahalingam	28,646	4.15%
	BJP	S. P. Kirubanidhi	7,954	1.15%
	Independent	K. Selvamani	5,795	0.84%
Margin of victory			1,76,266	25.53%	3.72%
Turnout			6,90,447	70.69%	1.23%
Registered electors			10,26,604		9.97%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.08%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Vallalperuman	306,121	48.77%	17.80%
	DMK	Sulochana Ayyasamy	1,69,231	26.96%	0.25%
	PMK	R. Elumalai	1,44,946	23.09%	−0.78%
Margin of victory			1,36,890	21.81%	17.54%
Turnout			6,27,676	69.46%	−2.02%
Registered electors			9,33,507		−0.53%
	INC hold		Swing	17.80%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Vallalperuman	205,229	30.98%	−30.24%
	DMK	A. Ayyasamy	1,76,946	26.71%	−12.08%
	PMK	R. Elumalai	1,58,155	23.87%
	Humanist Party of India	C. A. Balakrishnan	1,20,197	18.14%
Margin of victory			28,283	4.27%	−18.16%
Turnout			6,62,552	71.48%	−5.62%
Registered electors			9,38,462		27.85%
	INC hold		Swing	-30.24%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Vallalperuman	329,892	61.22%
	DMK	S. Kannapiran	2,09,001	38.78%	−24.81%
Margin of victory			1,20,891	22.43%	−6.73%
Turnout			5,38,893	77.10%	6.95%
Registered electors			7,34,012		5.71%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-2.37%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Kulandaivelu	302,523	63.59%	25.79%
	CPI(M)	S. Mahalingam	1,63,798	34.43%
	Independent	R. N. Duraiswamy	5,984	1.26%
	Independent	D. Duraivelavan	3,430	0.72%
Margin of victory			1,38,725	29.16%	4.75%
Turnout			4,75,735	70.14%	0.86%
Registered electors			6,94,357		4.63%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.39%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Murugesan	278,406	62.20%
	DMK	N. Rajangam	1,69,172	37.80%	−13.30%
Margin of victory			1,09,234	24.41%	18.77%
Turnout			4,47,578	69.29%	−4.72%
Registered electors			6,63,634		19.69%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.11%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Mayavan	203,059	51.09%	−1.12%
	INC(O)	L. Elayaperumal	1,80,661	45.46%
	Independent	A. Gavarnar	13,698	3.45%
Margin of victory			22,398	5.64%	1.20%
Turnout			3,97,418	74.00%	−2.88%
Registered electors			5,54,449		5.69%
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.12%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Mayavan	205,193	52.22%	8.88%
	INC	L. Elayaperumal	1,87,764	47.78%	3.15%
Margin of victory			17,429	4.44%	3.15%
Turnout			3,92,957	76.88%	5.36%
Registered electors			5,24,610		14.73%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.59%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kanagasabai Pillai	140,731	44.63%	21.42%
	DMK	R. Thillaivaillalan	1,36,671	43.34%
	SWA	D. Govindasami Kachirayar	18,021	5.71%
	Independent	A. Subramaniam	10,249	3.25%
	Independent	A. Rathinam	9,666	3.07%
Margin of victory			4,060	1.29%	1.17%
Turnout			3,15,338	71.53%	−19.01%
Registered electors			4,57,267		−45.56%
	INC hold		Swing	21.42%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kanagasabai Pillai	176,501	23.21%
	INC	Elayaperumal	1,75,589	23.09%
	Independent	Arumugham	1,18,491	15.58%
	Independent	Dandapani Padyachai	1,09,521	14.40%
	Independent	Kulandai Moopan	85,943	11.30%
	Independent	Kattimuthu	62,114	8.17%
	Independent	Kaliamurthi	32,381	4.26%
	Independent	Siva Subrananian	0	0.00%
Margin of victory			912	0.12%
Turnout			7,60,540	90.54%
Registered electors			8,40,006
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Chidambaram
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Ariyalur