Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency

Dharmapuri is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 10 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies - Dharmapuri, Harur, Mettur, Palacodu, Pappireddippatti and Pennagaram.

Dharmapuri
Lok Sabha constituency
Dharmapuri constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Palacode Pennagaram Dharmapuri Pappireddippatti Harur Mettur
Established	1977
Total electors	14,84,027[1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Dr. A. Mani
Party	DMK
Elected year	2024 Election

Assembly segments

2009-present

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party		Leading (in 2024)
57	Palacode	None	Dharmapuri		AIADMK		PMK
58	Pennagaram	None			PMK
59	Dharmapuri	None
60	Pappireddippatti	None			AIADMK
61	Harur	SC					DMK
85	Mettur	None	Salem		PMK

Before 2009

1. Harur (SC)
2. Morappur (defunct)
3. Dharmapuri
4. Pennagaram
5. Mettur
6. Taramangalam (defunct)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1977	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy		Indian National Congress
1980	K. Arjunan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. Thambi Durai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. G. Sekhar
1991	K. V. Thanga Balu		Indian National Congress
1996	P. Theertharaman		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	K. Pary Mohan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
1999	P.D. Elangovan
2004	R. Senthil
2009	R. Thamaraiselvan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	Anbumani Ramadoss		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2019	Dr. S. Senthil Kumar[2]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	A. Mani[3]

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			34.67%
2019			47.43%
2014			43.01%
2009			47.05%
2004			55.99%
1999			47.52%
1998			55.04%
1996			42.65%
1991			51.17%
1989			46.52%
1984			63.33%
1980			55.55%
1977			60.25%
1951			35.69%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. A. Mani	432,667	34.67	6.51
	PMK	A. Soumiya	411,367	32.97	12.29
	AIADMK	R. Ashokan	293,629	23.53
	NTK	Dr. Abinaya Ponnivalavan	65,381	5.24	3.63
	NOTA	None of the above	9,198	0.74	0.35
Margin of victory			21,300	1.71	4.07
Turnout			1,247,832	81.20	1.21
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. S. Senthilkumar	574,988	46.96%	30.61%
	PMK	Anbumani Ramadoss	5,04,235	41.18%
	Independent	P. Palaniappan	53,655	4.38%
	NTK	R. Rukmanidevi	19,674	1.61%
	MNM	D. Rajasekar	15,614	1.28%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	13,379	1.09%	−0.06%
	Independent	Dr. S. Elango	10,830	0.88%
	GPI	K. Annadhurai	9,017	0.74%
	BSP	C. Sivanandham	6,012	0.49%	−0.25%
Margin of victory			70,753	5.78%	−1.22%
Turnout			12,24,465	82.41%	1.23%
Registered electors			14,85,804
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	4.50%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Anbumani Ramadoss	468,194	42.46%
	AIADMK	P. S. Mohan	3,91,048	35.46%
	DMK	R. Thamaraiselvan	1,80,297	16.35%	−30.70%
	INC	Rama Suganthan	15,455	1.40%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	12,693	1.15%
	BSP	S. Rajinikanth	8,180	0.74%	0.04%
	Independent	Dr. K. Padmarajan	4,934	0.45%
Margin of victory			77,146	7.00%	−10.49%
Turnout			11,02,703	81.18%	8.49%
Registered electors			13,58,273
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.59%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Thamaraiselvan	365,812	47.05%
	PMK	Dr. R. Senthil	2,29,870	29.56%
	DMDK	V. Elangovan	1,03,494	13.31%
	KNMK	G. Asokan	15,333	1.97%
	Independent	A. Raja	10,561	1.36%
	Independent	R. Mani	9,982	1.28%
	Independent	Dr. K. Padmarajan	5,571	0.72%
	BSP	V. Purusothaman	5,445	0.70%	−0.18%
Margin of victory			1,35,942	17.48%	−12.95%
Turnout			10,69,601	72.69%	17.89%
Registered electors			7,77,512
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	-8.94%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Dr. R. Senthil	397,540	55.99%
	BJP	P. D. Elangovan	1,81,450	25.56%
	JD(U)	M. Munusamy (Alais) Thamilselvan	62,960	8.87%
	TNP	M. Balasubramaniam	23,553	3.32%
	Independent	V. P. Jaganathan	10,968	1.54%
	Independent	D. Mahendran	10,370	1.46%
	BSP	Kannan Kaliru	6,220	0.88%
	Independent	Dr. K. Padmarajan	5,161	0.73%
Margin of victory			2,16,090	30.44%	26.87%
Turnout			7,09,991	54.80%	−4.61%
Rejected ballots			76	0.01%
Registered electors			12,95,521
	PMK hold		Swing	8.47%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	P. D. Elangovan	340,162	47.52%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	3,14,622	43.96%
	TMC(M)	M. C. Rajendran	26,681	3.73%
	Independent	V. Appavu Chetty	20,125	2.81%
	TNP	C. Selvam	12,215	1.71%
Margin of victory			25,540	3.57%	−12.44%
Turnout			7,15,771	59.42%	−6.42%
Registered electors			12,26,879		4.39%
	PMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	4.87%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	K. Pary Mohan	341,917	55.04%
	TMC(M)	P. Theertharaman	2,42,490	39.03%
	Independent	P. Venkatesan	14,788	2.38%
	UCPI	P. K. Pattabiraman	10,018	1.61%
	BSP	C. Jayaseelan	5,693	0.92%
	RJD	A. Gopal Inamurasu	3,185	0.51%
Margin of victory			99,427	16.00%	−2.83%
Turnout			6,21,241	54.42%	−11.41%
Registered electors			11,75,234
	PMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	12.38%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	P. Theertharaman	297,166	42.65%
	INC	M. P. Subramaniyam	1,65,920	23.82%	−27.36%
	AIIC(T)	K. Ramamurthy	1,63,484	23.47%
	MDMK	P. Krishnan	28,633	4.11%
	Independent	C. Chinnasamy	12,495	1.79%
	Independent	A. Gopal Inamurasu	8,283	1.19%
	BJP	P. S. Arumugam	6,060	0.87%
Margin of victory			1,31,246	18.84%	−5.07%
Turnout			6,96,696	65.83%	0.86%
Registered electors			11,22,427
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-8.52%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	322,138	51.17%
	PMK	P. D. Elangovan	1,71,649	27.27%
	JD	R. Manickam	1,39,919	22.23%
	DMK	M. Kandasamy	1,25,365	19.91%	−2.80%
	THMM	M. Annamalai	3,055	0.49%
Margin of victory			1,50,489	23.90%	7.26%
Turnout			6,29,532	64.98%	−3.53%
Registered electors			10,05,354
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.65%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. G. Sekhar	315,921	46.52%	−16.81%
	PMK	B. D. Elangovan	2,02,901	29.88%
	DMK	M. Kandasamy	1,54,220	22.71%
Margin of victory			1,13,020	16.64%	−12.09%
Turnout			6,79,098	68.51%	−2.23%
Registered electors			10,08,221
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-16.81%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	333,427	63.33%
	CPI	Parvathi Krishnan	1,82,175	34.60%
	Independent	P. V. Devakumarvarma	10,854	2.06%
Margin of victory			1,51,252	28.73%	11.01%
Turnout			5,26,456	70.74%	15.32%
Registered electors			7,80,371
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.79%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Arjunan	209,603	55.55%
	JP	G. Bhuvarahan	1,42,732	37.83%
	JP(S)	K. Nallasamy	13,794	3.66%
	Independent	C. Ganesan	5,020	1.33%
	Independent	Kandhan	2,525	0.67%
	Independent	Thangaraj	2,188	0.58%
Margin of victory			66,871	17.72%	−8.82%
Turnout			3,77,330	55.42%	−9.29%
Registered electors			6,94,088
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.70%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	239,908	60.25%
	INC(O)	P. Ponnuswami	1,34,222	33.71%
	Independent	P. Kalianna Gounder	19,034	4.78%
	Independent	T. V. Anganna Chettiar	4,999	1.26%
Margin of victory			1,05,686	26.54%
Turnout			3,98,163	64.70%
Registered electors			6,31,245
	INC win (new seat)

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Dharmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Satyanathan	66,216	35.69%
	INC	K. Subramanian	61,570	33.18%	33.18%
	Independent	R. K. Gurunatha Chettiar	34,432	18.56%
	Independent	M. C. Natesa Chettiar	23,327	12.57%
Margin of victory			4,646	2.50%
Turnout			1,85,545	51.53%
Registered electors			3,60,076
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• Dharmapuri
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha