Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency

For other places with the same name, see Namakkal (disambiguation).

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.

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[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent V. S. Matheswaran
Party	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi
Elected year	2024

History

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

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		KMDK

Members of Parliament

Year	Duration	Member	Party
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 – 2024	A.K.P. Chinraj		Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (DMK)
18th	2024 - Present	V. S. Matheswaran

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			40.31%
2019			55.43%
2014			54.02%
2009			44.00%
1962			43.83%
1957			23.80%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election : Namakkal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMDK	V. S. Matheswaran	462,036	40.31	15.10
	AIADMK	S. Tamil Mani	4,32,924	37.77	5.81
	BJP	K. P. Ramalingam	1,04,690	9.13	New
	NTK	K. Kanimozhi	95,577	8.34	4.93
	NOTA	None of the above	12,984	1.13	0.20
Margin of victory			29,112	2.54	20.93
Turnout			11,46,303	78.21	2.01
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Namakkal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMDK	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

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

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

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

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)