Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency

Periyakulam was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It was absorbed in Theni Lok Sabha constituency after the 2009 election as part of reorganisation of Lok Sabha seats to reflect the change in population over specific geographic areas. Periyakulam is defunct.

Periyakulam
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1952
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Assembly segments

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

1. Periyakulam (now in Theni after 2009)
2. Theni (defunct)
3. Bodinayakkanur (now in Theni after 2009)
4. Cumbum (now in Theni after 2009)
5. Andipatti (now in Theni after 2009)
6. Sedapatti (defunct)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1952-57	K. Sakthivadivel Gounder	Indian National Congress
1957-62	R. Narayanaswami
1962-67	M. Malaichami Thevar
1967-71	H. Ajamal Khan	Swatantra Party
1971-77	S. M. Muhammed Sheriff	Indian union Muslim league
1977-80	S. Ramaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980-82	Cumbum N. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1982-84	S. T. K. Jakkaiyan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984-89	P. Selvendran
1989-91	R. Muthiah
1991-96	R. Ramasamy
1996-98	R. Gnanagurusamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998-99	R. Muthiah	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999-04	T.T.V. Dhinakaran
2004-2009	J.M. Aaron Rashid	Indian National Congress

The seat was absorbed in Theni Lok Sabha constituency after 2009 election. So Periyakulum seat has become defunct since then.

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2004			49.51%
1999			45.6%
1998			51.8%
1996			47.6%
1991			61.3%
1989			60.7%
1984			60.9%
1982			50.1%
1980			50.4%
1977			68.3%
1971			42.0%
1967			43.9%
1962			47.2%
1957			50.1%
1952			44.4%

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Periyakulam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. M. Aaron Rashid	346,851	49.51	n/a
	AIADMK	T.T.V. Dhinakaran	325,696	46.49	+0.85
Majority			21,155	3.02	−3.86
Turnout			700,603	66.29	+6.93
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+49.51
	UPA gain from AIADMK		Swing

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T.T.V.Dhinakaran	303,881	45.6%	-6.2%
	DMK	P.Selvendran	258,075	38.8%	-1.6%
	PT	Mansoor Alikhan	87,429	13.1%	+9.8%
	Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra Kazhagam	P.R.Jeganathan	1,414	0.2%	New
	IND	A.Sadayandi	1,327	0.2%	New
	IND	C.Rajagopal	1,256	0.2%	New
	IND	K.Elamurugan	1,105	0.2%	New
Majority			45,806	6.9%	-4.5%
Turnout			665,824	59.4%	+2.2%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R.Muthaih	319,672	51.8%	+4.2%
	DMK	R.Gandhimathy	249,092	40.4%	-7.2%
	PT	C.Mookaih	20,219	3.3%	New
	IND	P.V.K.Deivendran	5,549	0.9%	New
	INC	M.Veeraprakash	4,214	0.7%	New
Majority			70,580	11.4%	-7.7%
Turnout			617,136	57.2%	-10.0%
	AIADMK gain from DMK

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R.Gnanagurusamy	326,665	47.6%	+20.6%
	AIADMK	R.Ramasamy	195,328	28.5%	-32.8%
	MDMK	N. Eramakrishnan	91,601	13.3%	New
	BJP	M.Periyasamy Devar	20,035	2.9%	-0.2%
	PMK	P.Thangaraj	11,503	1.7%	-4.1%
Majority			131,337	19.1%	-15.2%
Turnout			686,544	67.2%	+5.5%
	DMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R.Ramasamy	382,759	61.3%	+0.6%
	DMK	Cumbum Ramakrishnan	168,799	27.0%	-0.3%
	PMK	K.Madasamy	36,454	5.8%	-3.6%
	BJP	Balakrishnan	19,148	3.1%	New
	IND	P.Rajangam	1,211	0.2%	New
Majority			213,960	34.3%	+0.9%
Turnout			624,469	61.7%	-3.6%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R.Muthaiah	402,691	60.7%	-0.2%
	DMK	A.K.Cumbum Mahindran	181,287	27.3%	-5.9%
	PMK	S.Gunasekharan	62,536	9.4%	New
Majority			221,404	33.4%	+5.7%
Turnout			663,502	65.3%	-6.2%
	AIADMK Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P.Selvendran	348,903	60.9%	+14.4%
	DMK	S.Agniraju	190,290	33.2%	-17.2%
	IND	K.Palaniswamy	5,376	0.9%	New
	IND	K.Surulvelu	5,122	0.9%	New
	IND	K.Ayyadurai	2,148	0.4%	New
	IND	S.S.Sailani	1,125	0.2%	New
	IND	K.Jayamani	837	0.1%	New
	IND	A.Rajendran	633	0.1%	New
Majority			158,613	27.7%	+23.8%
Turnout			572,802	71.5%	+2.7%
	AIADMK Hold

By-election 1982

Lok Sabha by-election, 1982: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. T. K. Jakkaiyan	252,377	50.1%
	DMK	N. Eramakrishnan	183,117	36.4%
	INC	A.K. Sheik	28,869	5.7%
	CPI	A. Wahab	16,366	3.2%
	Independent	M. Pandian	10,261	2.0%
Majority			69,260
Turnout			503,651
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Cumbum N.Natarajan	255,204	50.4%	+24.7%
	AIADMK	S.Ramasaamy	235,322	46.5%	-21.8%
	IND	Surilvelu	6,934	1.4%	+0.4%
Majority			19,882	3.9%	-38.6%
Turnout			506,263	68.8%	-0.5%
	DMK gain from AIADMK

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes[4]	%	±%
	AIADMK	S.Ramasamy	328,100	68.3%	New
	DMK	Palanivel Rajan	123,708	25.7%	New
	IND	K.Andithevar	12,813	2.7%	New
	IND	K.Surulivelu	4,808	1.0%	-0.5%
	IND	S.Gunasekharan	1,630	0.3%	New
Majority			204,392	42.5%	+32.5%
Turnout			480,718	69.3%	+3.4%
	AIADMK gain from IND

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	S.M.Mohammad Sherief	175,940	42.0%	New
	SWA	Ajmalkhan	134,015	32.0%	-11.9%
	IND	H.Muthaih	45,066	10.8%	New
	IND	S.Alagarsamy Chettiyar	27,371	6.5%	New
	IND	K.Surilvelu	6,108	1.5%	New
Majority			41,925	10.0%	+3.4%
Turnout			388,500	65.9%	-9.0%
	IND gain from SWA

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	H.Ajmalkhan	183,593	43.9%	New
	INC	M.Ibrahim	155,972	37.3%	-9.9%
	IND	M.Muthaiah	65,329	15.6%	New
Majority			27,621	6.6%	+5.7%
Turnout			404,894	74.9%	+6.7%
	SWA gain from INC

General Election 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malaichamy Thevar	146,829	47.2%	-2.9%
	IND	Muthaiah	143,930	46.3%	New
	IND	Ponnusamy	12,357	4.0%	New
Majority			2,899	0.9%
Turnout			303,116	68.2%	+14.7%
	INC Hold

General Election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R.Narayanasamy	116,715	50.1%	+5.7%
	IND	Muthaiah	64,867	27.8%	New
	IND	M.V.Sethu Rao	19,238	8.3%	New
	IND	M.K.M.Meeran	16,282	7.0%	New
	IND	S.S.Marisamy	15,838	6.8%	New
Majority			51,848
Turnout			232,940	53.5%	-12.1%
	INC Hold

General Election 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes[5]	%	±%
	INC	A.Shaktivel gounder	107,875	44.4%	New
	Forward Bloc (Marxist group)	C.Raghupathi Thevar	74,991	30.9%	New
	KMPP	S.N.K.Sundaram	30,461	12.5%	New
	Socialist Party	Velayudha Nair	29,450	12.1%	New
Majority			32,884
Turnout			242,777	65.6%	New
	INC Win (New Seat)