Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency

Pollachi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 21 of 39.

Pollachi
Lok Sabha constituency
Pollachi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Thondamuthur Kinathukadavu Pollachi Valparai Udumalaipettai Madathukulam
Established	1952
Total electors	15,20,276[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent K. Eswarasamy
Party	DMK

Assembly segments

From 2009

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

No	Name	District	Member	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Party
119	Thondamuthur	Coimbatore	S. P. Velumani	General		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
122	Kinathukadavu		S. Damodaran	General		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
123	Pollachi		V. Jayaraman	General		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
124	Valparai		T. K. Amulkandasami	SC		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
125	Udumalaipettai	Tiruppur	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	General		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
126	Madathukulam		C. Mahendran	General		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Before 2009

1. Kinathukkadavu
2. Pollachi
3. Valparai (SC)
4. Udumalpet
5. Pongalur (defunct)
6. Dharapuram (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party
1951	G. R. Damodaran		Indian National Congress	Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev	SP
1957	P.R. Ramakrishnan			Gurusami Aicker	PSP
1962	Chidambaram Subramaniam			R. M. Ramasamy	SWA
1967	Narayanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	SK Paramasivam	INC
1971				Nallasivam	SSP
1971 (by-election)	M. Kalingarayar			RK Gounder	Independent
1977	K.A. Raju		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	C.T. Dhandapani	DMK
1980	C.T. Dhandapani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Natarajan M.A.M	AIDMK
1984	R. Anna Nambi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	K. Krishnasamy	DMK
1989	B. Raja Ravi Varma			M. Arumugham	CPI
1991				C.T. Dhandapani	DMK
1996	V. Kandasamy		Tamil Maanila Congress	R. Anna Nambi	AIADMK
1998	M. Thiyagarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	N. Kovaithangam	TMC(M)
1999	C. Krishnan		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Thiyagarajan	AIADMK
2004				G. Murugan	AIADMK
2009	K. Sugumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	K. Shamugasundaram	DMK
2014	C. Mahendran			E. R. Eswaran	KMDK
2019	K. Shamugasundaram[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	C. Mahendran	AIADMK

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			47.37%
2019			51.44%
2014			41.72%
2009			39.77%
2004			56.76%
1999			48.63%
1998			55.22%
1996			55.18%
1991			65.65%
1989			67.28%
1984			59.27%
1980			51.41%
1977			64.48%
1971			64.66%
1967			58.56%
1962			56.40%
1957			53.10%
1951			44.40%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Eswarasamy	533,377	47.37	4.07
	AIADMK	A. Karthikeyan	281,335	24.98	10.14
	BJP	K. Vasantharajan	223,354	19.84	17.65
	NTK	Suresh Kumar	58,196	5.17	2.25
	NOTA	None of the above	14,503	1.29	0.11
Margin of victory			252,042	22.38	6.06
Turnout			1,126,045
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Shamugasundaram	554,230	51.44	26.25
	AIADMK	C. Mahendran	3,78,347	35.12	−6.60
	MNM	R. Mookambika	59,693	5.54
	NTK	U. Sanuja	31,483	2.92
	Independent	S. Muthukumar	26,663	2.47
	NOTA	None of the above	15,110	1.40	0.11
Margin of victory			1,75,883	16.32	2.22
Turnout			10,77,420	71.15	−1.51
Registered electors			15,20,504		10.06
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.72

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Mahendran	417,092	41.72	1.95
	KMDK	E. R. Eswaran	2,76,118	27.62	25.43
	DMK	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	2,51,829	25.19	−8.60
	INC	Selvaraj	30,014	3.00
	NOTA	None of the above	12,947	1.30
	Independent	M. Mary Stella	4,942	0.49
Margin of victory			1,40,974	14.10	8.12
Turnout			9,99,720	73.31	−3.22
Registered electors			13,81,505		35.73
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.95

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Sugumar	305,935	39.77	1.81
	DMK	K. Shamugasundaram	2,59,910	33.79
	KNMK	Best S. Ramasamy	1,03,004	13.39
	DMDK	K. P. Thangavel	38,824	5.05
	BJP	V. S. Baba Ramesh	16,815	2.19
	MNMK	E. Ummar	13,933	1.81
	Independent	P. Sukumar	5,660	0.74
Margin of victory			46,025	5.98	−12.82
Turnout			7,69,303	75.80	13.71
Registered electors			10,17,811		−2.07
	AIADMK gain from MDMK		Swing	-17.00

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	C. Krishnan	364,988	56.76	8.14
	AIADMK	G. Murugan	2,44,067	37.96	−9.09
	Independent	R. Rajkumar	13,039	2.03
	Independent	K. M. Ganesan	6,503	1.01
	Independent	A. Krishnan	5,452	0.85
	BSP	N. Muthukumar	5,294	0.82
	Independent	K. Devaraj	3,656	0.57
Margin of victory			1,20,921	18.81	17.23
Turnout			6,42,999	61.88	4.78
Registered electors			10,39,279		−3.25
	MDMK hold		Swing	8.14

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	C. Krishnan	293,038	48.63
	AIADMK	M. Thiyagarajan	2,83,523	47.05	13.05
	JD(S)	K. N. Rajan	9,914	1.65
	PT	M. Jothiraj	9,280	1.54
	Independent	P. Ganesan	6,886	1.14
Margin of victory			9,515	1.58	−15.63
Turnout			6,02,641	57.09	−14.80
Registered electors			10,74,230		4.70
	MDMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.55

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thiyagarajan	306,083	55.22
	TMC(M)	N. Kovaithangam	2,10,682	38.01
	INC	R. Eswaravelu	31,967	5.77
	PT	M. Jothiraj	4,926	0.89
Margin of victory			95,401	17.21	−3.97
Turnout			5,54,275	56.42	−15.47
Registered electors			10,26,056		5.92
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	0.04

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	V. Kandasamy	361,743	55.18
	AIADMK	R. Anna Nambi	2,22,852	33.99	−31.65
	JD	K. N. Rajan	49,032	7.48
	BJP	E. K. Elangandhi	15,123	2.31
Margin of victory			1,38,891	21.19	−11.46
Turnout			6,55,567	71.89	4.43
Registered electors			9,68,739		0.53
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.47

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Raja Ravi Varma	414,810	65.65	−1.63
	DMK	C. T. Dhandapani	2,08,540	33.00
	PMK	G. Selvaraj	5,237	0.83
Margin of victory			2,06,270	32.64	−3.66
Turnout			6,31,864	67.46	0.42
Registered electors			9,63,590		−0.28
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.63

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Raja Ravi Varma	428,704	67.28	8.01
	CPI	M. Aurmugham	1,97,395	30.98
	THMM	C. Sankar	5,800	0.91
	PMK	T. Subramaniam	3,532	0.55
Margin of victory			2,31,309	36.30	17.76
Turnout			6,37,210	67.04	−7.33
Registered electors			9,66,256		25.74
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.01

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Anna Nambi	324,200	59.27	11.33
	DMK	K. Krishnaswamy	2,22,770	40.73	−10.68
Margin of victory			1,01,430	18.54	15.08
Turnout			5,46,970	74.37	8.60
Registered electors			7,68,435		8.88
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.86

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. T. Dhandapani	233,261	51.41	17.80
	AIADMK	M. A. M. Natarajan	2,17,526	47.94	−16.54
	Independent	K. Nagarajan	2,934	0.65
Margin of victory			15,735	3.47	−27.41
Turnout			4,53,721	65.77	4.06
Registered electors			7,05,793		5.27
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.07

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Raju	259,388	64.48
	DMK	C. T. Dhandapani	1,35,194	33.61	−31.05
	Independent	V. Murugan	7,664	1.91
Margin of victory			1,24,194	30.88	0.41
Turnout			4,02,246	61.71	−9.69
Registered electors			6,70,445		10.97
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.17

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Narayanan	267,811	64.66	6.09
	SSP	K. R. Nallasivam	1,41,605	34.19
	Independent	K. N. Lingasami Gounder	4,799	1.16
Margin of victory			1,26,206	30.47	10.27
Turnout			4,14,215	71.40	−5.30
Registered electors			6,04,191		9.95
	DMK hold		Swing	6.09

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Narayanan	237,035	58.56
	INC	S. K. Paramasivam	1,55,281	38.36	−18.03
	Independent	N. L. Gounder	12,437	3.07
Margin of victory			81,754	20.20	−11.78
Turnout			4,04,753	76.70	3.99
Registered electors			5,49,500		22.45
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.17

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chidambaram Subramaniam	176,512	56.40	3.29
	SWA	R. M. Ramasami	76,415	24.41
	Independent	Thangavel Gounder	46,922	14.99
	Independent	Ramanujam	13,142	4.20
Margin of victory			1,00,097	31.98	25.77
Turnout			3,12,991	72.71	13.14
Registered electors			4,48,744		1.42
	INC hold		Swing	3.29

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. R. Ramakrishnan	139,984	53.10	8.70
	PSP	Gurusami Aicker	1,23,618	46.90
Margin of victory			16,366	6.21	−15.97
Turnout			2,63,602	59.58	2.46
Registered electors			4,42,467		20.13
	INC hold		Swing	8.70

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Pollachi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. R. Damodaran	93,405	44.40	44.40
	SP	Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev	46,744	22.22
	CPI	Ramaswami	44,383	21.10
	Independent	Paranjothi Ganpathi Swami	20,699	9.84
	Independent	Ramalinga Chetty	5,128	2.44
Margin of victory			46,661	22.18
Turnout			2,10,359	57.11
Registered electors			3,68,310		0.00
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha