Rasipuram Lok Sabha constituency

11.47°N 78.17°E / 11.47; 78.17

Rasipuram
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1977
Abolished	2008
Total electors	11,32,426
Reservation	SC

For other places with same/similar name, see Rasipuram (disambiguation).

Rasipuram was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. After delimitation in 2009, it is now defunct. The area is now a part of the Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Assembly segments

Rasipuram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

1. Chinnasalem (defunct)
2. Attur (moved to Kallakurichi constituency after 2009)
3. Talavasal (SC) (defunct)
4. Rasipuram (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
5. Sendamangalam (ST) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)
6. Namakkal (SC) (moved to Namakkal constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1977	B. Devarajan		Indian National Congress
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996	K. Kandasamy		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	V. Saroja		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999
2004	K. Rani		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2004			55.20%
1999			48.46%
1998			52.35%
1996			61.76%
1991			69.17%
1989			67.01%
1984			68.89%
1980			54.58%
1977			62.30%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Rani	384,170	55.20%
	AIADMK	S. Anbalagan	2,49,637	35.87%	−12.60%
	JD(U)	S. Ayyasamy	24,522	3.52%
	Independent	R. Ravi	12,286	1.77%
	BSP	M. P. Mariyappan	6,403	0.92%
	JP	N. Kumaravel	4,171	0.60%
	Independent	M. P. V. Ponmeny	3,956	0.57%
	Independent	K. Manivannan	3,577	0.51%
Margin of victory			1,34,533	19.33%	13.22%
Turnout			6,95,976	61.46%	6.09%
Registered electors			11,32,426		−2.50%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.73%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. V. Saroja	304,843	48.46%	−3.89%
	PMK	S. Uthayarasu	2,66,438	42.36%
	TMC(M)	Dr. C. Natesan	46,564	7.40%
	Independent	A. Madheshwaran	9,335	1.48%
Margin of victory			38,405	6.11%	−3.30%
Turnout			6,29,001	55.37%	−10.92%
Registered electors			11,61,452		4.80%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.29%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. V. Saroja	302,801	52.35%
	TMC(M)	K. Kandasamy	2,48,424	42.95%
	INC	K. Thenmozhi	18,178	3.14%	−29.43%
	PT	V. Arul Mani	5,338	0.92%
Margin of victory			54,377	9.40%	−19.78%
Turnout			5,78,384	54.74%	−11.55%
Registered electors			11,08,272		5.78%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-9.40%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Kandasamy	408,791	61.76%
	INC	K. Jayakumar	2,15,613	32.57%	−36.60%
	MDMK	V. Chakravarthi	15,712	2.37%
	BJP	R. Dheenadayalan	5,109	0.77%
	RPI(A)	C. N. Kangani	3,654	0.55%
Margin of victory			1,93,178	29.18%	−15.52%
Turnout			6,61,937	66.29%	2.87%
Registered electors			10,47,694		4.27%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-7.41%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Devarajan	422,400	69.17%	2.16%
	DMK	I. Suhenya	1,49,415	24.47%	−2.50%
	PMK	P. Jeyapal	23,097	3.78%	−0.82%
	Independent	A. C. Sundararajan	4,625	0.76%
	Independent	A. Dharamrajan	4,421	0.72%
Margin of victory			2,72,985	44.70%	4.66%
Turnout			6,10,679	63.42%	0.12%
Registered electors			10,04,810		−0.50%
	INC hold		Swing	2.16%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Devarajan	421,674	67.01%	−1.88%
	DMK	R. Mayavan	1,69,699	26.97%	−4.14%
	PMK	P. Jayabal	28,971	4.60%
Margin of victory			2,51,975	40.04%	2.27%
Turnout			6,29,248	63.30%	−8.48%
Registered electors			10,09,869		27.91%
	INC hold		Swing	-1.88%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Devarajan	367,276	68.89%
	DMK	P. Duraisami	1,65,870	31.11%
Margin of victory			2,01,406	37.78%	23.94%
Turnout			5,33,146	71.78%	11.70%
Registered electors			7,89,509		7.42%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	14.31%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	B. Devarajan	236,112	54.58%
	AIADMK	S. Anbalagan	1,76,240	40.74%
	Independent	M. Kamaraj	6,106	1.41%
	INC(U)	K. Kandaswamy	5,018	1.16%
	Independent	S. Kandaswamy	4,903	1.13%
	Independent	P. Rangasamy	2,589	0.60%
Margin of victory			59,872	13.84%	−16.36%
Turnout			4,32,588	60.08%	−3.15%
Registered electors			7,34,978		2.59%
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	-7.72%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Rasipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Devarajan	275,212	62.30%
	INC(O)	Jothi Venkatachallum	1,41,774	32.09%
	Independent	M. Vajravel	24,793	5.61%
Margin of victory			1,33,438	30.20%
Turnout			4,41,779	63.24%
Registered electors			7,16,448
	INC win (new seat)