Tindivanam Lok Sabha constituency

Tindivanam was a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] After delimitation in 2009, it is defunct.

Tindivanam
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Tindivanam constituency, 1971 delimitation.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1952
Abolished	2009

Assembly segments

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

1. Tindivanam (moved to Viluppuram constituency)
2. Vanur (SC) (moved to Viluppuram constituency)
3. Kandamangalam (SC)
4. Villupuram (moved to Viluppuram constituency)
5. Mugaiyur
6. Thirunavalur

Members of the Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	A. Jayaraman		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
	V. Muniswami
1957	Shanmugham		Independent
1962	R. Venkatasubha Reddiar		Indian National Congress
1967	T. D. R. Naidu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan		Indian National Congress
1977	M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan
1980	S. S. Ramasami Padayachi		Indian National Congress
1984	S. S. Ramasami Padayachi		Indian National Congress
1989	S.S.R.Ramadass
1991	K. Rama Murthee[3]
1996	T. G. Venkatraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	N. Ramachandran Gingee[4]		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	N. Ramachandran Gingee[5]
2004	K. Dhanaraju[6]		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2004			50.40%
1999			46.5%
1998			47.4%
1996			50.7%
1991			52.8%
1989			45.4%
1984			63.7%
1980			63.7%
1977			52.3%
1971			51.5%
1967			47.9%
1962			46.6%
1957			36.4%
1952			55.1%

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Tindivanam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	K. Dhanaraju	367,849	50.40	n/a
	AIADMK	Arunmozhithevan. A	276,685	37.91	n/a
	JD(U)	Gopalakrishnan. P	29,915	4.10	n/a
	Independent	Mohamed Ali Jinna. M	10,987	1.51	+1.43
	Independent	Perumal. S	8,083	1.11	n/a
Majority			91,164	12.49	+11.15
Turnout			729,863	62.98	+1.33
	PMK gain from MDMK		Swing	+50.40

General Election 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDMK	Gingee Ramachandran	323,234	46.5%
	INC	Thindivanam K.Ramamoorthy	313,884	45.1%
	TMC(M)	S.P.Subramaniam	40,879	5.9%
	RJD	G.Veeramuthu	2,113	0.3%
	Ajey Bharath Party	G.Rhagavan	1,404	0.2%
Majority			9,350	1.3%
Turnout			695,793	61.6%
	MDMK Hold

General Election 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MDMK	Gingee Ramachandran	320,141	47.4%
	DMK	G.Venkatraman	288,688	42.8%
	INC	Thindivanam K.Ramamoorthy	29,908	4.4%
Majority			31,453	4.7%
Turnout			675,110	63.4%
	MDMK gain from DMK

General Election 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	G.Venkatraman	367,308	50.7%
	INC	Thindivanam K.Ramamoorthy	177,032	24.4%
	PMK	A.K.Zainuddin	79,535	11.0%
	MDMK	D.Durai	37,025	5.1%
	BJP	S.Baskaran	6,047	0.8%
Majority			190,276	26.3%
Turnout			724,103	70.0%
	DMK gain from INC

General Election 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Thindivanam K.Ramamoorthy	341,971	52.8%
	DMK	N.Dhayanithi	171,822	26.5%
	PMK	S.Shanmugam	103,524	16.0%
Majority			170,149	26.3%
Turnout			647,691	67.9%
	INC Hold

General Election 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Era.Ramadoss	299,184	45.4%
	DMK	N.Dhayanithi	198,469	30.1%
	PMK	S.Shanmugam	142,996	21.7%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	P.Elangovan	3,446	0.5%
Majority			100,715	15.3%
Turnout			658,615	68.7%
	INC Hold

General Election 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S.S.Ramasamy Padayachi	356,127	63.7%
	JP	M.R.Lakshminarayanan	154,269	28.0%
	IND	S.Sekar	9,759	1.8%
Majority			201,858	36.6%
Turnout			551,174	74.7%
	INC Hold

General Election 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S.S.Ramasamy Padayachi	290,069	63.7%
	AIADMK	V.Munusamy	133,171	29.3%
	IND	K.V.Bhuvarangamoorthy	10,440	2.3%
	IND	S.Rajamani	9,160	2.0%
Majority			156,898	34.5%
Turnout			455,048	63.4%
	INC Hold

General Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M.R.Lakshminarayanan	233,155	52.3%
	DMK	V.Krishnamoorthy	183,670	41.2%
	IND	V.Kanagaraj	8,615	1.9%
Majority			49,485	11.1%
Turnout			446,012	68.7%
	INC Hold

General Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M.R.Lakshminarayanan	212,309	51.5%
	SWP	M.P.Radhakrishnan	150,834	36.6%
	IND	R.K.Annasamy	16,542	4.0%
Majority			61,475	14.9%
Turnout			379,685	66.1%
	INC gain from DMK

General Election 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	T.D.R.Naidu	201,009	47.9%
	INC	Lakshminarayanan	168,939	40.3%
	IND	Kulasekharan	20,029	4.8%
	IND	D.P.Chettiar	15,736	3.8%
Majority			32,070	7.6%
Turnout			405,713	74.2%
	DMK gain from INC

General Election 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	R.Venkatasubha Reddy	132,330	46.6%
	SWP	K.Ramamoorthy gounder	118,033	41.6%
	IND	N.P.Shanmuga gounder	23,356	8.2%
Majority			14,297	5.0%
Turnout			273,719	62.0%
	INC gain from IND

General Election 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Shanmugham	73,737	36.4%
	IND	V.Munusami	65,012	32.1%
	INC	Nagarajan	64,082	31.6%
Majority			8,725
Turnout			202,831	48.5%
	IND gain from Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party

General Election 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party	A.Jayaraman	220,670	27.9%
	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party	V.Munusami	214,772	27.2%
	INC	V.I.Munusamy Pillai	152,306	19.3%
	INC	Ramnath Goenka	122,561	15.5%
Majority			5,898
Turnout			789,592	109.4%
	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party Win (New Seat)