Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency

Vandavasi
Vandavasi
Former Lok Sabha constituency
	Vandavasi constituency, 1971 delimitation.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1962
Abolished	2009
Total electors	12,13,662
Reservation	None

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

Year	Name	Party
1962	A.Jayaraman	Indian National Congress
1967	G Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	G Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Venugopal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	D. Pattuswamy	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	L Balaraman	Indian National Congress
1989	L Balaraman	Indian National Congress
1991	M. Krishnasamy^[3]	Indian National Congress
1996	L Balaraman	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1998	M. Durai^[4]	Pattali Makkal Katchi
1999	M. Durai^[5]	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2004	N. Ramachandran Gingee^[6]	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			56.12%
1999			50.8%
1998			49.0%
1996			47.7%
1991			53.7%
1989			46.2%
1984			59.4%
1980			61.0%
1977			57.0%
1971			55.9%
1967			53.0%
1962			37.7%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	Gingee N. Ramachandran	394,903	56.12	n/a
	AIADMK	Rajalakshmi R.	243,470	34.60	n/a
	JD(U)	Punniyakotti P.	23,609	3.36	n/a
	Independent	Vinayagam S.	14,473	2.06	n/a
Majority			151,433	21.52	+12.81
Turnout			703,669	62.35	+0.80
	MDMK gain from PMK		Swing	+56.12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMK	M.Durai	345,539	50.8%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	286,342	42.1%
	TMC(M)	K.Wahab	36,844	5.4%
Majority			59,197	8.7%
Turnout			679,992	61.5%
	PMK Hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMK	M.Durai	327,010	49.0%
	TMC(M)	L.Balaramam	261,935	39.3%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	34,827	5.2%
	IND	Karuppasamy	21,219	3.2%
	IND	G.S.Chandrabose	545	0.1%
Majority			65,075	9.8%
Turnout			667,287	62.0%
	PMK gain from TMC(M)

Assembly segments

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TMC(M)	L.Balaraman	342,184	47.7%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	168,880	23.5%
	PMK	P.Senthamizhan	106,388	14.8%
	MDMK	A.Chinnadurai	39,449	5.5%
	BJP]]	4,986	0.7%
Majority			173,306	24.1%
Turnout			717,844	69.6%
	TMC(M) gain from INC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M.Krishnasamy	354451	53.7%
	DMK	D.Venugopal	177,356	26.8%
	PMK	Kasilanga Durai	99,163	15.0%
	IND	K.Pandurangam	2,519	0.4%
	Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam	K.V.Murugesan	2,382	0.4%
	IND	S.Appadurai	2,232	0.3%
Majority			177,095	26.8%
Turnout			660,560	68.0%
	INC Hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	L.Balaraman	313,160	46.2%
	DMK	D.Venugopal	212,988	31.4%
	PMK	Kasilingam	128,318	18.9%
	IND	K.Punithavathi	3,476	0.5%
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	S.Manavalan	3,005	0.4%
Majority			100,172	14.8%
Turnout			677,686	69.3%
	INC Hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	L.Balaraman	341,267	59.4%
	DMK	R.K.Pandian	206,375	35.9%
Majority			134,892	23.5%
Turnout			574,975	75.3%
	INC Hold