Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Sivaganga

Sivaganga constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	1967-present
Current MP	P.R. Senthilnathan
Party	AIADMK
Elected Year	2014 Election
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,092,438[1]
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (7 times)
Assembly Constituencies	181. Thirumayam 182. Alangudi 184. Karaikudi 185. Tiruppattur 186. Sivaganga 187. Manamadurai (SC)

Sivaganga is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. One of the 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu, Sivaganga Lok Sabha Constituency comprises six legislative assembly segments. The Sivaganga Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 30) consists of 1,092,438 number of electorates in totality, of these 534,518 are males and 557,920 are females as the Election Commission of India 2009 data suggests.

It came into existence post the 2008 delimitation of parliamentary constituencies and has over 1,090,000 voters. Sivaganga, or Sivagangai is the center of administration of the Sivaganga District which covers an area of 4,189 km². It is bounded by the districts of Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Tiruchirapalli and Madurai. P.R. Senthilnathan, represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly segments post delimitation effective from fifteenth loksabha

1. Thirumayam
2. Tiruppattur
3. Karaikudi
4. Alangudi
5. Manamadurai
6. Sivaganga

Members of the Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Fourth	1967-71	Kiruttinan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1971-77	Kiruttinan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	Periasamy Thiagarajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	R. Swaminathan	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Elewenth	1996-98	P. Chidambaram	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	P. Chidambaram	Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004-2009	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-2014	P. Chidambaram	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	P.R. Senthilnathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

General Election, 2014: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AIADMK	P.R. Senthilnathan	4,75,993	46.33
	DMK	Dhurai Raaj Subha	2,46,608	24.00
	BJP	H. Raja	1,33,763	13.02
	INC	Karti P. Chidambaram	1,04,678	10.19
	CPI	S. Krishnan	20,473	1.99
Majority			2,29,385	22.33
Turnout			10,27,036	72.72
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2004: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	P. Chidambaram	400,393	60.00	+20.57
	AIADMK	Karuppiah. S P	237,668	34.60	n/a
	Independent	Subramanian Mutharaiyar. M Arimalam	9,709	1.46	n/a
Majority			162,725	24.39	+20.57
Turnout			703,669	62.35	+0.80
	INC hold		Swing	+20.57

General Election, 1999: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	2,46,078	40.23
	BJP	H. Raja	2,22,267	36.34
	TMC	P. Chidambaram	1,27,528	20.85
Majority			23,811	3.89
Turnout			6,11,631	54.75
	INC hold		Swing

References

1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result

• http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=13

See also

• Sivaganga
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha