Namakkal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Namakkal is a Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. It was a part of Rasipuram (Lok Sabha constituency) in previous parliament Election. Namakkal Lok Sabha Constituency consists of Sankagiri, Rasipuram, Senthamangalam, Namakkal, Paramathi-Velur and Tiruchengodu assembly segments. Out of these 6 assembly segments Rasipuram is Reserved for SC candidates and Senthamangalam assembly segment is reserved for ST Candidates.

Namakkal
Lok Sabha Constituency
Namakkal constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentAKP.Chinraj
Parliamentary PartyKongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi
Elected YearIndian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established2009-present
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors1,075,526[1]
Assembly Constituencies87. Sankari
92. Rasipuram (SC)
93. Senthamangalam (ST)
94. Namakkal
95. Paramathi-Velur
96. Tiruchengodu

Assembly segments

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

  1. 87. Sankari
  2. 92. Rasipuram (SC)
  3. 93. Senthamangalam (ST)
  4. 94. Namakkal
  5. 95. Paramathi-Velur
  6. 96. Tiruchengodu

Members of Parliament
Lok Sabha Duration Member Political Party
3rd 1962-1967 V. K. Ramasamy Indian National Congress
15th 2009-2014 S. Gandhiselvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16th 2014-2019 P. R. Sundaram[3] Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17th 2019 – present A.K.P. Chinraj Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DMK A. K. P. Chinraj 6,26,293 55.24
AIADMK P. Kaliappan 3,61,142 31.85
NTK B. Baskar 38,531 3.40
MNM R. Thangavelu 30,947 2.73
AMMK P. P. Saminathan 23,347 2.06
NOTA None of the Above 15,073 1.33
Majority 2,65,151 23.39
Turnout 11,33,984 80.22 +0.49
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AIADMK P. R. Sundaram 5,63,272 53.20
DMK S. Gandhiselvan 2,68,898 25.40
DMDK S. K. Vel 1,46,882 13.87
INC G. R. Subramaniyan 19,800 1.87
NOTA None of the above 16,002 1.51
Majority 2,94,374 27.80
Turnout 10,60,024 79.73 +1.04
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Namakkal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DMK S. Gandhiselvan 3,71,476 43.89
AIADMK V. Vairam Tamilarasi 2,69,045 31.79
DMDK N. Maheswaran 79,420 9.38
KNMK R. Devarasan 52,433 6.19
Majority 1,02,431 12.12
Turnout 8,46,365 78.69
DMK win (new seat)

References
  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  3. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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