Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency

Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency
Cuddalore constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Tittakudi Vriddhachalam Neyveli Panruti Cuddalore Kurinjipadi
Established	1952
Total electors	986,030[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent M. K. Vishnu Prasad
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Cuddalore is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 26 of 39.

Assembly segments

Since 2009

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
151	Tittakudi	SC	Cuddalore		DMK
152	Vriddhachalam	None			INC
153	Neyveli	None			DMK
154	Panruti	None			DMK
155	Cuddalore	None			DMK
156	Kurinjipadi	None			DMK

Before 2009

Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]

1. Ulundurpet (SC) (moved to Villupuram)
2. Nellikkuppam (defunct)
3. Cuddalore
4. Panruti
5. Rishivandinam (moved to Kallakurichi)
6. Sankarapuram (moved to Kallakurichi)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1951	N.D.Govindasamy Kachirayar		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	T. D. Muthukumarasamy		Independent politician
1962	T. Ramabadran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	V.K. Gounder
1971	S. Radhakrishnan		Indian National Congress
1977	G. Bhuvarahan
1980	R. Muthukumaran
1984	P. R. S. Venkatesan
1989
1991	P. P. Kaliaperumal
1996	P. R. S. Venkatesan		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	M. C. Dhamodaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	Adhi Sankar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	K. Venkatapathy
2009	S. Alagiri		Indian National Congress
2014	A. Arunmozhithevan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	T.R.V.S. Ramesh[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	M. K. Vishnu Prasad		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			44.11%
2019			50.27%
2014			49.42%
2009			42.81%
2004			52.63%
1999			50.49%
1998			48.84%
1996			56.20%
1991			58.44%
1989			50.58%
1984			61.18%
1980			59.39%
1977			55.75%
1971			54.31%
1967			55.95%
1962			51.38%
1957			42.56%
1951			25.26%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad	455,053	44.11
	DMDK	P. Sivakozhundu	2,69,157	26.09
	PMK	Thangar Bachan	2,05,244	19.90
	NTK	V. Manivasagam	57,424	5.57
	NOTA	None of the above	7,292	0.10
Margin of victory					−
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC gain from DMK		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. R. V. S. Ramesh	522,160	50.27%	21.70%
	PMK	Dr. R. Govindasamy	3,78,177	36.41%
	Independent	K. Thangavel	44,892	4.32%
	NTK	R. Chithra	34,692	3.34%
	MNM	V. Annamalai	23,713	2.28%
	NOTA	None of the above	8,725	0.84%	−0.22%
	ACDP	Kuppusamy	7,540	0.73%
Margin of victory			1,43,983	13.86%	−6.99%
Turnout			10,38,741	76.49%	−1.91%
Registered electors			13,64,038		9.31%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.85%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	481,429	49.42%	9.75%
	DMK	K. Nandagopalakrishnan	2,78,304	28.57%
	DMDK	C. R. Jayasankar	1,47,606	15.15%	2.71%
	INC	K. S. Alagiri	26,650	2.74%	−40.07%
	CPI	K. Balasubramanian	11,122	1.14%
	NOTA	None of the above	10,338	1.06%
	Independent	V. Rajkumar	7,678	0.79%
	Independent	P. Jaishankar	6,250	0.64%
Margin of victory			2,03,125	20.85%	17.71%
Turnout			9,74,200	78.94%	2.15%
Registered electors			12,47,908		26.56%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	6.61%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Alagiri	320,473	42.81%
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	2,96,941	39.67%	4.32%
	DMDK	M. C. Dhamotharan	93,172	12.45%
	Independent	S. Vasanthi	13,400	1.79%
	BSP	C. Arokiyadoss	8,269	1.10%	0.35%
	Independent	R. Parthiban	5,492	0.73%
	LJP	A. Kamaraj	5,045	0.67%
Margin of victory			23,532	3.14%	−14.14%
Turnout			7,48,594	76.04%	12.93%
Registered electors			9,86,030		−18.30%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-9.82%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Venkatapathy	400,059	52.63%	2.13%
	AIADMK	R. Rajendran	2,68,707	35.35%	−4.72%
	JD(U)	E. Sarwar Khan	53,406	7.03%
	Independent	P. M. Veerapatran	13,664	1.80%
	BSP	M. Santhiyaguraj	5,766	0.76%
	Independent	M. Rajendiran	5,030	0.66%
	Independent	P. Vijaykumar	3,544	0.47%
Margin of victory			1,31,352	17.28%	6.86%
Turnout			7,60,180	62.99%	−0.77%
Registered electors			12,06,876		6.23%
	DMK hold		Swing	2.13%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Adhi Sankar	358,367	50.49%
	AIADMK	M. C. Dhamotharan	2,84,414	40.07%
	TMC(M)	P. R. S. Venkatesan	65,467	9.22%
Margin of victory			73,953	10.42%	6.15%
Turnout			7,09,744	63.76%	−6.21%
Registered electors			11,36,122		5.56%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.70%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. C. Dhamotharan	309,985	48.84%
	TMC(M)	P. R. S. Venkatesan	2,82,856	44.56%
	INC	Dr. R. Eramadass	40,603	6.40%
Margin of victory			27,129	4.27%	−25.32%
Turnout			6,34,744	61.17%	−8.80%
Registered electors			10,76,266		3.24%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-7.36%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	P. R. S. Venkatesan	389,660	56.20%
	INC	V. Santhamurthy	1,84,456	26.60%	−31.84%
	MDMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	55,110	7.95%
	AIIC(T)	P. P. Kalia Perumal	41,284	5.95%
	BJP	N. Apparsamy	7,845	1.13%	−0.53%
	Independent	M. Kirubapuri	3,975	0.57%
Margin of victory			2,05,204	29.59%	−4.14%
Turnout			6,93,384	69.97%	1.69%
Registered electors			10,42,486		9.33%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-2.24%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. P. Kalia Perumal	360,445	58.44%	7.87%
	JD	G. Bhuvaraghan	1,52,388	24.71%
	PMK	G. Chinnadhuri	82,416	13.36%
	BJP	V. Kothandapani	10,234	1.66%
	THMM	B. Liyakath Ali	2,827	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,08,057	33.73%	15.92%
Turnout			6,16,760	68.28%	−1.22%
Registered electors			9,53,560		−0.57%
	INC hold		Swing	7.87%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. R. S. Venkatesan	331,617	50.58%	−10.61%
	DMK	G. Bhaskaran	2,14,782	32.76%	−3.77%
	PMK	V. R. Dhandapani	99,814	15.22%
	THMM	S. Perumal	3,394	0.52%
	Independent	K. Dharuman	2,985	0.46%
Margin of victory			1,16,835	17.82%	−6.84%
Turnout			6,55,682	69.49%	−7.71%
Registered electors			9,59,014		30.83%
	INC hold		Swing	-10.61%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. R. S. Venkatesan	327,393	61.18%
	DMK	Ramu T Alias Killivalavan	1,95,439	36.52%
	Independent	R. V. Seetharaman	9,545	1.78%
	Independent	T. Abdul Wahab	2,728	0.51%
Margin of victory			1,31,954	24.66%	0.10%
Turnout			5,35,105	77.20%	11.62%
Registered electors			7,33,050		5.84%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	1.79%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	R. Muthukumaran	262,694	59.39%
	AIADMK	Arvinda Bala Pajanor	1,54,043	34.83%
	Independent	Rajalakshmi Selvi	6,359	1.44%
	Independent	T. Kanagarathinam	5,786	1.31%
	JP(S)	L. Ramamurthy	4,959	1.12%
	Independent	T. R. Narasimhan	3,524	0.80%
	Independent	A. Ramalingam	2,970	0.67%
	Independent	T. Abdul Wahab	1,984	0.45%
Margin of victory			1,08,651	24.56%	3.08%
Turnout			4,42,319	65.59%	−1.08%
Registered electors			6,92,583		7.40%
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	3.64%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Bhuvarahan	231,128	55.75%	1.44%
	INC(O)	S. Radhakrishnan	1,42,071	34.27%
	Independent	S. Kanagarathinam	26,862	6.48%
	Independent	T. Meyalagan	10,989	2.65%
	Independent	T. Vahab	3,511	0.85%
Margin of victory			89,057	21.48%	12.86%
Turnout			4,14,561	66.66%	−8.18%
Registered electors			6,44,882		9.03%
	INC hold		Swing	1.44%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Radhakrishnan	229,934	54.31%	10.26%
	INC(O)	R. Muthukumaran	1,93,447	45.69%
Margin of victory			36,487	8.62%	−3.28%
Turnout			4,23,381	74.85%	−1.55%
Registered electors			5,91,447		8.51%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-1.64%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. K. Gounder	225,571	55.95%	4.57%
	INC	S. Radhakrishnan	1,77,598	44.05%	3.97%
Margin of victory			47,973	11.90%	0.59%
Turnout			4,03,169	76.40%	8.60%
Registered electors			5,45,062		13.78%
	DMK hold		Swing	4.57%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Ramabadra Naidu	160,811	51.38%
	INC	T. D. Muthukumaraswami Naidu	1,25,424	40.08%	−2.46%
	Independent	R. Thillai Govindan	19,752	6.31%
	Independent	A. Shariff	6,981	2.23%
Margin of victory			35,387	11.31%	11.28%
Turnout			3,12,968	67.80%	14.13%
Registered electors			4,79,031		10.97%
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	8.83%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. D. Muthukumaraswami Naidu	98,605	42.56%
	INC	S. Radhakrishnan	98,546	42.53%	20.24%
	Independent	N. D. Govindaswamy Kachirayar	34,549	14.91%
Margin of victory			59	0.03%	−2.94%
Turnout			2,31,700	53.68%	−45.58%
Registered electors			4,31,659		−42.10%
	Independent gain from TTP		Swing	17.30%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Cuddalore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	Govindaswamy Kachirayar	186,894	25.26%
	INC	Kanakasabai	1,64,985	22.30%	22.30%
	INC	L. Elayaperumal	1,56,488	21.15%	21.15%
	TTP	N. Rajangan	1,44,625	19.54%
	Independent	D. Narayana Ayyar	46,384	6.27%
	Independent	Smapath Ayyangar	40,595	5.49%
Margin of victory			21,909	2.96%
Turnout			7,39,971	99.26%
Registered electors			7,45,514		0.00%
	TTP win (new seat)

See also

• Cuddalore
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. p. 448. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
3. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
4. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

• "Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links

• Cuddalore lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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