Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency

Dindigul is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 22 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies like Athoor, Dindigul, Oddanchatram, Natham, Nilakottai and Palani.

Dindigul
Lok Sabha constituency
Dindigul constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Palani Oddanchatram Athoor Nilakkottai Natham Dindigul
Established	1952
Total electors	16,37,511 8,13,707(Male) 8,23,696 (Female) 108 (Others)[1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent R. Sachidanandam
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

From 2009

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
127.	Palani	None	Dindigul	DMK
128.	Oddanchatram	None		DMK
129.	Athoor	None		DMK
130.	Nilakottai	SC		AIADMK
131.	Natham	None		AIADMK
132.	Dindigul	None		AIADMK

Before 2009

1. Tirumanagalam (moved to Virudhunagar constituency after 2009)
2. Usilampatti (moved to Theni constituency after 2009)
3. Nilakottai (SC)
4. Sholavandan (moved to Theni constituency after 2009)
5. Dindigul
6. Athoor

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-1957	Ammu Swaminathan		Indian National Congress
Second	1957-1962	M. Gulam Mohideen
Third	1962-1967	T. S. Soundram
Fourth	1967-1971	N. Anbuchezhian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1971-1973	M. Rajangam
	1973-1977	K. Maya Thevar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-1980
Seventh	1980-1984			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
eighth	1984-1989	K. R. Natarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-1991	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan
Tenth	1991-1996
Eleventh	1996-1998	N. S. V. Chitthan		Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-1999	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	1999-2004
Fourteenth	2004-2009	N. S. V. Chitthan		Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-2014
Sixteenth	2014-2019	M. Udhayakumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth	2019-2024	P. Velusamy[2]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighteenth	2024–Incumbent	R. Sachidanandam		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			58.29%
2019			64.60%
2014			47.58%
2009			44.10%
2004			58.98%
1999			43.78%
1998			46.55%
1996			63.97%
1991			67.04%
1989			67.24%
1984			61.79%
1980			51.78%
1977			59.60%
By-Election 1973			52.0%
1971			59.88%
1967			62.40%
1962			43.23%
1957			27.99%
1951			36.89%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Sachidanandam	670,149	58.29	New
	AIADMK	Mohamed Mubarak	2,26,328	19.69	New
	PMK	M. Thilagabama	1,12,503	9.79	8.17
	NTK	Kailai Rajan D	97,845	8.51	3.75
	NOTA	None of the above	22,120	1.92	0.69
Margin of victory			4,43,821	38.6
Turnout			11,49,621	71.14
Registered electors
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Velusamy	746,523	64.60%	28.93%
	PMK	K. Jothimuthu	2,07,551	17.96%
	Independent	P. Jothi Murugan	62,875	5.44%
	NTK	Mansoor Ali Khan	54,957	4.76%
	MNM	Dr. S. Suthakaran	38,784	3.36%
	NOTA	None of the above	14,177	1.23%	0.24%
Margin of victory			5,38,972	46.64%	34.72%
Turnout			11,55,607	74.95%	−1.65%
Registered electors			15,41,881		10.09%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	17.02%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Udhayakumar	510,462	47.58%	10.11%
	DMK	S. Gandhirajan	3,82,617	35.67%
	DMDK	A. Krishnamoorthy	93,794	8.74%	−3.55%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	35,632	3.32%	−40.78%
	CPI(M)	N. Pandi	19,455	1.81%
	NOTA	None of the above	10,591	0.99%
	Independent	R. Rajendhran	7,580	0.71%
	Independent	N. Manivannan	5,859	0.55%
Margin of victory			1,27,845	11.92%	5.29%
Turnout			10,72,773	76.60%	1.08%
Registered electors			14,00,531		29.00%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	3.49%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	361,545	44.10%	−14.88%
	AIADMK	P. Baalasubramani	3,07,198	37.47%	0.97%
	DMDK	P. Muthuvelraj	1,00,788	12.29%
	BSP	M. Srinivasa Babu	6,960	0.85%	0.12%
	Independent	K. A. Motilal	6,706	0.82%
	KNMK	M. Sellamuthu K	6,411	0.78%
	Independent	K. Durai	6,063	0.74%
	Independent	G. Manikanda Prabu	5,331	0.65%
Margin of victory			54,347	6.63%	−15.85%
Turnout			10,85,696	75.51%	14.83%
Rejected ballots			3	0.00%
Registered electors			8,19,860		−4.54%
	INC hold		Swing	-14.88%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	407,116	58.98%
	AIADMK	M. Jeyaraman	2,51,945	36.50%	−7.28%
	Independent	J. Ravindran	10,359	1.50%
	JP	P. Thinakara Kumar	5,850	0.85%
	JD(U)	Pushpa Sachan	5,206	0.75%
	BSP	M. Perumal	5,011	0.73%
Margin of victory			1,55,171	22.48%	19.46%
Turnout			6,90,231	60.69%	3.23%
Registered electors			11,37,313		−4.80%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.21%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	294,794	43.78%	18.33%
	DMK	S. Chandrasekar	2,74,451	40.76%
	TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan	69,713	10.35%
	AIFB	K. Surendran	32,342	4.80%
Margin of victory			20,343	3.02%	0.46%
Turnout			6,73,398	57.46%	−10.02%
Registered electors			11,94,616		4.44%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-20.20%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	276,106	46.55%
	TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan	2,60,907	43.98%
	MADMK	S. Latha	35,119	5.92%
	PT	C. Santhana Krishnan	19,176	3.23%
Margin of victory			15,199	2.56%	−35.97%
Turnout			5,93,173	53.47%	−14.01%
Registered electors			11,43,880		6.40%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-17.43%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	N. S. V. Chitthan	444,858	63.97%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	1,76,944	25.45%	−41.60%
	MDMK	S. Pasumpon Pandian	54,202	7.79%
	PMK	P. Gopal	10,986	1.58%
	ATMK	R. Muthumani	4,060	0.58%
Margin of victory			2,67,914	38.53%	2.42%
Turnout			6,95,368	67.48%	5.68%
Registered electors			10,75,085		4.26%
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.07%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	416,652	67.04%	−0.20%
	DMK	Maya Thevar	1,92,235	30.93%
	PMK	P. Gopal	7,194	1.16%
Margin of victory			2,24,417	36.11%	−0.28%
Turnout			6,21,479	61.80%	−1.61%
Registered electors			10,31,174		−0.16%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.20%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dindigul C. Srinivasan	434,966	67.24%	5.45%
	CPI(M)	N. Varatharajan	1,99,598	30.86%
	PMK	K. Raithinasamy	7,579	1.17%
	Independent	S. Palanisamy	2,901	0.45%
Margin of victory			2,35,368	36.39%	10.97%
Turnout			6,46,863	63.41%	−7.81%
Registered electors			10,32,870		26.92%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.45%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Natarajan	343,571	61.79%	15.67%
	DMK	Maya Thevar	2,02,253	36.38%	−15.41%
	Independent	P. Pitchaimani	5,474	0.98%
Margin of victory			1,41,318	25.42%	19.76%
Turnout			5,55,997	71.22%	7.65%
Registered electors			8,13,821		7.46%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.01%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Maya Thevar	244,669	51.78%
	AIADMK	V. Rajan Chellappa	2,17,923	46.12%	−13.48%
	Independent	S. Muthukrishnan	3,506	0.74%
	JP(S)	S. Krishnan	2,552	0.54%
Margin of victory			26,746	5.66%	−29.93%
Turnout			4,72,487	63.57%	−3.49%
Registered electors			7,57,333		5.02%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.82%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Maya Thevar	283,341	59.60%
	CPI(M)	A. Balasumbramaniam	1,14,117	24.00%
	Independent	P. K. Mookkiah Thevar	60,500	12.73%
	Independent	N. M. Santhanam	8,768	1.84%
	Independent	M. Manokaran	5,830	1.23%
	Independent	N. Sreenivasan	2,861	0.60%
Margin of victory			1,69,224	35.59%	12.08%
Turnout			4,75,417	67.06%	−3.89%
Registered electors			7,21,154		16.45%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.28%

Bye-election 1973

Bye-election 1973: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Maya Thevar	2,60,824	52.0
	INC(O)	V. C. Sitthan	1,19,032	20.1%
	DMK	Pon Muthu Ramalingam	93,496	18.5%
	INC	Seemaisamy	11,423	2.2%
Majority			1,41,792
Turnout			6,43,704
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Rajangam	248,638	59.88%	−2.52%
	SWA	K. Chemachamy	1,51,003	36.36%
	Independent	K. P. Kuppusamy Moopanar	15,610	3.76%
Margin of victory			97,635	23.51%	−1.28%
Turnout			4,15,251	70.95%	−6.06%
Registered electors			6,19,290		11.41%
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.52%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Anbuchezhian	260,065	62.40%	35.91%
	INC	T. S. S. Ramachndran	1,56,719	37.60%	−5.62%
Margin of victory			1,03,346	24.80%	8.06%
Turnout			4,16,784	77.01%	5.11%
Registered electors			5,55,868		20.54%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	19.17%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. S. Soundram	138,574	43.23%	15.24%
	DMK	M. S. Abdul Khader	84,921	26.49%
	CPI	N. Krishnaswami	80,406	25.08%
	SWA	Sakuntala	16,673	5.20%
Margin of victory			53,653	16.74%	9.97%
Turnout			3,20,574	71.90%	−22.30%
Registered electors			4,61,145		−46.08%
	INC hold		Swing	15.24%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Gulam Mohideen	225,510	27.99%	−8.90%
	INC	S. C. Balakrishna	1,70,995	21.22%	−15.67%
	CPI	Krishnasamy	1,32,070	16.39%
	CPI	R. Muniyandi	94,038	11.67%
	Independent	A. Desiar	77,680	9.64%
	Independent	Pitchaimuthu	63,645	7.90%
	Independent	Janakai N Karuppa Pillai	41,724	5.18%
	Independent	G. D. Naidu	0	0.00%
Margin of victory			54,515	6.77%	0.88%
Turnout			8,05,662	94.20%	33.91%
Registered electors			8,55,235		146.17%
	INC hold		Swing	-8.90%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Dindigul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ammu Swaminathan	77,285	36.89%	36.89%
	CPI	Krishnaswami	64,953	31.01%
	Independent	Rengaswami Reddiar	48,808	23.30%
	KMPP	M. Natarajan	18,442	8.80%
Margin of victory			12,332	5.89%
Turnout			2,09,488	60.30%
Registered electors			3,47,422		0.00%
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Dindigul
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha