Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency

Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 31.

Sivaganga
Lok Sabha constituency
Area of Sivaganga Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Tirumayam Alangudi Karaikudi Tiruppattur Sivaganga Manamadurai
Established	1967
Total electors	1,552,019
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Karti P. Chidambaram
Party	INC
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	P. R. Senthilnathan

Assembly segments

From 2009

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	District	Party
181	Thirumayam	None	S. Regupathy	Pudukkottai		DMK
182	Alangudi	None	Meyyanathan Siva V			DMK
184	Karaikudi	None	S. Mangudi	Sivaganga		INC
185	Tiruppattur	None	K. R. Periyakaruppan			DMK
186	Sivaganga	None	P. R. Senthilnathan			AIADMK
187	Manamadurai	SC	A. Tamilarasi			DMK

Before 2009

1. Thirumayam
2. Tirupathur
3. Karaikudi
4. Thiruvadanai (moved to Ramanathapuram Constituency)
5. Ilayankudi (defunct)
6. Sivagangai

History

From 1967, the Sivanganga parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress for nine times during 1980,^[1] 1984,^[2] 1989,^[3] 1991,^[4] 1999,^[5] 2004,^[6] 2009 and 2019 elections,^[7] ADMK twice during the 1977 and 2014 elections,^[8] Tamil Maanila Congress twice during 1996 and 1998 elections,^[9][10] and Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam twice during the 1967 and 1971 elections.^[11][12]

The seventeenth and the eighteenth, current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Karti Chidambaram from the INC.

Members of Parliament

Year	Period	Name	Party
Fourth	1967–71	Kiruttinan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1971–77
Sixth	1977–80	Periasamy Thiagarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980–84	R. V. Swaminathan		Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984–89	P. Chidambaram
Ninth	1989–91
Tenth	1991–96
Elewenth	1996–98			Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998–99
Thirteenth	1999-04	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan		Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004–2009	P. Chidambaram
Fifteenth	2009–2014
Sixteenth	2014–2019	P.R. Senthilnathan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth	2019–2024	Karti Chidambaram		Indian National Congress
Eighteenth	2024–2029

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			40.60%
2019			52.36%
2014			46.71%
2009			43.17%
2004			60.01%
1999			40.23%
1998			51.15%
1996			64.79%
1991			67.49%
1989			65.86%
1984			68.10%
1980			60.81%
1977			71.30%
1971			61.21%
1967			53.17%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karti Chidambaram	427,677	40.60	−11.76
	AIADMK	Xavier Das	222,013	21.08	New
	BJP	Devanathan Yadav	195,788	18.59	−3.04
	NTK	V. Ezhilarasi	163,412	15.51	+8.83
	NOTA	None of the above	8,189	0.78	−0.08
Margin of victory			205,664	19.52	−11.21
Turnout			10,53,419	64.26	−5.64
	INC hold		Swing	-11.76

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Karti Chidambaram	566,104	52.36	+42.09
	BJP	H. Raja	2,33,860	21.63	+8.50
	AMMK	V. Pandi	1,22,534	11.33	New
	NTK	V. Sakthi Priya	72,240	6.68	New
	MNM	Snehan	22,931	2.12	New
	NOTA	None of the above	9,283	0.86	+0.07
Margin of victory			332,244	30.73	+8.22
Turnout			10,81,167	69.90	−2.49
Registered electors			1,552,019		+9.89
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+5.65

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. R. Senthilnathan	475,993	46.71	+3.97
	DMK	Dhurai Raaj Subha	246,608	24.20	New
	BJP	H. Raja	133,763	13.13	New
	INC	Karti Chidambaram	104,678	10.27	−32.90
	CPI	S. Krishnan	20,473	2.01	New
	NOTA	None of the above	8,042	0.79	N/A
Margin of victory			229,385	22.51	22.08
Turnout			1,018,994	72.75	+1.26
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	+3.54

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	334,348	43.17%	−16.84%
	AIADMK	R. S. Raja Kannappan	330,994	42.74%	7.12%
	DMDK	Barwatha Regina Papa	60,054	7.75%
	Independent	Thoothai M. Selvam	6,997	0.90%
	BSP	M. G. Devar	6,600	0.85%	−0.12%
	Independent	P. Malairaj	6,481	0.84%
Margin of victory			3,354	0.43%	−23.96%
Turnout			774,440	70.98%	9.31%
Registered electors			1,092,438		0.82%
	INC hold		Swing	-16.84%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	400,393	60.01%	19.78%
	AIADMK	S. P. Karuppiah	237,668	35.62%
	Independent	Subramanian Mutharaiyar M. Arimalam	9,709	1.46%
	BSP	K. Nowshad Ali Khan	6,503	0.97%
	Independent	N. Chidambaram	4,512	0.68%
Margin of victory			162,725	24.39%	20.50%
Turnout			667,208	61.58%	5.72%
Registered electors			1,083,542		−3.01%
	INC hold		Swing	19.78%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	246,078	40.23%	34.49%
	BJP	H. Raja	222,267	36.34%
	TMC(M)	P. Chidambaram	127,528	20.85%
	AIFB	S. M. Vimalraj	3,796	0.62%
	Independent	V. Chidambaram	3,151	0.52%
	RJD	A. Ramu	2,909	0.48%
Margin of victory			23,811	3.89%	−6.06%
Turnout			611,631	55.86%	−7.95%
Registered electors			1,117,223		3.81%
	INC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-24.55%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	P. Chidambaram	303,854	51.15%
	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	244,713	41.19%
	INC	M. Gowri Shankaran	34,114	5.74%	−20.79%
	PT	Santhi Udayappan	6,847	1.15%
	RJD	E. Nallasamy	3,839	0.65%
Margin of victory			59,141	9.96%	−28.30%
Turnout			594,036	57.45%	−6.36%
Registered electors			1,076,206		1.78%
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-13.64%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	P. Chidambaram	418,774	64.79%
	INC	M. Gowri Shankaran	171,472	26.53%	−40.96%
	MDMK	A. Ganesan	41,164	6.37%
	BJP	P. Pattabiramasamy	6,739	1.04%
	Independent	A. Jesu	3,115	0.48%
Margin of victory			247,302	38.26%	−0.12%
Turnout			646,379	63.81%	1.41%
Registered electors			1,057,381		6.02%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-2.70%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	402,029	67.49%	1.63%
	DMK	V. Kasinathan	173,432	29.12%	−3.14%
	Independent	S. Nagarajan	2,792	0.47%
	PMK	A. Sathaiah	2,742	0.46%
Margin of victory			228,597	38.38%	4.77%
Turnout			595,664	62.40%	−3.57%
Registered electors			997,331		−0.53%
	INC hold		Swing	1.63%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	430,290	65.86%	−2.25%
	DMK	A. Ganesan	210,738	32.26%	2.53%
	Independent	V. Rajangam	3,576	0.55%
Margin of victory			219,552	33.60%	−4.77%
Turnout			653,349	65.97%	−7.95%
Registered electors			1,002,667		27.89%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.25%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Chidambaram	377,160	68.10%
	DMK	Tha. Kiruttinan	164,627	29.73%
	Independent	M. K. Kumar	12,005	2.17%
Margin of victory			212,533	38.38%	11.70%
Turnout			553,792	73.92%	3.07%
Registered electors			784,016		8.05%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	7.29%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	R. V. Swaminathan	306,748	60.81%
	CPI	D. Pandian	172,187	34.14%
	Independent	M. Subramanian	17,705	3.51%
	Independent	N. N. K. Seenipulavar	3,073	0.61%
	Independent	V. Somasundaram Odaiyar	2,529	0.50%
Margin of victory			134,561	26.68%	−17.81%
Turnout			504,428	70.85%	2.44%
Registered electors			725,576		2.15%
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.49%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Thiagarajan	338,999	71.30%
	INC(O)	R. Ramanathan Chettiar	127,466	26.81%
	Independent	R. M. Santhakumari	4,716	0.99%
	Independent	V. Somasundaram Odaiyar	4,284	0.90%
Margin of victory			211,533	44.49%	22.06%
Turnout			475,465	68.41%	−5.82%
Registered electors			710,297		15.59%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.09%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Tha. Kiruttinan	273,194	61.21%	8.04%
	INC(O)	Kannappa Valliappan	173,106	38.79%
Margin of victory			100,088	22.43%	8.68%
Turnout			446,300	74.24%	−4.80%
Registered electors			614,497		10.80%
	DMK hold		Swing	8.04%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Sivaganga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Tha. Kiruttinan	225,106	53.17%
	INC	Subramanian	166,889	39.42%
	CPI	S. Narayanan	26,588	6.28%
	ABJS	S. Krishnasarma	4,795	1.13%
Margin of victory			58,217	13.75%
Turnout			423,378	79.03%
Registered electors			554,582
	DMK win (new seat)

Issues

Demands of the people of Sivaganga Constituency

To set up the already planned SIPCOTs at karaikudi and Sivaganga and to encourage more Industries in Sivaganga Constituency.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]} To bring more investors and companies to the already existing SIPCOT at Manamadurai and there by increasing the employment opportunities to the constituency people.^[19][20] To relocate the loss making kirungakottai SIDCO either to manamadurai or to thiruppuvanam since it is located in remote area which leads to poor accessible by public and investors due to which no one is interested in investing in Kirungakottai SIDCO.^[14] To provide more employment opportunities based on the Graphite-based jobs in Sivaganga by using the existing graphite mines as like similar to that of Andhra Pradesh's Rajahmundry and also to create the Graphite Mineral-based Industrial Cluster at Sivaganga. To operate the Tamil Nadu's only spices board Park in full-fledged manner which is located at Sivaganga and also steps should be taken by the elected representative to get approval from State Urban Organization Director for the effective functioning of the Spices Park.^[21][22] To bring an Agro Based Industrial cluster related with Capsicum Plantation near Ilayangudi as these areas have more capsicum plantation. To provide and improve optimal situation for those employees who relay on wood charcoal (or charcoal heap) business in and around Manamadurai area and to improve the existing facilities for such businesses in that area thereby improving the employment opportunities by providing a favourable situation to them.^[23] To promote employment opportunities on Geographical Indication recognized clay iratics of Manamadurai, Kandangi Sarees, Tiruppachetti Billhooks, Aathangudi Tiles, Chettinad Cuisine. To promote Agro based Industries at Sivaganga and Manamadurai. To improve facilities available at the existing tourism spots in Thirupathur Constituency and Keezhadi. To improve facilities to the existing agro oil, coir based industries and automotive spare parts based industries at Thiruppathur and Singampuneri by providing favourable situation to them. To reconstruct the old airport at Karaikudi and bring it back to service.^[24] To construct a new Government Nursing College at Poovanthi and also to add more Facilities in Sivagangai Medical College Hospital.^[25] To construct New Government Veterinary College at Kundrakudi and also to construct new IRT Polytechnic College at Manamadurai and also to provide a favourable situation to the people who are relaying in Manufacturing Utensils in Karaikudi region.^[26] To get more water facility from Vaigai Dam to Sivagangai District areas to increase the cultivation. Steps should be taken to provide stoppage for all trains at District Headquarters Railway Station Sivaganga (which includes 20973 and 20974 – Ajmeer Rameswaram Humsafar Express, 22535 – Rameswaram Banaras Express, 06036 and 06035 – Ernakulam Velankanni Express, 07355 and 07356 – Hubli Rameswaram Express, 22613 and 22614 – Shraddha Sethu Express, 20683 and 20684 Tambaram Sengottai Tambaram Triweekly super fast express etc.) Since all of these trains are skipping sivaganga which caused huge inconvenience to many people of Sivaganga District.

Also, the surveys taken by Railway boards are being shelved. New railway routes between Madurai-Melur-Tirupattur-Karaikudi, Dindigul-Natham-Tirupattur-Karaikudi were requested since decades and are shelved, waiting for approvals since long time. New east coast rail route between Karaikudi-Devakottai-Ramanathapuram-Tuticorin-Kanyakumari are being abandoned due to lack of finance.^[27]

See also

• Sivaganga
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha