TIRUCHENGODE
Constituency no. 17 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called TIRUCHENGODE. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 1998
PALANISWAMY K.
ADMK
Elections held
10
1971–2004
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 10
Margin, 1998
1,04,809
13.82% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
DMKRAMALINGAM K.P. Dr.
- Votes
- 3,10,183
- Vote share
- 40.89%
- Behind by
- 1,04,809
Electors
14,60,292
Total votes polled
7,58,625
Valid votes
7,58,625
NOTA votes
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Turnout
52.0%
Full result, 1998
7 candidates · 7,58,625 valid votes
PALANISWAMY K.ADMKwon
4,14,992
54.7%
RAMALINGAM K.P. Dr.DMK
3,10,183
40.9%
PALANISAMY P.INC
28,421
3.8%
BACKIYAM D.PT
2,442
0.3%
SELVAM S.V.IND
1,483
0.2%
THILLAIKKARASI PON.S.IND
622
0.1%
SENGODAN R.IND
482
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN | DMK | 5,01,569 | 58.02% | PALANISWAMI. K | 1,79,397 |
| 1999 | Kannappan, M. | MDMK | 4,09,293 | 49.08% | Palanisamy, K. | 4,556 |
| 1998 | PALANISWAMY K. | ADMK | 4,14,992 | 54.70% | RAMALINGAM K.P. Dr. | 1,04,809 |
| 1996 | K.P.RAMALINGAM | DMK | 4,71,533 | 56.64% | KUMARASAMY A.V. | 1,93,188 |
| 1991 | SOUNDARAM K.S. (W) | ADK | 5,21,580 | 66.80% | RAMALINGAM K.P. | 3,14,481 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
