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, 1999
Kannappan, M.
MDMK
Elections held
10
1971–2004
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 10
Margin, 1999
4,556
0.55% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
ADMKPalanisamy, K.
- Votes
- 4,04,737
- Vote share
- 48.53%
- Behind by
- 4,556
Electors
15,27,064
Total votes polled
8,34,015
Valid votes
8,34,015
NOTA votes
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Turnout
54.6%
Full result, 1999
9 candidates · 8,34,015 valid votes
Kannappan, M.MDMKwon
4,09,293
49.1%
Palanisamy, K.ADMK
4,04,737
48.5%
Kanagasabapathi, T.M.PT
11,535
1.4%
Gowrisankar, E.P.TDK
3,317
0.4%
Mathaiyan, K.THMM
2,570
0.3%
Thandapani, M.IND
989
0.1%
Karupannan, C.IND
918
0.1%
Selvakumar, P.IND
401
0.1%
Chokkalingam, A.P.IND
255
0.0%
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
