Dharapuram Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha constituency

Dharapuram
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Madras
District	Coimbatore
Assembly constituencies	Valparai Udumalpet Dharapuram Vellakoil Oddanchatram Palani
Established	1967
Abolished	1977
Reservation	SC

Dharapuram Lok Sabha constituency was No. 20 of 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madras State from 1967 to 1969. And it was in Tamil Nadu from 1969 till its abolition in 1977. It was in then Coimbatore district and parts of Madurai district. It lies in present-day Coimbatore district, Tiruppur district and Dindigul district.

Assembly segments

Dharapuram Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Current Lok Sabha constituency
109	Valparai	Coimbatore	SC	Pollachi
110	Udumalpet		None	Pollachi
111	Dharapuram		SC	Erode
112	Vellakoil		None	Defunct
125	Oddanchatram	Madurai	None	Dindigul
126	Palani	Madurai	SC	Dindigul

Members of the Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1967	C. T. Dhandapani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	C. T. Dhandapani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

1967			62.39%
1971			64.38%

1971

1971 Indian general election : Dharapuram^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	C. T. Dhandapani	260,113	64.38
	INC(O)	K. Paramalai	1,43,927	35.62
Margin of victory			1,16,186	28.76
Total valid votes			4,04,040
Rejected ballots			12,528	3.01
Turnout			4,16,568	68.67
Registered electors			6,06,592
	DMK hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election : Dharapuram^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	C. T. Dhandapani	259,768	62.39
	INC	S. R. Arumugham	1,48,902	35.77
	Independent	P. Muthusamy	7662	1.84
Margin of victory			1,10,866	26.63
Total valid votes			4,16,332
Rejected ballots			12,069	2.82
Turnout			4,28,401	76
Registered electors			5,63,703
	DMK win (new seat)

References

^ "Delimitation Orders (1967)". www.eci.gov.in/146-archive-delimitation-orders. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "General Election, 1971 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "General Election, 1967 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

External links

"Statistical reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

List of Lok Sabha constituencies and incumbent members of Tamil Nadu

Total: 39 Lok Sabha constituencies

Tiruvallur	K. Jayakumar (INC)
Chennai North	Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (DMK)
Chennai South	T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian (DMK)
Chennai Central	Dayanidhi Maran (DMK)
Sriperumbudur	T. R. Baalu (DMK)
Kancheepuram	G. Selvam (DMK)
Arakkonam	S. Jagathrakshakan (DMK)
Vellore	D. M. Kathir Anand (DMK)
Krishnagiri	A. Chellakumar (INC)
Dharmapuri	D. N. V. S. Senthilkumar (DMK)
Tiruvannamalai	C. N. Annadurai (DMK)
Arani	M. K. Vishnu Prasad (INC)
Viluppuram	D. Ravikumar (DMK)

Kallakurichi	Pon. Gautham Sigamani (DMK)
Salem	S. R. Parthiban (DMK)
Namakkal	A. K. P. Chinraj (DMK)
Erode	Vacant
Tiruppur	K. Subbarayan (CPI)
Nilgiris	A. Raja (DMK)
Coimbatore	P. R. Natarajan (CPI(M))
Pollachi	K. Shanmuga Sundaram (DMK)
Dindigul	P. Velusamy (DMK)
Karur	S. Jothimani (INC)
Tiruchirappalli	Su. Thirunavukkarasar (INC)
Perambalur	T. R. Paarivendhar (DMK)
Cuddalore	T. R. V. S. Ramesh (DMK)

Chidambaram	Thol. Thirumavalavan (VCK)
Mayiladuthurai	S. Ramalingam (DMK)
Nagapattinam	Vacant
Thanjavur	S. S. Palanimanickam (DMK)
Sivaganga	Karti P. Chidambaram (INC)
Madurai	S. Venkatesan (CPI(M))
Theni	P. Ravindhranath (IND)
Virudhunagar	B. Manickam Tagore (INC)
Ramanathapuram	K. Navas Kani (IUML)
Thoothukkudi	Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK)
Tenkasi	Dhanush M. Kumar (DMK)
Tirunelveli	S. Gnanathiraviam (DMK)
Kanniyakumari	Vijayakumar (a) Vijay Vasanth (INC)