Erode Lok Sabha constituency

Erode
Lok Sabha constituency
Area of Erode Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies
Established 2009
Total electors 1,462,246
Reservation None
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party DMK
Elected year 2019
Preceded by S. Selvakumara Chinnayan

Erode Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: ஈரோடு மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Erode Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

No Name District Member Reserved for (SC/ST/None) Party
97 Kumarapalayam Namakkal P. Thangamani General AIADMK
98 Erode West Erode S. Muthusamy General DMK
99 Erode East E. V. K. S. Elangovan General INC
100 Modakkurichi C. Saraswathi General BJP
101 Dharapuram Tiruppur N. Kayalvizhi SC DMK
102 Kangayam M. P. Saminathan General DMK

List of members of parliament

No. Name Term of office Lok Sabha
(Election) 		Political party
Assumed
office 		Left
office
1 A. Ganeshamurthi 1 June 2009 18 May 2014 15th
(2009 election) 		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2 S. Selvakumara Chinnayan 4 June 2014 24 May 2019 16th
(2014 election) 		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(1) A. Ganeshamurthi 18 June 2019 Incumbent 17th
(2019 election) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 53.07%
2014
 
 47.06%
2009
 
 37.12%
1962
 
 45.75%
1951
 
 21.68%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Erode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Ganeshamurthi 563,591 53.07% 31.17%
AIADMK G. Manimaran 3,52,973 33.23% -13.83%
MNM A. Saravanakumar 47,719 4.49%
NTK M. K. Seethalakshmi 39,010 3.67%
Independent K. C. Senthilkumar 25,858 2.43%
NOTA None of the above 14,795 1.39% -0.25%
Margin of victory 2,10,618 19.83% -1.49%
Turnout 10,62,073 73.11% -2.46%
Registered electors 14,62,246 10.66%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 6.00%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Erode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Selvakumara Chinnayan 466,995 47.06%
MDMK A. Ganeshamurthi 2,55,432 25.74% -11.38%
DMK H. Pavithravalli 2,17,260 21.89%
INC P. Gopi 26,726 2.69% -27.98%
NOTA None of the above 16,268 1.64%
Independent S. Vijayakumar 7,478 0.75%
BSP Sethupathy 5,917 0.60%
AAP R. P. Marutharajaa 4,654 0.47%
Margin of victory 2,11,563 21.32% 14.88%
Turnout 9,92,314 76.39% -0.69%
Registered electors 13,21,399 30.82%
AIADMK gain from MDMK Swing 9.94%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Erode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDMK A. Ganeshamurthi 284,148 37.12%
INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan 2,34,812 30.67%
KNMK C. Balasubramaniam 1,06,604 13.93%
DMDK Muthu Venkateshwaran 91,008 11.89%
BJP N. P. Palanisamy 8,429 1.10%
Independent S. Sivasankar 6,802 0.89%
Margin of victory 49,336 6.44%
Turnout 7,65,501 75.98%
Registered electors 10,10,079
MDMK win (new seat)

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Erode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Paramasiva Gounder 156,739 45.75%
DMK Narayanan 1,17,561 34.32%
Socialist Labour Party (India) S. Balasubramaniam 37,581 10.97%
Independent K. Muthusami Gounder 16,901 4.93%
Independent Chinnasamy 13,785 4.02%
Margin of victory 39,178 11.44%
Turnout 3,42,567 73.72%
Registered electors 4,78,370
INC win (new seat)

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election : Erode
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balakrishnan 169,708 21.68% 21.68%
INC Periasami Gounder 1,54,527 19.74% 19.74%
Independent Kesavlal Kalidass Sait 1,37,955 17.63%
SP Pasupathi 1,24,622 15.92%
RPI Kesavalu Pillai 80,721 10.31%
Independent Rangachari 67,820 8.67%
Independent Sundaresan 47,333 6.05%
Margin of victory 15,181 1.94%
Turnout 7,82,686 105.33%
Registered electors 7,43,081 0.00%
INC win (new seat)

See also