Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency

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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Dharmapuri
|image = dharmapuri lok sabha constituency.png
|caption = Dharmapuri constituency, post-2008 delimitation
|Existence = 1977-present
|CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|CurrentMP = Dr Senthil Kumar
|ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019|2019 Election]]
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Successful Party = [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] (4 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Palacode (State Assembly Constituency)|Palacode]] [[Pennagaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Pennagaram]] [[Dharmapuri (State Assembly Constituency)|Dharmapuri]] [[Pappireddippatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Pappireddippatti]] [[Harur (State Assembly Constituency)|Harur ]] [[Mettur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mettur]]
|Electorate = 14,84,027<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802000135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |date=2 August 2013 }}</ref>
}}
'''[[Dharmapuri]]''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==Assembly segments==

=== 2009-present ===
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number
! width="200px" |Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="150px" |District
!Party
|-
|57
|[[Palakkodu (State Assembly Constituency)|Palacodu]]
|None
|[[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|-
|58
|[[Pennagaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Pennagaram]]
|None
|[[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|-
|59
|[[Dharmapuri (State Assembly Constituency)|Dharmapuri]]
|None
|[[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|-
|60
|[[Pappireddippatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Pappireddippatti]]
|None
|[[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|-
|61
|[[Harur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Harur]]
|SC
|[[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|-
|85
|[[Mettur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mettur]]
|None
|[[Salem district|Salem]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|-
|}

=== Before 2009 ===
#[[Harur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Harur (SC)]]
#[[Morappur (State Assembly Constituency)|Morappur]]
#[[Dharmapuri (State Assembly Constituency)|Dharmapuri]]
#[[Pennagaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Pennagaram]]
#[[Mettur (State Assembly Constituency)|Mettur]]
#[[Taramangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Taramangalam]]

==Members of Parliament==
{| width="80%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winning Candidate
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
|----
|1977
|[[Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1980
|[[K. Arjunan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1984
|[[M. Thambi Durai]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1989
|[[M. G. Sekhar]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|1991
|[[K. V. Thanga Balu]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|----
|1996
|[[P. Theertharaman]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
|----
|1998
|[[K. Pary Mohan]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|----
|1999
|[[P.D. Elangovan]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|----
|2004
|[[R. Senthil]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|----
|2009
|[[R. Thamaraiselvan]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|----
|2014
|[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-
|2019
|[[S. Senthilkumar (Dharmapuri)|Dr. S. Senthil Kumar]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10277-general-election-to-the-17th-lok-sabha-2019-list-of-members-elected/|page=26|format=PDF|publisher=Election Commission of India|date=25 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|}

== Election results ==

===General Election, 2019===

{{Election box begin | title= [[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Dharmapuri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[S. Senthilkumar (Dharmapuri)|S. Senthil Kumar]]
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|votes = 5,74,988
|percentage = 47.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|votes = 5,04,232
|percentage = 41.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[P. Palaniappan]]
|party = Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
|votes = 53,655
|percentage = 4.39
|change = {{Increase}} 4.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rukmini Devi
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi
|votes = 19,674
|percentage = 1.61
|change = {{Increase}} 1.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = D. Rajasekar
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam
|votes = 15,614
|percentage = 1.28
|change = {{Increase}} 1.28
}}
{{Election box majority
||votes= 70,753
|percentage= 5.79
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout
||votes= 12,24,465
|percentage= 82.41
|change=
}}

{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Dharmapuri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi |candidate = [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|votes = 4,68,194
|percentage = 42.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =P. S. Mohan
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|votes =3,91,048
|percentage = 35.51
|change = {{Increase}}35.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[R. Thamaraiselvan|R. Thamarai Selvan]]
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|votes = 1,80,297
|percentage = 16.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Rama Suganthan
|votes = 15,455
|percentage = 1.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 12,693
|percentage = 1.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 77,146
|percentage = 7.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,02,703
|percentage = 81.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing = +9.27
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Dharmapuri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[R. Thamaraiselvan]]
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|votes =3,65,812
|percentage = 47.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi |candidate =[[ R. Senthil]]
|votes = 2,29,870
|percentage = 29.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =V. Elangovan
|party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|votes = 1,03,494
|percentage =13.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =G. Asokan
|party = Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam
|votes = 15,333
|percentage =1.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|candidate =A. Raja
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|votes = 10,561
|percentage =1.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,35,942
|percentage =17.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,78,102
|percentage = 72.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election, 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Dharmapuri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = [[R. Senthil]]
|votes = 3,97,542
|percentage = 55.93
|change = {{Increase}}9.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[P. D. Elangovan]]
|votes = 1,81,450
|percentage = 25.53
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Munusamy (Alais) Thamilselvan
|votes = 62,960
|percentage = 8.86
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tamil Desiyak Katchi
|candidate =M. Balasubramaniam
|votes = 23,553
|percentage = 3.31
|change = {{Increase}}1.64
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Jaganathan. V. P
|votes = 10,968
|percentage = 1.54
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Mahendran. D
|votes = 10,370
|percentage = 1.46
|change = {{Increase}}1.37
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,16,090
|percentage = 30.40
|change = {{Increase}}26.90
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,10,736
|percentage = 54.86
|change = {{Decrease}}4.55
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|swing = {{Increase}}9.27
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Dharmapuri]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [[Election Commission of India]] https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/dharmapuri/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Dharmapuri lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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