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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Dindigul
| image = dindigul lok sabha constituency.png
| caption = Dindigul constituency, post-2008 delimitation
| Existence = 1952-present
| Reservation =
| CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| CurrentMP = [[P. Velusamy]]
| ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019|2019 Election]]
| State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| Successful Party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7 times)
| AssemblyConstituencies = [[Palani (State Assembly Constituency)|Palani]] [[Oddanchatram (State Assembly Constituency)|Oddanchatram]] [[Athoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Athoor]] [[Nilakkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Nilakkottai]] [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham]] [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]
| Electorate = 16,37,511 8,13,707(Male) 8,23,696 (Female) 108 (Others)<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>
}}

'''Dindigul''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] (Parliament of India) constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]].

==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
|-
|127.
|[[Palani (State Assembly Constituency)|Palani]]
|None
|[[Dindigul district|Dindigul]]
|-
|128.
|[[Oddanchatram (State Assembly Constituency)|Oddanchatram]]
|None
|[[Dindigul district|Dindigul]]
|-
|129.
|[[Athoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Athoor]]
|None
|[[Dindigul district|Dindigul]]
|-
|130.
|[[Nilakottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Nilakottai]]
|SC
|[[Dindigul district|Dindigul]]
|-
|131.
| [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham]]
|None
|[[Dindigul district|Dindigul]]
|-
|132.
| [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]
|None
|[[Dindigul district|Dindigul]]
|-
|}
===Before 2009===
#[[Tirumangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Tirumanagalam]] (moved to [[Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Virudhunagar]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Usilampatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Usilampatti]] (moved to [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Nilakkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Nilakottai (SC)]]
#[[Sholavandan (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholavandan]] (moved to [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Theni]] constituency after 2009)
#[[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]
#[[Athoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Athoor]]

==Members of the Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-1957||[[Ammu Swaminathan]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-1962||[[M. Gulam Mohideen]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-1967||[[T. S. Soundram]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-1971||[[N. Anbuchezhian]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]||1971-1977||M. Rajangam||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-1980||[[K. Maya Thevar]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-1984||[[K. Maya Thevar]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[8th Lok Sabha|eighth]]||1984-1989||[[K. R. Natarajan]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-1991||[[C. Sreenivaasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-1996||[[C. Sreenivaasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-1998||[[N. S. V. Chitthan]]||[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-1999||[[C. Sreenivaasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-2004||[[C. Sreenivaasan|Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-2009||[[N. S. V. Chitthan]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-2014||[[N. S. V. Chitthan]]||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-2019||[[M. Udhayakumar]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2019-2024||[[P. Velusamy]]<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 ==
===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Dindigul]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[P. Velusamy]]|votes=7,46,523|percentage=64.40|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Pattali Makkal Katchi|candidate=K Jothimuthu|votes=2,07,551|percentage=17.90|change=+17.90}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Jothi Murugan|votes=62,875|percentage=5.42|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|candidate=S.Sudhakar|votes=38,784|percentage=3.34|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|candidate=[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)]]|votes=54,957|percentage=4.74|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above|None of the Above]]|votes=14,177|percentage=1.22|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,38,972|percentage=46.46|change=+34.66}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=11,60,046|percentage=75.29|change=-2.09}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Dindigul]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate = [[M. Udhayakumar]]
| votes = 5,10,462
| percentage = 47.12
| change = +47.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Gandhirajan|votes=3,82,617|percentage=35.32|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|candidate=Krishna moorthy|votes=93,794|percentage=8.66|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[N. S. V. Chitthan]]
| votes = 35,632
| percentage = 3.29
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| candidate =N. Pandi
| votes = 19,455
| percentage =1.80
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,27,845|percentage=11.80|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,83,689|percentage=77.38|change=+1.80}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Dindigul]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[N. S. V. Chitthan]]
| votes = 3,61,545
| percentage = 44.06
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate =P. Baala Subramani
| votes = 3,07,198
| percentage = 37.44
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
| candidate = P. Muthuvelraj
| votes =1,00,788
| percentage =12.28
| change = +12.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate =Srinivasa Babu M
| votes =6,960
| percentage = 0.85
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=54,347|percentage=6.62|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,20,558|percentage=75.58|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress

|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Dindigul]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[N. S. V. Chitthan]]
| votes = 4,07,116
| percentage = 58.92
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate = Jeyaraman. M
| votes = 2,51,945
| percentage = 36.46
| change = -6.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Ravindran. J
| votes = 10,359
| percentage = 1.50
| change = +1.47
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 1,55,171
| percentage = 22.46
| change = +19.49
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 6,90,973
| percentage = 60.75
| change = +3.29
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| swing = +58.92
}}
{{Election box end}}

== By Election results ==
===1973===
{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 1973: Dindigul}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=K. Maya Thevar|votes=2,60,824|percentage=52.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress (Organisation)|candidate=V. C. Sitthan|votes=1,19,032|percentage=20.1%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Pon Muthu Ramalingam|votes=93,496|percentage=18.5%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Seemaisamy|votes=11,423|percentage=2.2%|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,41,792|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=6,43,704|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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