One of the 39 Parliamentary Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Pollachi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 21 of 39.
Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Kinathukkadavu
- Pollachi
- Valparai (SC)
- Udumalpet
- Pongalur (defunct)
- Dharapuram (moved to Erode constituency after 2009)
Members of Parliament
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General Elections 2024
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General Elections 2019
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2019 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
DMK
|
K. Shamugasundaram
|
554,230
|
51.44%
|
26.25%
|
AIADMK
|
C. Mahendran
|
3,78,347
|
35.12%
|
−6.60%
|
MNM
|
R. Mookambika
|
59,693
|
5.54%
|
NTK
|
U. Sanuja
|
31,483
|
2.92%
|
Independent
|
S. Muthukumar
|
26,663
|
2.47%
|
NOTA
|
None of the above
|
15,110
|
1.40%
|
0.11%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,75,883
|
16.32%
|
2.22%
|
Turnout
|
10,77,420
|
71.15%
|
−1.51%
|
Registered electors
|
15,20,504
|
10.06%
|
DMK gain from AIADMK
|
Swing
|
9.72%
|
General Elections 2014
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2014 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
AIADMK
|
C. Mahendran
|
417,092
|
41.72%
|
1.95%
|
KMDK
|
E. R. Eswaran
|
2,76,118
|
27.62%
|
25.43%
|
DMK
|
Pongalur N. Palanisamy
|
2,51,829
|
25.19%
|
−8.60%
|
INC
|
Selvaraj
|
30,014
|
3.00%
|
NOTA
|
None of the above
|
12,947
|
1.30%
|
Independent
|
M. Mary Stella
|
4,942
|
0.49%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,40,974
|
14.10%
|
8.12%
|
Turnout
|
9,99,720
|
73.31%
|
−3.22%
|
Registered electors
|
13,81,505
|
35.73%
|
AIADMK hold
|
Swing
|
1.95%
|
General Elections 2009
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2009 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
AIADMK
|
K. Sugumar
|
305,935
|
39.77%
|
1.81%
|
DMK
|
K. Shamugasundaram
|
2,59,910
|
33.79%
|
KNMK
|
Best S. Ramasamy
|
1,03,004
|
13.39%
|
DMDK
|
K. P. Thangavel
|
38,824
|
5.05%
|
BJP
|
V. S. Baba Ramesh
|
16,815
|
2.19%
|
MNMK
|
E. Ummar
|
13,933
|
1.81%
|
Independent
|
P. Sukumar
|
5,660
|
0.74%
|
Margin of victory
|
46,025
|
5.98%
|
−12.82%
|
Turnout
|
7,69,303
|
75.80%
|
13.71%
|
Registered electors
|
10,17,811
|
−2.07%
|
AIADMK gain from MDMK
|
Swing
|
-17.00%
|
General Elections 2004
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2004 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
MDMK
|
C. Krishnan
|
364,988
|
56.76%
|
8.14%
|
AIADMK
|
G. Murugan
|
2,44,067
|
37.96%
|
−9.09%
|
Independent
|
R. Rajkumar
|
13,039
|
2.03%
|
Independent
|
K. M. Ganesan
|
6,503
|
1.01%
|
Independent
|
A. Krishnan
|
5,452
|
0.85%
|
BSP
|
N. Muthukumar
|
5,294
|
0.82%
|
Independent
|
K. Devaraj
|
3,656
|
0.57%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,20,921
|
18.81%
|
17.23%
|
Turnout
|
6,42,999
|
61.88%
|
4.78%
|
Registered electors
|
10,39,279
|
−3.25%
|
MDMK hold
|
Swing
|
8.14%
|
General Elections 1999
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1999 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
MDMK
|
C. Krishnan
|
293,038
|
48.63%
|
|
AIADMK
|
M. Thiyagarajan
|
2,83,523
|
47.05%
|
13.05%
|
JD(S)
|
K. N. Rajan
|
9,914
|
1.65%
|
PT
|
M. Jothiraj
|
9,280
|
1.54%
|
Independent
|
P. Ganesan
|
6,886
|
1.14%
|
Margin of victory
|
9,515
|
1.58%
|
−15.63%
|
Turnout
|
6,02,641
|
57.09%
|
−14.80%
|
Registered electors
|
10,74,230
|
4.70%
|
MDMK gain from AIADMK
|
Swing
|
-6.55%
|
General Elections 1998
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1998 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
AIADMK
|
M. Thiyagarajan
|
306,083
|
55.22%
|
|
TMC(M)
|
N. Kovaithangam
|
2,10,682
|
38.01%
|
INC
|
R. Eswaravelu
|
31,967
|
5.77%
|
PT
|
M. Jothiraj
|
4,926
|
0.89%
|
Margin of victory
|
95,401
|
17.21%
|
−3.97%
|
Turnout
|
5,54,275
|
56.42%
|
−15.47%
|
Registered electors
|
10,26,056
|
5.92%
|
AIADMK gain from TMC(M)
|
Swing
|
0.04%
|
General Elections 1996
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1996 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
TMC(M)
|
V. Kandasamy
|
361,743
|
55.18%
|
|
AIADMK
|
R. Anna Nambi
|
2,22,852
|
33.99%
|
−31.65%
|
JD
|
K. N. Rajan
|
49,032
|
7.48%
|
BJP
|
E. K. Elangandhi
|
15,123
|
2.31%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,38,891
|
21.19%
|
−11.46%
|
Turnout
|
6,55,567
|
71.89%
|
4.43%
|
Registered electors
|
9,68,739
|
0.53%
|
TMC(M) gain from AIADMK
|
Swing
|
-10.47%
|
General Elections 1991
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1991 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
AIADMK
|
B. Raja Ravi Varma
|
414,810
|
65.65%
|
−1.63%
|
DMK
|
C. T. Dhandapani
|
2,08,540
|
33.00%
|
PMK
|
G. Selvaraj
|
5,237
|
0.83%
|
Margin of victory
|
2,06,270
|
32.64%
|
−3.66%
|
Turnout
|
6,31,864
|
67.46%
|
0.42%
|
Registered electors
|
9,63,590
|
−0.28%
|
AIADMK hold
|
Swing
|
-1.63%
|
General Elections 1989
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1989 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
AIADMK
|
B. Raja Ravi Varma
|
428,704
|
67.28%
|
8.01%
|
CPI
|
M. Aurmugham
|
1,97,395
|
30.98%
|
THMM
|
C. Sankar
|
5,800
|
0.91%
|
PMK
|
T. Subramaniam
|
3,532
|
0.55%
|
Margin of victory
|
2,31,309
|
36.30%
|
17.76%
|
Turnout
|
6,37,210
|
67.04%
|
−7.33%
|
Registered electors
|
9,66,256
|
25.74%
|
AIADMK hold
|
Swing
|
8.01%
|
General Elections 1984
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General Elections 1980
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General Elections 1977
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1977 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
AIADMK
|
K. A. Raju
|
259,388
|
64.48%
|
|
DMK
|
C. T. Dhandapani
|
1,35,194
|
33.61%
|
−31.05%
|
Independent
|
V. Murugan
|
7,664
|
1.91%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,24,194
|
30.88%
|
0.41%
|
Turnout
|
4,02,246
|
61.71%
|
−9.69%
|
Registered electors
|
6,70,445
|
10.97%
|
AIADMK gain from DMK
|
Swing
|
-0.17%
|
General Elections 1971
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1971 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
DMK
|
Narayanan
|
267,811
|
64.66%
|
6.09%
|
SSP
|
K. R. Nallasivam
|
1,41,605
|
34.19%
|
Independent
|
K. N. Lingasami Gounder
|
4,799
|
1.16%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,26,206
|
30.47%
|
10.27%
|
Turnout
|
4,14,215
|
71.40%
|
−5.30%
|
Registered electors
|
6,04,191
|
9.95%
|
DMK hold
|
Swing
|
6.09%
|
General Elections 1967
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General Elections 1962
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1962 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
INC
|
Chidambaram Subramaniam
|
176,512
|
56.40%
|
3.29%
|
SWA
|
R. M. Ramasami
|
76,415
|
24.41%
|
Independent
|
Thangavel Gounder
|
46,922
|
14.99%
|
Independent
|
Ramanujam
|
13,142
|
4.20%
|
Margin of victory
|
1,00,097
|
31.98%
|
25.77%
|
Turnout
|
3,12,991
|
72.71%
|
13.14%
|
Registered electors
|
4,48,744
|
1.42%
|
INC hold
|
Swing
|
3.29%
|
General Elections 1957
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General Elections 1951
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1951–52 Indian general election: Pollachi
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
INC
|
G. R. Damodaran
|
93,405
|
44.40%
|
44.40%
|
SP
|
Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev
|
46,744
|
22.22%
|
CPI
|
Ramaswami
|
44,383
|
21.10%
|
Independent
|
Paranjothi Ganpathi Swami
|
20,699
|
9.84%
|
Independent
|
Ramalinga Chetty
|
5,128
|
2.44%
|
Margin of victory
|
46,661
|
22.18%
|
Turnout
|
2,10,359
|
57.11%
|
Registered electors
|
3,68,310
|
0.00%
|
INC win (new seat)
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