Madurai Lok Sabha constituency

Madurai
TN-32
Madurai ; TN-32
Lok Sabha constituency
	Madurai constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Melur; Madurai East; Madurai North; Madurai South; Madurai Central; Madurai West
Established	1952
Total electors	16,41,434
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent S. Venkatesan
Party	CPI(M)
Elected year	2024 Election

9°54′N 78°06′E / 9.9°N 78.1°E / 9.9; 78.1

Madurai Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: மதுரை மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 32.

Assembly segments

From 2009

Madurai Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Member
188	Melur	None	Madurai	Periapullan (a) Selavm. P	AIADMK
189	Madurai East	None		P. Moorthy	DMK
191	Madurai North	None		G. Thalapathi	DMK
192	Madurai South	None		M. Boominathan	DMK
193	Madurai Central	None		Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan	DMK
194	Madurai West	None		Sellur K. Raju	AIADMK

Before 2009

Thiruparankundram (moved to Virudhunagar Constituency)
Madurai West
Madurai Central
Madurai East
Samayanallur (SC) (defunct)
Melur

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952	S. Balasubramaniam Kodimangalam	Indian National Congress
1957	K. T. K. Thangamani	Communist Party of India
1962	N. M. R. Subbaraman	Indian National Congress
1967	P. Ramamurthi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	R. V. Swaminathan	Indian National Congress
1977	R. V. Swaminathan	Indian National Congress
1980	A. G. Subburaman	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	A. G. Subburaman	Indian National Congress
1989	A. G. S. Ram Babu
1991
1996		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	Subramanian Swamy	Janata Party
1999	P. Mohan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004	P. Mohan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009	M. K. Azhagiri	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	R. Gopalkrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S. Venkatesan^[3]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2024	S. Venkatesan^[3]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			43.60%
2019			44.20%
2014			47.51%
2009			54.53%
2004			56.03%
1999			43.85%
1998			40.48%
1996			46.45%
1991			67.62%
1989			64.12%
1984			62.72%
1980			55.57%
1977			62.13%
1971			51.04%
1967			60.18%
1962			39.55%
1957			35.02%
1951			26.68%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Madurai^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. Venkatesan	430,323	43.60	0.60
	BJP	Prof. Rama Srinivasan	2,20,914	22.38	New
	AIADMK	P. Saravanan	2,04,804	20.75	9.67
	NTK	Sathya Devi	92,879	9.41	5.17
	NOTA	None of the above	11,174	1.13	0.47
Margin of victory			2,09,409	21.22	7.44
Turnout			9,86,969	62.04	4.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. Venkatesan	447,075	44.20	41.04
	AIADMK	V. V. R. Raj Satyen	3,07,680	30.42	17.10
	Independent	K. David Annadurai	85,747	8.48	New
	MNM	M. Alagar	85,048	8.41	New
	NTK	J. Pandiammal	42,901	4.24	New
	NOTA	None of the above	16,187	1.60	0.47
Margin of victory			1,39,395	13.78	−7.10
Turnout			10,11,500	66.09	0.53
Registered electors			15,39,026		6.77
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.32

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Gopalakrishnan	453,785	47.51
	DMK	V. Velusamy	2,54,361	26.63	−27.90
	DMDK	D. Sivamuthu Kumar	1,46,751	15.37	8.49
	INC	T. N. Bharath Nachiappan	32,154	3.37
	CPI(M)	B. Vikraman	30,126	3.15	−33.55
	NOTA	None of the above	19,765	2.07
	Independent	P. Gopalakrishnan	6,289	0.66
	AAP	M. Kamacis	5,378	0.56
	Independent	V. Andichamy	4,467	0.47
Margin of victory			1,99,424	20.88	3.06
Turnout			9,55,044	67.74	−11.10
Registered electors			14,41,434		40.98
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-7.02

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Alagiri	431,295	54.53
	CPI(M)	P. Mohan	2,90,310	36.71	−19.32
	DMDK	K. Kaviarasu	54,419	6.88
	Independent	S. Veeradurai	4,712	0.60
Margin of victory			1,40,985	17.83	−0.13
Turnout			7,90,901	77.43	22.32
Registered electors			10,22,421		−23.93
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-1.50

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Mohan	414,433	56.03	12.17
	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	2,81,593	38.07
	JD(U)	P. Sakthivel	12,093	1.63
	JP	Subramanian Swamy	12,009	1.62
	Independent	Pon. Bhaskaran	5,514	0.75
	Independent	N. Mahalingam	5,478	0.74
Margin of victory			1,32,840	17.96	12.99
Turnout			7,39,680	55.05	2.63
Registered electors			13,44,023		−6.01
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	12.17

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Mohan	328,204	43.85	27.00
	DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam	2,90,981	38.88
	TMC(M)	A. G. S. Rambabu	89,973	12.02
	JP	Subramanian Swamy	20,489	2.74
	Independent	S. Singarajan	10,625	1.42
	Independent	Dr. M. Meenakshi Sundaram	5,593	0.75
Margin of victory			37,223	4.97	1.80
Turnout			7,48,404	52.41	−9.86
Registered electors			14,29,975		5.98
	CPI(M) gain from JP		Swing	-2.60

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Subramanian Swamy	266,202	40.48
	TMC(M)	A. G. S. Ram Babu	2,45,305	37.30
	CPI(M)	P. Mohan	1,10,862	16.86	7.04
	INC	D. Pandian	17,507	2.66	−16.53
	Independent	Rajini Thirumathi	5,485	0.83
	Independent	S. Ramachandran	4,977	0.76
	Independent	R. Palanisamy	4,764	0.72
Margin of victory			20,897	3.18	−23.22
Turnout			6,57,651	50.12	−12.16
Registered electors			13,49,265		12.42
	JP gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-5.98

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. G. S. Ram Babu	334,055	46.45
	JP	Subramanian Swamy	1,44,249	20.06
	INC	V. K. Boominathan	1,37,978	19.19	−48.44
	CPI(M)	P. Mohan	70,567	9.81	−19.35
	BJP	V. Kalaiselvan	13,238	1.84
Margin of victory			1,89,806	26.40	−12.07
Turnout			7,19,098	62.27	5.46
Registered electors			12,00,197		5.47
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-21.17

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. G. S. Ram Babu	425,769	67.62	3.50
	CPI(M)	P. Mohan	1,83,609	29.16
	PMK	R. Tamil Selvan	4,193	0.67
Margin of victory			2,42,160	38.46	8.43
Turnout			6,29,609	56.81	−6.46
Registered electors			11,37,905		0.04
	INC hold		Swing	3.50

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. G. S. Ram Babu	456,442	64.12	1.40
	DMK	V. Velusamy	2,42,664	34.09
Margin of victory			2,13,778	30.03	0.38
Turnout			7,11,843	63.27	−7.69
Registered electors			11,37,434		32.83
	INC hold		Swing	1.40

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. G. Subburaman	365,948	62.72
	CPI(M)	N. Sankariah	1,92,937	33.07	−9.35
	Independent	P. V. Kanthaswamy	11,157	1.91
	Independent	J. S. Krishnan Janak	4,907	0.84
Margin of victory			1,73,011	29.65	16.50
Turnout			5,83,444	70.96	3.32
Registered electors			8,56,315		8.61
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	7.16

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	A. G. Subburaman	292,380	55.57
	CPI(M)	A. Balasumbramaniam	2,23,185	42.42	8.17
	Independent	P. Sundararaj Thevar	5,046	0.96
	Independent	J. S. Krishnan Janak	2,588	0.49
Margin of victory			69,195	13.15	−14.74
Turnout			5,26,182	67.64	3.39
Registered electors			7,88,417		3.58
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	-6.56

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. V. Swaminathan	299,309	62.13	11.09
	CPI(M)	P. Ramamurthi	1,64,964	34.24	20.54
	Independent	S. Muthumaya Thevar	9,257	1.92
	Independent	J. S. Krishnan Janak	3,809	0.79
	Independent	B. Brabahara Singh	2,656	0.55
Margin of victory			1,34,345	27.89	11.62
Turnout			4,81,771	64.25	−7.09
Registered electors			7,61,202		15.82
	INC hold		Swing	11.09

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. V. Swaminathan	227,060	51.04	15.14
	INC(O)	S. Chinna Karuppa Thevar	1,54,701	34.77
	CPI(M)	P. Ramamurthi	60,935	13.70	−46.48
	Independent	A. Sirpada Rao	2,200	0.49
Margin of victory			72,359	16.26	−8.02
Turnout			4,44,896	71.34	−6.71
Registered electors			6,57,203		14.80
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-9.14

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Ramamurthi	261,390	60.18
	INC	S. Chinna Karuppa Thevar	1,55,922	35.90	−3.66
	ABJS	T. K. T. Ram	17,062	3.93
Margin of victory			1,05,468	24.28	19.44
Turnout			4,34,374	78.05	3.22
Registered electors			5,72,490		17.48
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	20.62

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. M. R. Subbaraman	140,574	39.55	5.01
	CPI	K. T. K. Thangamani	1,23,386	34.72	−0.30
	SWA	S. S. Mariswami	91,459	25.73
Margin of victory			17,188	4.84	4.36
Turnout			3,55,419	74.83	25.61
Registered electors			4,87,321		5.83
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	4.53

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. T. K. Thangamani	79,374	35.02	21.93
	INC	T. K. Rama	78,286	34.54	7.86
	Independent	Sasivarna Thevar	64,765	28.57
	Independent	Venkatarama Iyer	4,249	1.87
Margin of victory			1,088	0.48	−0.31
Turnout			2,26,674	49.22	−47.67
Registered electors			4,60,493		−39.19
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	8.34

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Madurai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Balasubramaniam	195,762	26.68
	INC	P. M. Kakkan	1,89,945	25.89
	CPI	Thangamani Nadar	96,036	13.09
	SP	S. A. Rahim	68,019	9.27
	AIFB	Sargent	58,552	7.98
	KMPP	Kariamuthu Thiagarajan	51,300	6.99
	RPI	G. Arulappan	44,341	6.04
	TTP	Arjunan	16,874	2.30
	Independent	V. S. Venkatarama Iyer	12,933	1.76
Margin of victory			5,817	0.79
Turnout			7,33,762	96.90
Registered electors			7,57,254		0.00
	INC win (new seat)