Kumbakonam Lok Sabha constituency

Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1952
Abolished	1971
Reservation	None

Kumbakonam was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. It existed from 1951 to 1977 when it was abolished

Assembly segments edit

Kumbakonam Lok Sabha constituency was previously composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Vote share of winning candidates

1971			53.0%
1967			48.6%
1962			45.8%
1957			58.7%
1952			41.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Era Chezhiyan	242,547	53.0%
	NCO	C.R.Ramasamy	203,794	44.5%
Majority			38,753	8.5%
Turnout			446,341	78.0%
	DMK Hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Era Chezhiyan	213,866	48.6%
	INC	C.R.P.Raman	193,827	44.0%
	IND	L.Seshsdri	14,952	3.4%
	IND	I.Bhaktar	3,443	0.8%
Majority			20,039	4.6%
Turnout			426,088	79.8%
	DMK gain from INC

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C.R.Pattabiraman	155,389	45.8%
	DMK	T.K.Sreenivasan	144,490	42.6%
	PSP	S.A.Rahim	18,268	5.4%
	IND	T.S.Krishnamoorthy	7,820	2.3%
	IND	Irusappa Bhaktar	3,187	0.9%
Majority			10,899	3.2%
Turnout			329,154	72.9%
	INC Hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C.R.Pattabiraman	127,631	58.7%
	PSP	S.A.Rahim	60,309	27.8%
	IND	R.M.Shesasdri	29,346	13.5%
Majority			67,322
Turnout			217,286	50.5%
	INC Hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C.Ramasamy Mudhaliar	95,433	41.6%
	IND	Ramaih	62,124	27.1%
	IND	S.Ramanathan Chettiyar	33,286	14.5%
	IND	K.Viswanathan	20,166	8.8%
	IND	S.A.Ramaih	10,872	4.7%
	IND	N.R.Narayanaswamy	7,576	3.3%
Majority			33,309	14.5%
Turnout			229,457	63.5%
	INC Win (New Seat)

^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2008.