Madurai Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Connection failed: Access denied for user 'elect_eleciondb'@'localhost' (using password: YES) In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.



Madurai Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 39 parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu state and it has 1,022,421 electors. It was formed in the year 1952 and has six Vidhan Sabha segments. The total number of electorates in the Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 31) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,022,421 of which 511,131 are males and 511,290 are females. It represents the district of Madurai which has its headquarters located in the city of Madurai. The district has thirteen talukas and covers a total area of 3,710 sq km and lies at an average elevation of 101 m.

As per 2011 census, the total population housed by the Madurai District is 3,038,252 of which 1,526,475 are males and 1,511,777 are females. The population growth rate was 17.84% between 2001 and 2011 and the population density here is 819 people per sq km. Of the total population, 313,878 are below the age of six and the sex ratio is 990 females per 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Madurai is 83.45% of which male and female literacy rates are 89.72% and 77.16%. The official language is Tamil. Tourism is the primary economic activity here and several religious sites are located here. Madurai is connected to nearby areas by the National Highways, NH-7, NH-45B, NH-49 and NH-85.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Madurai Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Madurai parliamentary constituency of all the years fromthe starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Madurai constituency is Shri R.Gopalakrishnan of AIADMK.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner/Current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	32	Madurai	GEN	R.Gopalakrishnan	M	AIADMK	454167	V Velusamy	M	DMK	256731
2009	32	Madurai	GEN	Alagiri,Shri M. K.	M	DMK	431295	Mohan P	M	CPM	290310
2004	24	Madurai	GEN	Mohan, P.	M	CPM	414433	Bose, A K.	M	ADMK	281593
1999	24	Madurai	GEN	Mohan, P.	M	CPM	328204	Muthuramalingam, Pon.	M	DMK	290981
1998	24	Madurai	GEN	Subramanian Swamy	M	JP	266202	Rambabu.A.G.S.	M	TMC(M)	245305
1996	24	Madurai	GEN	Ram Babu A.G.S	M	TMC(M)	334055	Subramanian Swamy	M	JD	144249
1991	24	Madurai	GEN	Ram Babu A.G.S.	M	INC	425769	Mohan P.	M	CPM	183609
1989	24	Madurai	GEN	A.G.S. Ram Babu	M	INC	456442	V.Velusamy	M	DMK	242664
1984	24	Madurai	GEN	Subburaman A.G.	M	INC	365948	Sankariah N.	M	CPM	192937
1980	24	Madurai	GEN	Subburaman A.G.	M	INC(I)	292380	Balassubramanyam A.	M	CPM	223185
1977	24	Madurai	GEN	Swaminathan R.V.	M	INC	299309	Ramamurthi P.	M	CPM	164964
1971	24	Madurai	GEN	R. V. Swaminathan	M	INC	227060	S. Chinna Karuppa Thevar	M	NCO	154701

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Madurai Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Madurai parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Madurai North	Madurai West	Madurai Central
Madurai East	Madurai South	Melur