Dindigul Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

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Dindigul is one of the 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu which was formed in 1952. 1,085,696 is the total electorate count in the Dindigul Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 22). Out of these 542,520 number of electorates are males and the remaining 543,176 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. It has six legislative assembly segments, one of which is reserved for the SC category and over 1,080,000 voters belong to this constituency. Dindigul Town is the administrative center of Dindigul District which has an area of over 6,000 sq km. It is divided into 8 talukas and is bordered by Kerala.

According to India 2011 census data, Dindigul houses 2,160,000 with a 51% make majority. The district had a population growth rate of approximately 13% and it currently has a population density of 360 per sq km. Children occupy 10% of the population and the sex ratio is 998 females per 1000 males. The district has an average literacy rate of 77% with male literacy rate of 84% and female literacy rate of 69%. Tamil and English are the official languages here. Being one of the 250 most backward districts of India, it receives monetary aid from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme. Almost all the people are involved in agriculture. The district is connected to the National Highways NH-7, NH-49 and NH-209.

Dindigul Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

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.

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

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Dindigul 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 Dindigul constituency is Shri Udhaya Kumar .M of AIADMK.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	22	Dindigul	GEN	Udhaya Kumar .M	M	AIADMK	510462	Gandhirajan S	M	DMK	382617
2009	22	Dindigul	GEN	Chitthan,Shri N.S.V.	M	INC	361545	Baalasubramani P	M	ADMK	307198
2004	23	Dindigul	GEN	Chitthan, N. S. V.	M	INC	407116	Jeyaraman. M	M	ADMK	251945
1999	23	Dindigul	GEN	Sreenivaasan, C.	M	ADMK	294794	Chandrasekar, S.	M	DMK	274451
1998	23	Dindigul	GEN	Sreenivaasan C.	M	ADMK	276106	Chitthan N.S.V.	M	TMC(M)	260907
1996	23	Dindigul	GEN	Chitthan.N.S.V.	M	TMC(M)	444858	Sreenivaasan.C	M	ADMK	176944
1991	23	Dindigul	GEN	C. Srinivasan	M	ADK	416652	K. Maya Thevar	M	DMK	192235
1989	23	Dindigul	GEN	Srinivasan, C.	M	ADK	434966	Varatharajan, N	M	CPM	199598
1984	23	Dindigul	GEN	K.R. Natarajan	M	ADK	343571	K.Maya Thevar	M	DMK	202253
1980	23	Dindigul	GEN	Maya Thevar K.	M	DMK	244669	Rajan Chellappa V.	M	ADK	217923
1977	23	Dindigul	GEN	Maya Thevar K.	M	ADK	283341	Balasubramanyam A.	M	CPM	114117
1971	23	Dindigul	GEN	M. Rajangam	M	DMK	248638	K. Chemachamy	M	SWA	151003

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Dindigul Parliamentary Constituency

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

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Palani	Oddanchatram	Athoor
Nilakkottai (SC)	Natham	Dindigul