Dindigul is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South Tamil Nadu of Tamil Nadu and is located in South India. Dindigul Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 77.16%. There are 14,00,531 voters of which 6,96,160 are male and 7,04,264 are female and 107 voters of the third gender.
M Udhayakumar of AIADMK (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating DMK. AIADMK polled 5,10,462 of the total of 10,83,274 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Dindigul goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 77.38%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 22 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,00,531 |
| Number of Male Voters | 6,96,160 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,04,264 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | INC |
| Turnout % | 77.38% | 75.58% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,27,845 | 54,347 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.8% | 6.62% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | INC |
| Turnout % | 77.38% | 75.58% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,27,845 | 54,347 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.8% | 6.62% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | 746523 | 64.35% | Velusamy, P.Winner |
| PMK | 207551 | 17.89% | Jothimuthu, K. |
| IND | 62875 | 5.42% | Jothi Murugan, P. |
| NTK | 54957 | 4.74% | Mansoorali Khan, A. |
| MNM | 38784 | 3.34% | Suthakaran, S. Dr. |
| NOTA | 14177 | 1.22% | Nota |
| BSP | 5743 | 0.50% | Arasur Manoharan (A) Manoharan, S. |
| IND | 3903 | 0.34% | Vetrivel, N. |
| IND | 3291 | 0.28% | Nagaraj, M. |
| IND | 3111 | 0.27% | Pandi, M. |
| IND | 3022 | 0.26% | Ananthraj, T. |
| IND | 2764 | 0.24% | Eswaran, R. |
| UMK | 2208 | 0.19% | Suresh, K. |
| IND | 1804 | 0.16% | Arun Kumar, A. |
| IND | 1516 | 0.13% | Murugesan, S.P. |
| IND | 1418 | 0.12% | Dineshkumar, M. |
| IND | 1324 | 0.11% | Anburose, D. |
| IND | 1181 | 0.10% | Udayakumar, A. |
| IND | 1126 | 0.10% | Vembarasan, V. |
| IND | 1064 | 0.09% | Irudayasamy, G. |
| IND | 853 | 0.07% | Shanmuga Prabu, K. |
| IND | 851 | 0.07% | Velusamy, P. |
