Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates
In 2019, BSP's S Arasur Manoharan (A) Manoharan, DMK's P Velusamy and PMK's K Jothimuthu are some of the prominent candidates which will contest in the region.
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Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency: The voting in Dindigul parliamentary constituency will take place on April 18, which is the second phase of General election 2019. Polling in all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be held in the second phase. In 2019, BSP's S Arasur Manoharan (A) Manoharan, DMK's P Velusamy and PMK's K Jothimuthu are some of the prominent candidates which will contest in the region.
Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency comprises six assembly segments. Out of them, one is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidate.
AIADMK's M Udhaya Kumar is the sitting MP in Dindigul. He defeated DMK's S Gandhirajan in 2014 and registered victory with a margin of more than 1.2 lakh votes.
Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
BSP: S Arasur Manoharan
DMK: P Velusamy
Makkal Needhi Maiam: Dr S Suthakaran
Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy: K Suresh
Naam Tamilar Katchi: A Mansoorali Khan
Pattali Makkal Katchi: K Jothimuthu
Independents: A Arunkumar, D Anburose, T Ananthraj, R Eswaran, G Irudayasamy, A Udhaykumar, K Shanmugaprabu, M Dineshkumar, M Nagaraj, M Pandi , SP Murugesan, N vetrivel, V Vembarasan, P Velusamy, P Jothimurugan.
Dindigul Lok Sabha election results in 2014, 2009 and 2004
2014: AIADMK's M Udhaya Kumar received 510462 votes and defeated S Gandhirajan of the DMK who only got 382617. Udhaya Kumar thrashed Gandhiraja with a margin of more than 1.2 lakh votes.
2009: NSV Chitthan (M) of the Congress got 361545 votes. He defeated P Baalasubramani (M) of the ADMK who only had secured 307198 votes.
2004: NSV Chittan (M) of the Congress secured 407116 votes. He defeated M Jeyaraman of the ADMK who only got 251945 votes.
List of all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Thiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari.
Seven out of 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu have been reserved for SCs. These are Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam. However, no seat here has been reserved for Scheduled tribes.
Two central parties — Modi's BJP and Rahul Gandhi's Congress — in order to make further in-grounds in the state are contesting the forthcoming elections in alliance with two major parties of the state. The BJP has entered into a tie-up with the AIADMK and will be contesting on 5 seats while Congress will contest polls in alliance with the DMK on 8 seats.