Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) was won by Venkatesan S (CPI (Marxist)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 139,395 votes over Raj Satyen V.V.R. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
R. V. Swaminathan
Indian National Congress
227,060
51.0%
S. Chinna Karuppa Thevar (Congress (O))
72,359 (16.3 pts)
1977
Swaminathan R.V.
Indian National Congress
299,309
62.1%
Ramamurthi P. (CPI (Marxist))
134,345 (27.9 pts)
1980
Subburaman A.G.
Congress (I)
292,380
55.6%
Balassubramanyam A. (CPI (Marxist))
69,195 (13.2 pts)
1984
Subburaman A.G.
Indian National Congress
365,948
62.7%
Sankariah N. (CPI (Marxist))
173,011 (29.6 pts)
1989
A.G.S. Ram Babu
Indian National Congress
456,442
64.1%
V.Velusamy (DMK)
213,778 (30.0 pts)
1991
Ram Babu A.G.S.
Indian National Congress
425,769
67.6%
Mohan P. (CPI (Marxist))
242,160 (38.5 pts)
1996
Ram Babu A.G.S
Trinamool Congress
334,055
46.5%
Subramanian Swamy (Janata Party)
189,806 (26.4 pts)
1998
Subramanian Swamy
Janata Party
266,202
40.5%
Rambabu.A.G.S. (Trinamool Congress)
20,897 (3.2 pts)
1999
Mohan, P.
CPI (Marxist)
328,204
43.9%
Muthuramalingam, Pon. (DMK)
37,223 (5.0 pts)
2004
Mohan, P.
CPI (Marxist)
414,433
56.0%
Bose, A K. (AIADMK)
132,840 (18.0 pts)
2009
Alagiri M.K
DMK
431,295
54.5%
Mohan P (CPI (Marxist))
140,985 (17.8 pts)
2014
R.Gopalakrishnan
AIADMK
454,167
46.4%
V Velusamy (DMK)
197,436 (20.2 pts)
2019
Venkatesan S
CPI (Marxist)
447,075
44.7%
Raj Satyen V.V.R (AIADMK)
139,395 (13.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R. V. Swaminathan
Indian National Congress
227,060
51.0%
S. Chinna Karuppa Thevar
Congress (O)
154,701
34.8%
P.Ramamurti
CPI (Marxist)
60,935
13.7%
A. Sirpada Rao
Independent
2,200
0.5%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Swaminathan R.V.
Indian National Congress
299,309
62.1%
Ramamurthi P.
CPI (Marxist)
164,964
34.2%
Muthumaya Thevar S.
Independent
9,257
1.9%
Krishnan (Janaki) J.S.
Independent
3,809
0.8%
Brabahara Singh B.
Independent
2,656
0.6%
Lakshmanasubbarajulu G.
Independent
1,776
0.4%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subburaman A.G.
Congress (I)
292,380
55.6%
Balassubramanyam A.
CPI (Marxist)
223,185
42.4%
Sundararaj Thevar P.
Independent
5,046
1.0%
Krishnan Janak J.S.
Independent
2,588
0.5%
Kamaraj S.
Independent
1,424
0.3%
Karuppiah Chettiar P.
Independent
897
0.2%
Udhayanan Kanniwadi
Independent
662
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subburaman A.G.
Indian National Congress
365,948
62.7%
Sankariah N.
CPI (Marxist)
192,937
33.1%
Kanthaswamy P.V.
Independent
11,157
1.9%
Krishnan Jc(Janaki) J.S.
Independent
4,907
0.8%
Mani M.R.S.
Independent
2,182
0.4%
Raja Khader Ali M.A.K.
Independent
1,782
0.3%
Antonysamy S.K.M.
Independent
1,678
0.3%
Mani V.S.
Independent
1,418
0.2%
Jayakumar M.J.
Independent
1,311
0.2%
Vamanamurthy S.G.
Independent
124
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
A.G.S. Ram Babu
Indian National Congress
456,442
64.1%
V.Velusamy
DMK
242,664
34.1%
K.Ponniah
Pattali Makkal Katchi
2,834
0.4%
J.S.Krishanan
Independent
2,230
0.3%
A.James Raja
TMM
1,188
0.2%
T.S.Sundaram
LKD (B)
871
0.1%
K.Raman
Independent
826
0.1%
S.P.Balu
Independent
742
0.1%
B.Jayaraman
Independent
688
0.1%
K.Pandian
Independent
629
0.1%
S.Villai
Independent
601
0.1%
G.R.Krishnamoorthi
Independent
539
0.1%
M.R.Jothikrishnan
Independent
445
0.1%
P.Pandit
Independent
321
0.0%
K.P.Kandeepan
Independent
307
0.0%
T.K.Karuthapandian
Independent
298
0.0%
K.Mohan Paul
Independent
218
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Babu A.G.S.
Indian National Congress
425,769
67.6%
Mohan P.
CPI (Marxist)
183,609
29.2%
Tamil Selvan R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
4,193
0.7%
Pattaraisamy S.
Independent
2,136
0.3%
Karuthapandian T.K.
Independent
1,759
0.3%
Seeni Nainar Mohamed M.
Independent
1,479
0.2%
Rajangam V.
Independent
1,462
0.2%
Rajangam P.
TMM
1,295
0.2%
Alagarsamy Achary P.
Independent
1,023
0.2%
Chinnaswamy N.
Independent
958
0.2%
Dharamarajan N.
Independent
864
0.1%
Jaya Kumar M.J.
Independent
849
0.1%
Balu S.P.
Independent
804
0.1%
Vijaiyan O.
Independent
697
0.1%
P. Jaya Prakasam
TMK
665
0.1%
P. Rajendran
Independent
538
0.1%
Vellai S.
Independent
461
0.1%
Sridharan T.V.
Independent
426
0.1%
Jayaram B.
Independent
346
0.1%
Jothikrishnan M.R.
Independent
276
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Babu A.G.S
Trinamool Congress
334,055
46.5%
Subramanian Swamy
Janata Party
144,249
20.1%
Boominathan V.K
Indian National Congress
137,978
19.2%
Mohan P
CPI (Marxist)
70,567
9.8%
Kalaiselvan V
Bharatiya Janata Party
13,238
1.8%
Srinivasan R
Independent
2,106
0.3%
Bakrudeen M
Independent
1,552
0.2%
Krishnan Js
Independent
1,418
0.2%
Ramachandran S.A
Independent
1,173
0.2%
Thalapathy S.P. Balu
Independent
1,124
0.2%
Maruthamuthu C.
Independent
1,111
0.2%
Ponnalagu M
Independent
1,086
0.2%
Pitchai S
Independent
1,049
0.1%
Masilamani J
Independent
836
0.1%
Ravi Iyer M K
Independent
541
0.1%
Jothirajan S
Independent
535
0.1%
Murugesan M
Independent
513
0.1%
Pandian N M
Independent
487
0.1%
Paul Pandi M
Independent
449
0.1%
Jeevaraj V
Independent
427
0.1%
Ramachandran R.M
Independent
370
0.1%
Sanjeevi M
Independent
361
0.1%
Karuthapandian.T.K
Independent
359
0.0%
Balasubramanian R
Independent
354
0.0%
Gunaseelan J
Independent
322
0.0%
Anand C
Independent
318
0.0%
Krishnakumar M.S
Independent
290
0.0%
Geetha H
Independent
263
0.0%
Arunthiral Kandungkone
Independent
229
0.0%
Krishnamoorthy G.R
Independent
225
0.0%
Jeyakumar D
Independent
218
0.0%
Jothikrishnan M R
Independent
210
0.0%
Vellai S
Independent
209
0.0%
Jeyaram Naidu B
Independent
197
0.0%
Ganesh Babu O.L
Independent
187
0.0%
Jeyakumar M J
Independent
186
0.0%
Jawahar G
Independent
174
0.0%
Amarnath J.R
Independent
132
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subramanian Swamy
Janata Party
266,202
40.5%
Rambabu.A.G.S.
Trinamool Congress
245,305
37.3%
Mohan . P
CPI (Marxist)
110,862
16.9%
Pandian. D
Indian National Congress
17,507
2.7%
Rajini Thirumathi
Independent
5,485
0.8%
Ramachandran.S
Independent
4,977
0.8%
Palanisamy,R
Independent
4,764
0.7%
Seshachari,R.V
AJBP
967
0.1%
Soundra Pandian, K.R
Independent
663
0.1%
Thalapathy Balu,S.P
Independent
498
0.1%
Dhanasekar,T
TLJ
421
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mohan, P.
CPI (Marxist)
328,204
43.9%
Muthuramalingam, Pon.
DMK
290,981
38.9%
Rambabu, A.G.S.
Trinamool Congress
89,973
12.0%
Subramanian Swamy
Janata Party
20,489
2.7%
Singarajan, S.
Independent
10,625
1.4%
Meenakshi Sundaram, M.Dr.
Independent
5,593
0.7%
Gunasekaran,R.
AJBP
2,539
0.3%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mohan, P.
CPI (Marxist)
414,433
56.0%
Bose, A K.
AIADMK
281,593
38.1%
Sakthivel, P.
Janata Dal (United)
12,093
1.6%
Subramanian Swamy
Janata Party
12,009
1.6%
Bhaskaran, Pon.
Independent
5,514
0.7%
Mahalingam. N
Independent
5,478
0.7%
Radhakrishnan, S.
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,646
0.4%
Rajendran. M
Independent
1,067
0.1%
Baskaran. S
Independent
1,062
0.1%
Pandi, V
Independent
750
0.1%
Kannan. G
Independent
705
0.1%
Ramadoss. M
ABHM
688
0.1%
Thangaiah, P G.
Independent
614
0.1%
Arun Thamilarasan, K.
Independent
580
0.1%
Chandrasehar, K
Independent
448
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Alagiri M.K
DMK
431,295
54.5%
Mohan P
CPI (Marxist)
290,310
36.7%
Kaviarasu K
DMDK
54,419
6.9%
Veeradurai S
Independent
4,712
0.6%
Dharbar Raja
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,752
0.5%
Mothilal T.R
Independent
1,432
0.2%
Paulpandy M
Independent
1,404
0.2%
Sivakumar T
Independent
1,152
0.1%
Anand K
Independent
979
0.1%
Gopal R
Independent
836
0.1%
Nagamalai M.A
Independent
790
0.1%
Thangapandi K
Independent
597
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R.Gopalakrishnan
AIADMK
454,167
46.4%
V Velusamy
DMK
256,731
26.2%
D Sivamuthu Kumar
DMDK
147,300
15.1%
T.N.Bharath Nachiappan
Indian National Congress
32,143
3.3%
B.Vikraman
CPI (Marxist)
30,108
3.1%
None Of The Above
Independent
19,866
2.0%
P.Gopalakrishnan
Independent
6,337
0.6%
M.Kamacis
Aam Aadmi Party
5,423
0.6%
V.Andichamy
Independent
4,461
0.5%
M.Gopalakrishnan
Independent
2,770
0.3%
V.G.Ramdoss
Independent
2,745
0.3%
V.Karuppaiah
Independent
2,039
0.2%
J.Manikandeswaran
Independent
1,576
0.2%
K. Raja
DFB
1,483
0.2%
A Thavamani
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,255
0.1%
Bharathi Kannamma
Independent
1,232
0.1%
P.Jeyakumar
Independent
985
0.1%
M.Mohammed Ali
Samajwadi Party
904
0.1%
P.Chandrabose
Independent
728
0.1%
K.Thangapandi
Independent
666
0.1%
G.Maria Joseph Xaviour
Independent
568
0.1%
P.Ramasubramanian
Independent
565
0.1%
G.Kannan
Independent
555
0.1%
N Alagu Muthu Velayudam
Independent
487
0.0%
S.Arivudainambi
Independent
441
0.0%
T.Ramasamy
Independent
432
0.0%
K.K.Ramesh
Independent
432
0.0%
M.Meenakshisundaram
Independent
429
0.0%
A.Kannan
Independent
420
0.0%
M Venkatesan
Independent
394
0.0%
S.Ganesan
Independent
363
0.0%
S.Manickavasagam
Independent
341
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Venkatesan S
CPI (Marxist)
447,075
44.7%
Raj Satyen V.V.R
AIADMK
307,680
30.8%
David Annadurai K
Independent
85,747
8.6%
Alagar M
MNM
85,048
8.5%
Pandiammal J
NTK
42,901
4.3%
Shobana S
Independent
3,143
0.3%
Dhavamani A
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,659
0.3%
Alagar P
DMSK
2,644
0.3%
Palpandi M
Independent
2,621
0.3%
Pasumpon Pandian S
Independent
2,272
0.2%
Gopalakrishnan M
Independent
1,916
0.2%
Dharmar P
Independent
1,843
0.2%
Venkatesan M
Independent
1,773
0.2%
Britto Jai Singh M
Independent
1,504
0.2%
Mohan N
Independent
1,359
0.1%
Naga Jothi K
Independent
1,000
0.1%
Mayalagan N
TNIK
955
0.1%
Balachandran T
Independent
937
0.1%
Boominathan K
Independent
920
0.1%
Ramasamy T
Independent
918
0.1%
Shanmugham V
Independent
855
0.1%
Boomi Rajan K
Independent
790
0.1%
Annadurai P
Independent
716
0.1%
Ramesh K.K
Independent
707
0.1%
Venkateswaran S
Independent
693
0.1%
Muthukumar T
Independent
612
0.1%
Gopalakrishnan S
Independent
551
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Madurai has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Trinamool Congress, Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), DMK, AIADMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Madurai in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Venkatesan S (CPI (Marxist)) won Madurai, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 447,075 votes (44.7%), a margin of 139,395 votes over Raj Satyen V.V.R.
Which parties have won Madurai since 1971?
Since 1971, Madurai has been won by: AIADMK, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), DMK, Indian National Congress, Janata Party, Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Madurai?
The closest result on record for Madurai was 1998, when Janata Party beat Trinamool Congress by just 20,897 votes (3.2 percentage points).