Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu) was won by Ravichandran, A (MDMK) at the 2004 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 164,517 votes over Kannan. P. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2004.
Full Election History, 1971–2004
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
V. Jeyalakshmi
Indian National Congress
235,491
59.7%
R. Gopalakrishnan (Swatantra Party)
85,662 (21.7 pts)
1977
V. Jayalakshmi
Indian National Congress
271,568
54.5%
G. Ramanujam (Congress (O))
114,848 (23.1 pts)
1980
Sourdararajan N.
AIADMK
234,654
46.1%
Jayalakshimi V. (Congress (I))
6,612 (1.3 pts)
1984
N. Soundararajan
AIADMK
323,786
53.7%
A. Srinivasan (Communist Party of India)
66,478 (11.0 pts)
1989
K.Kalimuthu
AIADMK
450,376
58.2%
V.Gopalsamy (DMK)
137,068 (17.7 pts)
1991
Kanga Govindarajulu R.
AIADMK
365,155
55.2%
Sri Nivasan A. (Communist Party of India)
163,090 (24.7 pts)
1996
Alagirisamy, V.
Communist Party of India
238,483
30.8%
Sanjay Ramasamy (AIADMK)
23,622 (3.0 pts)
1998
Vaiko
MDMK
387,694
50.7%
Alagirisamy, V. (Communist Party of India)
134,923 (17.6 pts)
1999
Vaiko
MDMK
325,829
41.8%
Ramaswami, V.Justice (AIADMK)
74,781 (9.6 pts)
2004
Ravichandran, A
MDMK
469,072
56.5%
Kannan. P (AIADMK)
164,517 (19.8 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
V. Jeyalakshmi
Indian National Congress
235,491
59.7%
R. Gopalakrishnan
Swatantra Party
149,829
38.0%
S. P. Muthuramanuja Thevar
Independent
5,233
1.3%
P. S. Reddy
Independent
4,126
1.0%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
V. Jayalakshmi
Indian National Congress
271,568
54.5%
G. Ramanujam
Congress (O)
156,720
31.5%
S.P. Raju
Independent
41,707
8.4%
P. Muthu Ramanuja Thevar
Independent
10,551
2.1%
A.K. Kandasamy Pandian
Independent
6,457
1.3%
Kaliappanadar K.
Independent
4,713
0.9%
P. Subba Reddiar
Independent
3,459
0.7%
P. Selvaraj
Independent
2,840
0.6%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sourdararajan N.
AIADMK
234,654
46.1%
Jayalakshimi V.
Congress (I)
228,042
44.8%
Sriram R.M.
Independent
21,157
4.2%
Raju S.P.
Independent
12,422
2.4%
Appan G.A.
Independent
2,455
0.5%
Shenbagamoorthy S.P.
Independent
2,402
0.5%
Suriyanarayanan R.
Congress (U)
1,856
0.4%
Arulraj Tthevvar S.
Independent
1,174
0.2%
Jaganatthan A.
Independent
991
0.2%
Veeraputhina Nadar V.S.
Independent
909
0.2%
Kalippan K.
Independent
806
0.2%
Vellaichamy Alias Appu Reddiar
Independent
709
0.1%
Rajan S.
Independent
670
0.1%
Santharam V.N.
Independent
570
0.1%
Lakshmanasubbarajulu G.
Independent
526
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
N. Soundararajan
AIADMK
323,786
53.7%
A. Srinivasan
Communist Party of India
257,308
42.7%
K. Kaliappan
Independent
12,498
2.1%
K. Ramar
Independent
4,921
0.8%
P. Subba Reddiar
ICJ
4,521
0.7%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K.Kalimuthu
AIADMK
450,376
58.2%
V.Gopalsamy
DMK
313,308
40.5%
J.S.Balaiah
Pattali Makkal Katchi
1,918
0.2%
E.Chandran
JNP (JP)
1,346
0.2%
S.Pannerselvam
Independent
920
0.1%
S.Kanagavel
Independent
651
0.1%
M.Manmathan
Independent
594
0.1%
P.Pasupon
TMM
580
0.1%
C.Pandi
Independent
522
0.1%
D.Periasamy
Independent
433
0.1%
S.Marimuthu
Independent
422
0.1%
A.Ramasamy
Independent
381
0.0%
A.Appan Ramanujam
Independent
337
0.0%
S.Thangiah
Independent
258
0.0%
Pid Thaigarajan
Independent
255
0.0%
R.Alagarwamy
Independent
219
0.0%
T.K.Karuthappandian
Independent
184
0.0%
P.Jeyabal
Independent
179
0.0%
R.Dhanushkodi
Independent
177
0.0%
N.Athinarayanan
Independent
167
0.0%
A.S.Rajarathinam
Independent
163
0.0%
S.Arumugam
Independent
144
0.0%
S.Dakshanamoorthy
Independent
114
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kanga Govindarajulu R.
AIADMK
365,155
55.2%
Sri Nivasan A.
Communist Party of India
202,065
30.6%
Thamaraikkani R.
Independent
50,258
7.6%
Muth Pillai K.
Independent
18,217
2.8%
Ponnaiah K. Puyal
Pattali Makkal Katchi
11,208
1.7%
Chandran E.
Janata Party
3,323
0.5%
Ramachandran S.
Independent
1,372
0.2%
Jeyapal M.P.
Independent
1,340
0.2%
Manmathan M.
Independent
1,271
0.2%
Kannan I.
TMM
1,146
0.2%
Raju T.N.P.
Independent
876
0.1%
Sankaralingam K.S.
Independent
792
0.1%
Velayutha Raja M.S.
Independent
714
0.1%
Kanagavel S.
Independent
675
0.1%
Surianarayanan K.
Independent
607
0.1%
Raman N.
Independent
541
0.1%
Thiagarajam Alias Yogam P.I.D.
Independent
499
0.1%
Ramasamy A.
Independent
319
0.0%
Periasamy T.
Independent
257
0.0%
Doraipandian C.
Independent
239
0.0%
Athinarayanan N.
Independent
189
0.0%
Jothi Ramar K.
Independent
183
0.0%
Natarajan R.
Independent
138
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Alagirisamy, V.
Communist Party of India
238,483
30.8%
Sanjay Ramasamy
AIADMK
214,861
27.7%
Gopalsamy, Vai
MDMK
204,339
26.4%
Sathiyamoorthy, S.
Independent
39,427
5.1%
Mohan Rajulu S.
Bharatiya Janata Party
18,941
2.4%
Boseperumal R.
Independent
8,947
1.2%
Lakshmanan P.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
6,255
0.8%
Pitchai Thevar A.
Independent
3,823
0.5%
Umasankar K.
Independent
2,737
0.4%
Pandi G.
Independent
2,701
0.3%
Sreenivasan P
AIIC(T)
2,479
0.3%
Rajendran R.
Independent
1,941
0.3%
Shanmugasundhram R.
Independent
1,814
0.2%
Subassandrapose M.
Independent
1,797
0.2%
Nadaraj V.
Independent
1,776
0.2%
Manmathan M.
Independent
1,662
0.2%
Eravonados Nadar N.
Shiv Sena
1,477
0.2%
Anand J
Independent
1,456
0.2%
Sundararasan S.G.
Independent
1,434
0.2%
Chellathurai Manopal D.
Independent
1,349
0.2%
Pitchaikani M.
Independent
1,164
0.2%
Perumal P.
Independent
1,041
0.1%
Raj T.N.P.
Independent
1,031
0.1%
Thangavelu S.
Independent
1,014
0.1%
Vijayaraghavan S.
Independent
987
0.1%
Arumugam S.
Independent
876
0.1%
Setha Raman S.
Independent
870
0.1%
Subramanian K.V.
Independent
868
0.1%
Sundararajan E.
Independent
862
0.1%
Chelliah S.
Independent
794
0.1%
Ponnuchamy C.
Independent
706
0.1%
Ravi D.
Independent
706
0.1%
Thiagarajan Alias Yogam P.I.D.
Independent
676
0.1%
Muthiah P.V.
Independent
648
0.1%
Sundarasan S.A.
Independent
637
0.1%
Marimuthu M.
Independent
622
0.1%
Pandia Rajan M.
Independent
596
0.1%
Sundararajan Alias Cycle Veerar Sundram
Independent
554
0.1%
Pandiarajan, R.
Independent
489
0.1%
Perumal, M.V.
Independent
488
0.1%
Viswanathan V.
Independent
410
0.1%
Marimuthu, S.
Independent
315
0.0%
Stalin, A.
Independent
309
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vaiko
MDMK
387,694
50.7%
Alagirisamy, V.
Communist Party of India
252,771
33.0%
Sathiyamoorthy, S.
PT
106,726
14.0%
Rajendran, K.
Indian National Congress
9,745
1.3%
Mariappan, K.
Independent
1,922
0.3%
Ponnusamy, C.
Independent
1,756
0.2%
Manmathan, M.
Independent
1,021
0.1%
Thiagarajan Alias Yogakannan, P.I.D.
Independent
793
0.1%
Gurusamy, M.
Independent
639
0.1%
Rajasekar, A.
Rashtriya Janata Dal
627
0.1%
Renganayagam, S.V.
Independent
583
0.1%
Kannan, V.
Independent
369
0.0%
Ramasamy, R.P.
Independent
271
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vaiko
MDMK
325,829
41.8%
Ramaswami, V.Justice
AIADMK
251,048
32.2%
Gunasekaran.A.
Trinamool Congress
152,817
19.6%
Thamaraikkani, R.
Independent
36,977
4.7%
Somasundaram.A.
Independent
4,660
0.6%
Seenichamy Thevar.A.C.
All India Forward Bloc
4,330
0.6%
Seenivasagan.V.
Independent
944
0.1%
Subbukkalai.K.
Independent
669
0.1%
Thiagarajan Alias Yogakannan, P.I.D.
Independent
500
0.1%
Sahadevan.P.
Independent
454
0.1%
Ramaswamy.I.
Independent
378
0.0%
Kannan.V.
Independent
234
0.0%
Ganesan.K.
Independent
224
0.0%
Gunasekaran,N.
Independent
163
0.0%
Manmathan, M
Independent
154
0.0%
Muthupandian, K.
Independent
83
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ravichandran, A
MDMK
469,072
56.5%
Kannan. P
AIADMK
304,555
36.7%
Dheepa Valentina. T
Janata Dal (United)
27,130
3.3%
Venkatesan. K
Independent
10,156
1.2%
Mariappan. M I
Independent
4,088
0.5%
Pitchai Thevar. A
Independent
4,085
0.5%
Jeyaseelan. S
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,847
0.5%
Ganesan. A
Independent
2,157
0.3%
Thiagarajan (Alias) Yoga Nadar. P I D
Independent
1,616
0.2%
Dhasthageer. M
Independent
901
0.1%
Sethuraj. P
Independent
825
0.1%
Chellappa. K
Independent
784
0.1%
Kannan. V
Independent
779
0.1%
Sankaran. M
Independent
648
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
Sivakasi has been contested at 10 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, AIADMK, Communist Party of India, MDMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Sivakasi in the 2004 Lok Sabha election?
Ravichandran, A (MDMK) won Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, in 2004 with 469,072 votes (56.5%), a margin of 164,517 votes over Kannan. P.
Which parties have won Sivakasi since 1971?
Since 1971, Sivakasi has been won by: AIADMK, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, MDMK.
What was the closest result in Sivakasi?
The closest result on record for Sivakasi was 1980, when AIADMK beat Congress (I) by just 6,612 votes (1.3 percentage points).