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Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates

In 2019, the key contest here is going to be among AIADMK's P Kaliappan and DMK's AKP Chinraj.

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Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency: Lok Sabha election in Namakkal will be held in the second phase of General election on April 18. Polling in all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be held in the second phase. In 2019, the key contest here is going to be among AIADMK's P Kaliappan and DMK's AKP Chinraj.
 
AIADMK's PR Sundaram is the sitting MP here who defeated S Gandhiselvan of the DMK with a margin of close to 2 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha election.
 
The two major parties in Tamil Nadu — AIADMK and DMK — has entered into an alliance with a number of parties for the forthcoming elections.
 
AIADMK is contesting the election in alliance with BJP, PMK, DMDK, Tamil Maanila Congress, Puthia Tamizagam, Puthia Needhi Katchi and NR Congress. While DMK has aligned with Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK.  
 
In Namakkal, 74% is the average literacy rate where 83% female and 67% male.
 
Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
 
AIADMK: P Kaliappan
DMK: AKP Chinraj
 
Namakkal Lok Sabha election results in 2014 and 2009 
 
2014: PR Sundaram (M) of the AIADMK secured 563272 votes and defeated S Gandhiselvan (M) of the DMK who secured 268898 votes. 
 
2009: S Gandhiselvan (M) of the DMK secured 371476 votes. He defeated V Tamilarasi (M) of the ADMK who got 269045 votes. 
 
Tamil Nadu has a total of 39 parliamentary constituencies where 7 of them including Sriperumbudur, Chidambaram, Rasipuram, Pollachi, Perambalur, Tenkasi, and Nagapattinam have been reserved for candidates representing scheduled caste community. However, no seat here has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes. 
 
List of all 39 Lok Sabha seats 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.
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