AIADMK's C Mahendran and DMK's K Shanmugasundaram were the key candidates in the fray in 2019 polls.
Pollachi Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Election in Pollachi constituency was held on April 18 in the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. Polling in 38 out of 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu was held in the second phase.
AIADMK's C Mahendran and DMK's K Shanmugasundaram were the key candidates in the fray in 2019 polls.
Final Result: DMK's K Shanmuga Sundaram defeats AIADMK's C Mahendran by a margin of 175883 votes
Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency profile
Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency has six assembly segments, out of them, one is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidate. AIADMK's C Mahendran is the sitting MP in Pollachi. He defeated ER Eswaran of the BJP in 2014.
The two major parties in Tamil Nadu — AIADMK and DMK — entered into an alliance with a number of parties for the forthcoming elections.
AIADMK contested the election in alliance with BJP, PMK, DMDK, Tamil Maanila Congress, Puthia Tamizagam, Puthia Needhi Katchi and NR Congress whereas the DMK aligned with Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK.
Since both AIADMK and DMK aligned with a number of parties for the upcoming elections, the two directly contested against each other in only 8 seats with Pollachi being one of them.
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) also fielded its candidate R Mookambika from Pollachi constituency.
Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
DMK: K Shanmugasundaram
AIADMK: C Mahendran
Makkal Needhi Maiam: R Mookambika
Naam Tamilar Katchi: U Sanuja
BSP: A Ganesha Moorthy
Independents: S Ansari, KN Shanmugasundaram, G Balaji, C Manickavel, C Muthukumar, K Ramaswamy and RG Rajendhiran.
Pollachi Lok Sabha election results in 2014, 2009 and 2004
2014: C Mahendran (M) of the AIADMK secured 417092 votes. He defeated ER Eswaran (M) of the BJP who got 276118 votes.
2009: K Sugumar (M) of the AIADMK secured 305935 votes. He defeated K Shanmugasundaram (M) of the DMK who secured 259910 votes.
2004: Dr C Krishnan (M) of MDMK secured 364988 votes. He defeated G Murugan (M) of the ADMK who got 244067 votes.
Seats 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. Tamil Nadu has a total of 39 parliamentary seats.
In 2019, EC had cancelled the election in Vellore constituency after a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from a DMK candidate's office in Vellore, therefore, out of 39, polling took place in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies only.
List of all 39 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu
Tiruvallur, 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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