Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha Constituency

RAMANATHAPURAM was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in the former state of Madras. Since 1957, the constituency has witnessed elections won by candidates from several political parties. INC won 2 elections and IND won 1 election.

List of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Ramanathapuram

Election YearMP NameParty
1967M. SheriffIND
1962N. ArunachalamINC
1957P. Subbiah AmbalamINC

Lok Sabha Election Results in Ramanathapuram

1967 Lok Sabha Election Results: Ramanathapuram

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1M. SheriffIND1,80,39247.23
2S. Balakrishnan1,48,36738.84
3T. L. S. ThevarIND39,03110.22
-All Other Candidates-14,1873.71
Total Votes Polled3,81,977-
View Detailed RAMANATHAPURAM Lok Sabha Election 1967 Results
M. Sheriff of IND won the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency in the 1967 general election, defeating S. Balakrishnan of INC by a margin of 32,025 votes, equivalent to 8.39% of the total votes polled.

1962 Lok Sabha Election Results: Ramanathapuram

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1N. Arunachalam1,45,39641.14
2SalivateeswaranSWA1,14,51332.4
3Mangalasamy75,08921.24
-All Other Candidates-18,4555.22
Total Votes Polled3,53,453-
View Detailed RAMANATHAPURAM Lok Sabha Election 1962 Results
N. Arunachalam of INC won the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency in the 1962 general election, defeating Salivateeswaran of SWA by a margin of 30,883 votes, equivalent to 8.74% of the total votes polled.

1957 Lok Sabha Election Results: Ramanathapuram

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1P. Subbiah Ambalam89,70137.61
2R. K. RamakrishnanIND50,66821.24
3P. ChellathuraiIND40,46416.97
-All Other Candidates-57,66924.18
Total Votes Polled2,38,502-
View Detailed RAMANATHAPURAM Lok Sabha Election 1957 Results
P. Subbiah Ambalam of INC won the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency in the 1957 general election, defeating R. K. Ramakrishnan of IND by a margin of 39,033 votes, equivalent to 16.37% of the total votes polled.