Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gobichettipalayam was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. It ceased to exist and renamed as Tiruppur constituency after the delimination by Election commission in 2008. Former union minister C Subramaniam lost to P. A. Saminathan in 1967 from Gobichettipalayam.

Assembly segments

Gobichettipalayam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

1. Perundurai (moved to Tiruppur constituency after 2009)
2. Bhavani (moved to Tiruppur constituency after 2009)
3. Anthiyur (moved to Tiruppur constituency after 2009)
4. Gobichettipalayam (moved to Tiruppur constituency after 2009)

Members of the Parliament from Gobichettipalayam Constituency

Election year	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
1957	1957-62	K. S. Ramaswamy	Indian National Congress
1962	1962-67	P. G. Karuthiruman	Indian National Congress
1967	1967-71	P. A. Saminathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	1971-77	P. A. Saminathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	1977-80	K. S. Ramaswamy	Indian National Congress
1980	1980-84	C. Chinnaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	1984-89	P. Kolandaivelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	1989-91	P. G. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	1991-96	P. G. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	1996-98	V. P Shanmugasundaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998	1998-99	V. K. Chinnasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	1999-04	K. K. Kaliappan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	2004-09	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election, 2004: Gobichettipalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	426,826	62.75	n/a
	AIADMK	Govindarajar, N. R.	212,349	31.22	-15.33
	Independent	Shaik Muhaideen, S.	15,356	2.26	n/a
Majority			214,477	31.53	+26.86
Turnout			680,240	64.64	+4.36
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+62.75

See also

• Gobichettipalayam
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha