Sivaganga

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Sivaganga is a parliamentary constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, known for its political significance and representation in the Lok Sabha.

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Label Occurrences
Sivaganga canonical 9

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
abbreviation Sivaganga LS seat ⓘ
administrativeUnit falls under Tamil Nadu for parliamentary elections ⓘ
belongsTo southern region of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
category Parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
constituencyNumberInTamilNadu varies by delimitation (post-2008: a numbered LS seat in Tamil Nadu) ⓘ
country India ⓘ
delimitation reorganized during 2008 delimitation of parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
electionInterval approximately every 5 years ⓘ
electoralBodyType single-member constituency ⓘ
electoralProcess universal adult suffrage ⓘ
electoralRollMaintainedBy Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu ⓘ
electorateType General ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha ⓘ
governingLaw Representation of the People Act, 1950 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1951 ⓘ
governmentalBody Election Commission of India ⓘ
hasAssemblySegments multiple Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly constituencies ⓘ
hasElectionResultsPublishedBy Election Commission of India ⓘ
hasVoters eligible citizens residing within its boundaries ⓘ
house Lok Sabha ⓘ
includesDistrict Sivaganga district ⓘ
parts of Madurai district ⓘ
jurisdiction Election Commission of India ⓘ
knownFor being a stronghold of major national and regional parties ⓘ
political significance in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Tamil ⓘ
level national parliamentary constituency ⓘ
locatedIn Sivaganga district ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
mapsTo a defined geographic area in Tamil Nadu for parliamentary elections ⓘ
notableFor high-profile electoral contests ⓘ
parliamentaryName Sivaganga ⓘ
partOf Lok Sabha ⓘ
politicalSignificance influential seat in Tamil Nadu politics ⓘ
region southern Tamil Nadu ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of India ⓘ
represents voters from Sivaganga and surrounding areas in Lok Sabha ⓘ
reservationStatus None ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
supervisedBy District Election Officers of concerned districts ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
type parliamentary constituency ⓘ
uses Electronic Voting Machines in elections ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sivaganga district → headquarters → Sivaganga ⓘ
Sivaganga Municipality → governs → Sivaganga ⓘ
Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency) → parliamentaryName → Sivaganga ⓘ
subject linked to: Sivaganga