Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency

Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha constituency
	Area of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Alangulam; Tirunelveli; Ambasamudram; Palayamkottai; Nanguneri; Radhapuram;
Established	1952-present
Total electors	16,20,514
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent S. Gnanathiraviam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019
Preceded by	K. R. P. Prabakaran

Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: திருநெல்வேலி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Its Parliamentary Constituency number is 38.

Assembly segments

From 2009 General Elections, the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency composed of following 6 assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
223	Alangulam	None	Tenkasi	AIADMK
224	Tirunelveli	None	Tirunelveli	BJP
225	Ambasamudram	None		AIADMK
226	Palayamkottai	None		DMK
227	Nanguneri	None		INC
228	Radhapuram	None		DMK

Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency was initially composed of the following assembly segments (before 2009 elections):

Members of the Parliament

Lok Sabha	Election	Member		Tenure
1st	1952	P. T. Thanu Pillai	Indian National Congress	1952-1957
2nd	1957	P. T. Thanu Pillai		1957-1962
3rd	1962	Muthiah		1962-1967
4th	1967	S. Xavier	Swatantra Party	1967-1971
5th	1971	S. A. Muruganantham	Communist Party of India	1971-1977
6th	1977	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1977-1980
7th	1980	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1980-1984
8th	1984	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1984-1989
9th	1989			1989-1991
10th	1991			1991-1996
11th	1996	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1996-1998
12th	1998	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1998-1999
13th	1999	P. H. Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1999-2004
14th	2004	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	Indian National Congress	2004-2009
15th	2009	S. Ramasubbu	Indian National Congress	2009-2014
16th	2014	K. R. P. Prabakaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2014-2019
17th	2019	S. Gnanathiraviam[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2019-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			50.65%
2014			41.93%
2009			39.29%
2004			58.40%
1999			41.62%
1998			41.44%
1996			45.53%
1991			62.09%
1989			65.01%
1984			57.64%
1980			54.89%
1977			69.82%
1971			56.26%
1967			48.12%
1962			47.69%
1957			50.75%
1951			44.32%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Gnanathiraviam	522,993	50.65%	22.00%
	AIADMK	P. H. Manoj Pandian	3,37,273	32.66%	-9.27%
	Independent	S. Michael Rayappan	62,235	6.03%
	NTK	B. Sathya	49,935	4.84%
	MNM	M. Vennimalai	23,120	2.24%
	NOTA	None of the above	10,968	1.06%	-0.30%
Margin of victory			1,85,720	17.99%	4.71%
Turnout			10,32,530	67.22%	-0.13%
Registered electors			15,47,800		8.97%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.72%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. P. Prabakaran	398,139	41.93%	5.69%
	DMK	Devadasa Sundaram	2,72,040	28.65%
	DMDK	S. Sivan Anenthaperumal	1,27,370	13.42%	-0.10%
	INC	S. S. Ramasubbu	62,863	6.62%	-32.66%
	TNMK	T. Dhevanathan Yadav	19,381	2.04%
	AAP	M. P. Sesuraj	18,353	1.93%
	SDPI	V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak	14,877	1.57%
	NOTA	None of the above	12,893	1.36%
	BSP	T. Thevendran	4,692	0.49%
Margin of victory			1,26,099	13.28%	10.24%
Turnout			9,49,437	67.77%	0.80%
Registered electors			14,20,435		34.04%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	2.65%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. S. Ramasubbu	274,932	39.29%	-19.11%
	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	2,53,629	36.24%	4.20%
	DMDK	S. Michael Rayappan	94,562	13.51%
	BJP	Karu. Nagarajan	39,997	5.72%
	Independent	N. Jeyabalan	6,079	0.87%
Margin of victory			21,303	3.04%	-23.32%
Turnout			6,99,830	66.13%	7.70%
Registered electors			10,59,687		-2.45%
	INC hold		Swing	-19.11%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	370,127	58.40%
	AIADMK	R. Amirtha Ganesan	2,03,052	32.04%	-9.59%
	JD(U)	M. Appavu	39,333	6.21%
	Independent	C. Sridhar Babu	5,774	0.91%
	BSP	T. Kasipandian	3,606	0.57%
Margin of victory			1,67,075	26.36%	21.95%
Turnout			6,33,782	58.35%	3.88%
Registered electors			10,86,290		-3.17%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.78%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. H. Pandian	249,975	41.62%	0.18%
	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	2,23,481	37.21%	-3.07%
	PT	P. V. Bakthavatchalam	1,12,941	18.81%
	AIFB	M. Sethu Rama Pandian	3,913	0.65%
	Independent	S. Sundararaj	2,534	0.42%
	Independent	T. Suyambulingam	2,463	0.41%
Margin of victory			26,494	4.41%	3.26%
Turnout			6,00,554	54.46%	-10.96%
Registered electors			11,21,877		4.32%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.90%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	247,823	41.44%	14.17%
	DMK	R. Sarathkumar	2,40,919	40.29%	-5.24%
	PT	Dr. A. Savior Selva Suresh	86,419	14.45%
	MADMK	G. R. Edmund	16,789	2.81%
	Independent	Krishna Kanthan Yadhav	3,795	0.63%
Margin of victory			6,904	1.15%	-17.10%
Turnout			5,98,014	56.68%	-8.74%
Registered electors			10,75,467		5.04%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.08%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	295,001	45.53%	10.60%
	AIADMK	A. R. Rajaselvam	1,76,721	27.27%	-34.81%
	MDMK	Kutty Alias Shunmuga Chidambaram	77,648	11.98%
	JP	K. Krishnasamy	61,567	9.50%
	BJP	A. R. Ponniah	25,545	3.94%
Margin of victory			1,18,280	18.25%	-8.91%
Turnout			6,47,991	65.42%	5.79%
Registered electors			10,23,826		5.57%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.56%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	351,048	62.09%	-2.92%
	DMK	K. P. Kandasamy	1,97,456	34.92%	1.41%
	PMK	S. Krishnakanthan Yadav	10,055	1.78%
	JP	M. P. Jebaraj	2,619	0.46%
Margin of victory			1,53,592	27.16%	-4.34%
Turnout			5,65,423	59.63%	-3.74%
Registered electors			9,69,816		-0.07%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.92%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	394,444	65.01%	7.37%
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	2,03,309	33.51%	-7.45%
Margin of victory			1,91,135	31.50%	14.81%
Turnout			6,06,767	63.37%	-7.15%
Registered electors			9,70,473		28.04%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.37%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur R. Janarthanan	296,897	57.64%	15.58%
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	2,10,951	40.95%	-13.94%
	Independent	P. Devapiran	4,702	0.91%
	Independent	J. Kulandai	2,541	0.49%
Margin of victory			85,946	16.69%	3.86%
Turnout			5,15,091	70.52%	2.82%
Registered electors			7,57,930		7.87%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.75%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. S. A. Sivaprakasam	256,626	54.89%	26.95%
	AIADMK	Aladi Aruna	1,96,664	42.06%	-27.75%
	Independent	S. Murugesan	7,614	1.63%
Margin of victory			59,962	12.83%	-29.06%
Turnout			4,67,531	67.70%	1.65%
Registered electors			7,02,603		4.45%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.93%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Aladi Aruna	304,562	69.82%
	DMK	K. M. Samsuddin Alias Kathiravan	1,21,869	27.94%
	Independent	K. P. Ganapathy	4,414	1.01%
	Independent	P. T. Thanu Pillai	2,485	0.57%
Margin of victory			1,82,693	41.88%	26.14%
Turnout			4,36,223	66.04%	-2.45%
Registered electors			6,72,649		15.09%
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	13.56%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. A. Muruganantham	214,214	56.26%	41.68%
	SWA	S. Palaniswaminathan	1,54,277	40.52%
	Independent	H. Somasundaram	12,287	3.23%
Margin of victory			59,937	15.74%	4.93%
Turnout			3,80,778	68.50%	-5.24%
Registered electors			5,84,445		7.45%
	CPI gain from SWA		Swing	8.14%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. Xavier	186,864	48.12%
	INC	A. P. C. Veerabahu	1,44,873	37.31%	-10.38%
	CPI	S. A. Muruganantham	56,588	14.57%
Margin of victory			41,991	10.81%	3.90%
Turnout			3,88,325	73.73%	4.21%
Registered electors			5,43,945		15.51%
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	0.43%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muthiah	151,822	47.69%	-3.06%
	SWA	Mariadas Ruthnasamy	1,29,803	40.77%
	PSP	Mangala Ponnambalam	30,674	9.63%
	Independent	S. Rajagopalachari	6,072	1.91%
Margin of victory			22,019	6.92%	-17.77%
Turnout			3,18,371	69.52%	22.76%
Registered electors			4,70,895		5.62%
	INC hold		Swing	-3.06%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. T. Thanu Pillai	105,793	50.75%	6.42%
	Independent	Sankaranarayana Moopanar	54,319	26.06%
	PSP	Ramanujam	30,603	14.68%
	Independent	Sivasankaran Chettiar	17,761	8.52%
	Independent	Kannappa Pillai	0	0.00%
	Independent	Meganathan	0	0.00%
Margin of victory			51,474	24.69%	17.38%
Turnout			2,08,476	46.76%	-8.37%
Registered electors			4,45,857		26.56%
	INC hold		Swing	6.42%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. T. Thanu Pillai	86,077	44.32%	44.32%
	Independent	Athimoolam	71,871	37.01%
	SP	Ramaswami	36,255	18.67%
Margin of victory			14,206	7.32%
Turnout			1,94,203	55.13%
Registered electors			3,52,281		0.00%
	INC win (new seat)

References

"List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
"General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links

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[1] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2008.

[2] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 27. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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