Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Tenkasi
Lok Sabha Constituency
Tenkasi lok sabha constituency.png
Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentDhanush M. Kumar
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1957-present
ReservationScheduled Caste
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors15,03,898 [1]
Assembly ConstituenciesRajapalayam
Srivilliputhur
Sankarankovil
Vasudevanallur
Kadayanallur
Tenkasi

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency (Tamil: தென்காசி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.

Assembly segments[]

Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
203 Rajapalayam None Virudhunagar
204 Srivilliputhur SC Virudhunagar
219 Sankarankovil SC Tenkasi
220 Vasudevanallur SC Tenkasi
221 Kadayanallur None Tenkasi
222 Tenkasi None Tenkasi

Before 2009:

1.Sankarankovil (SC)

2.Vasudevanallur (SC)

3.Kadaiyanallur

4.Tenkasi

5.Alangulam

6.Ambasamuthiram

Members of Parliament[]

Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1957 INC CPI
1962 INC CPI
1967 R. S. Arumugam INC Velu SWA
1971 INC R. S. Arumugam NCO
1977 M. Arunachalam INC NCO
1980 M. Arunachalam INC JNP
1984 M. Arunachalam INC R. Krishnan CPM
1989 M. Arunachalam INC R. Krishnan CPM
1991 M. Arunachalam INC T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar DMK
1996 M. Arunachalam TMC(M) V. Selvaraj INC
1998 S. Murugesan AIADMK M. Arunachalam TMC(M)
1999 S. Murugesan AIADMK S. Arumugam BJP
2004 M. Appadurai CPI S. Murugesan AIADMK
2009 P. Lingam CPI K. Vellaipandi INC
2014 M. Vasanthi AIADMK K. Krishnasamy Puthiya Tamizhagam
2019 Dhanush M Kumar[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. Krishnasamy Puthiya Tamizhagam

Detailed results[]

2019[]

2019 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dhanush M Kumar 4,69,156 44.69
PT K. Krishnasamy 3,55,870 33.40
AMMK S. Ponnuthai 92,116 8.64
NTK S. S. Madhivanan 59,445 5.58
MNM K. Muneeswaran 24,023 2.25
NOTA None of the above 14,056 1.32
Majority 1,20,286 11.29
Turnout 10,66,008 71.43
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Vasanthi 4,24,586 41.71
PT K. Krishnasamy 2,62,812 25.82
MDMK Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar T 1,90,233 18.61
INC K. Jeyakumar 58,963 5.73
CPI P. Lingam 23,528 1.42
NOTA None of the above 14,492 1.42
Majority 1,61,774 15.89
Turnout 10,19,436 73.76
AIADMK gain from UPA Swing

2009[]

2009 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI P. Lingam 2,81,174 37.69
INC G. Vellaipandi 2,34,368 33.04
PT K. Krishnasamy 1,16,685 15.63
DMDK K. Inbaraj 75,741 10.14
BSP Krishnan K 6,948 0.93
Majority 34,677 4.65
Turnout 7,46,413 70.18
CPI hold Swing

2004[]

2004 Indian general elections: Tenkasi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI M. Appadurai 3,48,000 48.85 n/a
AIADMK S. Murugesan 2,25,824 31.70 -3.62
JD(U) Dr. K. Krishnasamy 1,01,122 14.19 n/a
Independent M. Vadivel Kumar 14,441 2.03 n/a
Majority 1,22,176 17.15 +17.02
Turnout 7,12,409 65.68 +0.80
CPI gain from AIADMK Swing +48.85

References[]

  1. ^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.

External links[]

See also[]

  • Tenkasi
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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