Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha Constituency
Tirunelveli lok sabha constituency.png
Area of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentS. Gnanathiraviam
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952-present
ReservationGeneral
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors16,07,800
Former MPK. R. P. Prabakaran
Most Successful PartyAIADMK (7 times)
Assembly Constituencies

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.

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
223 Alangulam None Tenkasi
224 Tirunelveli None Tirunelveli
225 Ambasamudram None Tirunelveli
226 Palayamkottai None Tirunelveli
227 Nanguneri None Tirunelveli
228 Radhapuram None Tirunelveli

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

  1. Vilathikulam
  2. Ottapidaram
  3. Tirunelveli
  4. Palayamkottai
  5. Tiruvaikuntam
  6. Thoothukudi.[1]

Members of the Parliament[]

Lok Sabha Election Member Party Tenure
1st 1952 P. T. Thanu Pillai Indian National Congress 1952-1957
2nd 1957 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 1999-2004
14th 2004 R. Dhanuskodi Athithan Indian National Congress 2004-2009
15th 2009 S. Ramasubbu 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[]

General Election 2019[]

2019 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Gnanathiraviam 5,22,623 50.30
AIADMK P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian 3,37,166 32.40
AMMK Michael Rayappan 62,209 5.98 New
NTK P. Sathya 49,898 4.8
MNM M. Vennimalai 23,100 2.22 New
NOTA None of the Above 10,958 1.05
Majority 1,85,457 17.83
Turnout 10,40,390 67.22
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

General Election 2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. P. Prabakaran 3,98,139 41.37
DMK Devadasa Sundaram 2,72,040 28.26 +28.26
DMDK S Sivananentha Perumal 1,27,370 13.23
INC S. Ramasubbu 62,863 6.53
TNMK Dhevanathan Yadav T 19,381 2.01
Majority 1,26,099 13.10
Turnout 9,62,647 67.77
AIADMK gain from INC Swing

General Election 2009[]

2009 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Ramasubbu 2,74,932 39.23
AIADMK K. Annamalai 2,53,629 36.19
DMDK S. Michael Rayappan 94,562 13.49 +13.49
BJP Karu Nagarajan 39,997 5.70
IND N. Jeyabalan 6,079 0.87
Majority 21,303 3.04
Turnout 7,00,788 66.13
INC hold Swing

General Election 2004[]

2004 Indian general elections: Tirunelveli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Dhanuskodi Athithan 3,70,127 58.39 n/a
AIADMK R. Amirtha Ganesan 2,03,052 32.03 -8.88
JD(U) M. Appavu 39,333 6.21 n/a
Majority 1,67,075 26.36 +22.02
Turnout 6,33,846 58.35 +3.89
INC gain from AIADMK Swing +58.39

See also[]

References[]

  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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