Tirunelveli (state assembly constituency)

Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	292,411
Most successful party	DMK (6 times) ; ADMK (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Nainar Nagendran
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Tirunelveli is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence. Tirunelveli was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Tirunelveli voted for the party that forms government in the state except for 2016.

Madras State assembly[]

Year	Winner
1952	Arumugam S. N. Somayajulu	Indian National Congress
1957	Rajathi Kunjithapatham	Indian National Congress
1962	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	Indian National Congress
1967	A. L. Subramanian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu assembly[]

Year	Winner
1971	P. Padmanabhan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	G. R. Edmund	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1986	R. M. Veerappan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. L. Subramanian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	D. Veliah Thevar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. L. Subramanian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Nainar Nagendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	N. Malai Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Nainar Nagendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Nainar Nagendran	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.70%
2016			43.13%
2011			54.81%
2006			45.85%
2001			40.93%
1996			52.48%
1991			62.81%
1989			35.55%
1984			59.57%
1980			57.96%
1977			38.50%
1971			62.16%
1967			61.74%
1962			36.89%
1957			27.25%
1952			23.55%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nainar Nagendran	92,282	46.70%	43.53%
	DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	69,175	35.01%	-8.12%
	NTK	Sathya.B.	19,162	9.70%	8.59%
	AMMK	Mahesh Kannan.A. P.	8,911	4.51%
	NOTA	Nota	2,091	1.06%	-0.11%
	Independent	Sivakumar.M.	1,412	0.71%
	Independent	Srithar Rajan	1,342	0.68%
	BSP	Kalanithy	654	0.33%
	Independent	Sankarasubramanian.M.	582	0.29%
	Independent	Esakkimuthu.P.	437	0.22%
	CPI(ML)L	Sundarraj.M.	415	0.21%
Margin of victory			23,107	11.69%	11.38%
Turnout			197,587	67.57%	-2.91%
Registered electors			292,411
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	3.58%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	81,761	43.13%	12.79%
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	81,160	42.81%	-12.00%
	DMDK	Madasamy S.	8,640	4.56%
	BJP	Maharajan A.	6,017	3.17%	2.02%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,218	1.17%
	NTK	Viyanarasu A.	2,106	1.11%
	Independent	Velammal G.	2,029	1.07%
	PMK	Ganesan Kannan	1,884	0.99%
	Independent	Rajkumar P.	1,377	0.73%
	BSP	Balasubramanian E.	507	0.27%
	Independent	Mallar Maharajan	401	0.21%
Margin of victory			601	0.32%	-24.15%
Turnout			189,576	70.48%	-6.20%
Registered electors			268,968
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.68%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	86,220	54.81%	9.39%
	DMK	A. L. S. Lakshmanan	47,729	30.34%	-15.50%
	JMM	Velammal. G	7,771	4.94%
	Independent	Pasupathipandian. C	4,307	2.74%
	IJK	Madhan. S	2,696	1.71%
	BJP	Murugadhas. G	1,815	1.15%	-0.43%
	Independent	Subramanian. M	1,200	0.76%
	Independent	Ramakrishnan. P	975	0.62%
	Independent	Vedantham. K	969	0.62%
	Independent	Madasamy. C	814	0.52%
	BSP	Devendran. T	732	0.47%
Margin of victory			38,491	24.47%	24.05%
Turnout			205,146	76.68%	4.62%
Registered electors			157,304
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.97%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Malai Raja	65,517	45.85%	5.61%
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	64,911	45.42%	4.49%
	Independent	Jayachandran. S	4,080	2.85%
	AIFB	Nambirajan S	2,709	1.90%
	BJP	Sivakumar. K. M	2,257	1.58%
	BSP	Jeyakumar A	1,406	0.98%
	Independent	Velua	565	0.40%
	Independent	Raji Yadhav	525	0.37%
	CPI(ML)L	Rajamanickam. T.	444	0.31%	-0.44%
	SP	Chelladurai. S	178	0.12%
	Independent	Sankar Kumar. M	135	0.09%
Margin of victory			606	0.42%	-0.27%
Turnout			142,908	72.06%	18.94%
Registered electors			198,312
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.92%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nainar Nagendran	42,765	40.93%	8.88%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	42,043	40.24%	-12.24%
	SP	Saravanaperumal. S	11,025	10.55%
	MDMK	Shanmugasundaram. R	4,980	4.77%	-3.38%
	Independent	Jabarullakhan. P.	1,595	1.53%
	CPI(ML)L	Sankarapandian. T.	782	0.75%	0.44%
	Independent	Rajapandian. J	445	0.43%
	Independent	Velu. A	410	0.39%
	Independent	Arumuganainar. T	229	0.22%
	Independent	Ayyappan. P	218	0.21%
Margin of victory			722	0.69%	-19.74%
Turnout			104,492	53.12%	-15.81%
Registered electors			196,785
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-11.55%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	59,914	52.48%	19.80%
	AIADMK	Karuppasamy Pandian. V.	36,590	32.05%	-30.76%
	MDMK	Achiyur Mani. M.	9,295	8.14%
	PMK	Perumal. P.	3,141	2.75%
	BJP	Chidambaram. Su.	2,171	1.90%
	JP	Kalaivanan. P.	1,661	1.45%
	CPI(ML)L	Sankarapandian. T.	351	0.31%
	Independent	Mohamed Abdul Malik. V. A.	218	0.19%
	Independent	Armugadass Yadav	133	0.12%
	Independent	Arumugasamy. K.	132	0.12%
	Independent	Lakshmanan. K.	108	0.09%
Margin of victory			23,324	20.43%	-9.70%
Turnout			114,165	68.93%	7.04%
Registered electors			170,499
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.33%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Veliah	63,138	62.81%	39.11%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	32,853	32.68%	-2.87%
	Independent	Thandayuthapani M.	1,874	1.86%
	PMK	Nellaiappan C.	1,803	1.79%
		Ponnudurai V.	246	0.24%
	Independent	Peer Jamal P.	151	0.15%
	Independent	Royappan M.	95	0.09%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran A.	79	0.08%
	Independent	Mohamad Madhar M.	65	0.06%
	Independent	Somasundaram E.	60	0.06%
	Independent	Nagarajan A. S.	59	0.06%
Margin of victory			30,285	30.13%	21.22%
Turnout			100,516	61.90%	-10.73%
Registered electors			165,240
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	27.26%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	37,991	35.55%	-4.10%
	INC	Nellai Kannan N. S. S. M	28,470	26.64%
	AIADMK	Masana Moorthy. V. M	25,332	23.71%	-35.87%
	AIADMK	Muthusamy. K. M	12,201	11.42%	-48.16%
	Independent	Gaspar Raja. G. M	1,513	1.42%
	Independent	Esakki Pandian. P. M	253	0.24%
	Independent	Yusuf. A. M	171	0.16%
	Independent	Arumugadas. P. M	168	0.16%
	Independent	Murugan. M. M	158	0.15%
	Independent	Kaja Nawaz. A. M	154	0.14%
	Independent	Subramanian. T. S. M	142	0.13%
Margin of victory			9,521	8.91%	-11.01%
Turnout			106,862	72.63%	-2.64%
Registered electors			149,539
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.02%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Narayanan	56,409	59.57%	1.61%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	37,547	39.65%
	Independent	Ramakrishnan. M.	372	0.39%
	Independent	Arumughadoss. P.	359	0.38%
Margin of victory			18,862	19.92%	2.90%
Turnout			94,687	75.27%	5.47%
Registered electors			129,277
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.61%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	48,338	57.96%	19.46%
	INC	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	34,142	40.94%	13.07%
	Independent	Pandian	613	0.74%
	Independent	Ilan Thevar Chandra Sekar	301	0.36%
Margin of victory			14,196	17.02%	6.39%
Turnout			83,394	69.79%	10.30%
Registered electors			120,570
	AIADMK hold		Swing	19.46%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. R. Edmund	26,419	38.50%
	INC	Krishnan Alias Nellai Kannan	19,125	27.87%	-9.97%
	JP	R. Servaikaren Subbiah	8,244	12.01%
	DMK	E. Nambi	8,199	11.95%	-50.21%
	Independent	M. Abdul Majeed	6,090	8.87%
	Independent	E. Hariramakrishnan	545	0.79%
Margin of victory			7,294	10.63%	-13.69%
Turnout			68,622	59.49%	-10.60%
Registered electors			116,395
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-23.66%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Padmanabhan	43,325	62.16%	0.42%
	INC	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	26,373	37.84%	0.19%
Margin of victory			16,952	24.32%	0.24%
Turnout			69,698	70.10%	-6.74%
Registered electors			103,204
	DMK hold		Swing	0.42%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. L. Subramanian	41,589	61.74%
	INC	M. S. M. Pillai	25,364	37.65%	0.76%
	Independent	M. K. R. Iyenger	409	0.61%
Margin of victory			16,225	24.09%	22.04%
Turnout			67,362	76.84%	2.40%
Registered electors			89,938
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	24.84%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajathi Kunjithapatham	25,985	36.89%	9.64%
	SWA	Ramasami (Sundaram)	24,544	34.85%
	IUML	Ahmed Ibrahim	18,091	25.69%
	PSP	Muthiah Pillai	809	1.15%
	Independent	S. Rajagopalachari	702	1.00%
	Independent	Narasimha Rao	299	0.42%
Margin of victory			1,441	2.05%	-4.40%
Turnout			70,430	74.44%	-7.61%
Registered electors			96,617
	INC hold		Swing	9.64%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajathi Kunjithapatham	38,839	27.25%	3.70%
	INC		29,648	20.80%	-2.75%
	Independent	Kandish	16,886	11.85%
	PSP	Mohammaed Ismail Rowther	15,695	11.01%
	PSP	Ponnusami (Sc)	12,388	8.69%
	Independent	Esakimuthu (Sc)	7,834	5.50%
	Independent	Jacob	4,834	3.39%
	Independent	Chelliah (Sc)	4,822	3.38%
	Independent	Sankarasubramania Iyer	2,791	1.96%
	Independent	Sundaram	2,781	1.95%
	Independent	Kannappa Pillai	2,760	1.94%
Margin of victory			9,191	6.45%	2.56%
Turnout			142,516	82.05%	-14.91%
Registered electors			173,695
	INC hold		Swing	3.70%

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirunelveli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Arumugam	32,529	23.55%	23.55%
	INC	S. N. Somayajulu	27,156	19.66%	19.66%
	Independent	P. S. Subramania Pillai	20,470	14.82%
	CPI	Shammaguam	19,315	13.98%
	Independent	Kankaraj	16,604	12.02%
	SP	Nadarajan Alias Mangala Ponnambalam	10,458	7.57%
	KMPP	Subramanian	5,857	4.24%
	Independent	Muthiah	3,198	2.32%
	Independent	Sethuramalingam Pillai	2,550	1.85%
Margin of victory			5,373	3.89%
Turnout			138,137	96.96%
Registered electors			142,467
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

^ "VVPAT used on pilot basis". The Hindu. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ "VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry" (PDF).
^ "Voter Verifiable Paper Auditor Trail units brought to Nellai - The Hindu". The Hindu.
^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu.

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

[1] "VVPAT used on pilot basis". The Hindu. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

[2] "VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry" (PDF).

[3] "Voter Verifiable Paper Auditor Trail units brought to Nellai - The Hindu". The Hindu.

[4] "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu.

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