Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Tirunelveli
|image = Tirunelveli lok sabha constituency.png
|caption = Area of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency
|CurrentMP = [[S. Gnanathiraviam]]
|CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|Existence = 1952-present
|Reservation = General
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Electorate = 16,07,800
|FormerMP = [[K. R. P. Prabakaran]]
|SuccessfulParty = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies =* [[Alangulam (state assembly constituency)|Alangulam]]
* [[Tirunelveli (state assembly constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
* [[Ambasamudram (state assembly constituency)|Ambasamudram]]
* [[Palayamkottai (state assembly constituency)|Palayamkottai]]
* [[Nanguneri (state assembly constituency)|Nanguneri]]
* [[Radhapuram (state assembly constituency)|Radhapuram]]
}}

'''Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency''' ({{lang-ta|திருநெல்வேலி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி}}) is one of the 39 [[Lok Sabha]] ([[Parliament of India|parliamentary]]) constituencies in [[Tamil Nadu]], a [[Federated state|state]] in South [[India]].

==Assembly segments==
From 2009 General Elections, the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency composed of following 6 assembly segments:
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|223
|[[Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Alangulam]]
|None
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]
|-
| 224
|[[Tirunelveli (State Assembly Constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
|None
|[[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
|-
|225
|[[Ambasamudram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ambasamudram]]
|None
|[[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
|-
|226
|[[Palayamkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Palayamkottai]]
|None
|[[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
|-
|227
|[[Nanguneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Nanguneri]]
|None
|[[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
|-
|228
|[[Radhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Radhapuram]]
|None
|[[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
|-
|}
Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency was initially composed of the following assembly segments (before 2009 elections):
#[[Vilathikulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vilathikulam]]
# [[Ottapidaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ottapidaram]]
# [[Tirunelveli (State Assembly Constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
# [[Palayamkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Palayamkottai]]
# [[Srivaikuntam (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvaikuntam]]
# [[Thoothukudi (state assembly constituency)|Thoothukudi]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date = 2008-10-13
|work = Tamil Nadu
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date = 2006-05-04
}}</ref>

==List of elected members==
{| class="sortable" width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: API PHONETIQUE"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |SL No.
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Lok Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
|rowspan=2|1.
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]]
|rowspan=2|[[P. T. Thanu Pillai]]
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1952-1957
|---
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]
|1957-1962
|----
|2.
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]
|Muthiah
|1962-1967
|----
|3.
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]
|[[S. Xavier]]
|[[Swatantra Party]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|1967-1971
|----
|4.
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]
|[[S. A. Muruganantham]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|1971-1977
|----
|5.
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]
|[[Aladi Aruna|Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|1977-1980
|----
|6.
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]
|[[D. S. A. Sivaprakasam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|1980-1984
|----
|rowspan=3|7.
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]
|rowspan=3|[[Kadambur R. Janarthanan]]
|rowspan=3|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|1984-1989
|----
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]
|1989-1991
|----
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]
|1991-1996
|----
|8.
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]
|[[D. S. A. Sivaprakasam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|1996-1998
|----
|(7)
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
|[[Kadambur R. Janarthanan]]
|rowspan=2|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|1998-1999
|----
|9.
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]
|[[P. H. Pandian]]
|1999-2004
|----
|10.
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]
|[[R. Dhanuskodi Athithan]]
|rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|2004-2009
|----
|10.
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
|[[S. Ramasubbu]]
|2009-2014
|----
|11.
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
|[[K. R. P. Prabakaran]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|2014-2019
|----
|12.
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|[[S. Gnanathiraviam]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10277-general-election-to-the-17th-lok-sabha-2019-list-of-members-elected/|page=27|format=PDF|publisher=Election Commission of India|date=25 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
|2019-[[Incumbent]]
|----
|}

== Election results ==
===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Tirunelveli]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = S. Gnanathiraviam
|votes = 5,22,623
|percentage = 50.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian]]
|votes = 3,37,166
|percentage = 32.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[Michael Rayappan]]
|votes = 62,209
|percentage = 5.98
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi
|candidate = P. Sathya
|votes = 49,898
|percentage =4.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam
|candidate = M. Vennimalai
|votes = 23,100
|percentage = 2.22
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 10,958
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,85,457
|percentage = 17.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,40,390
|percentage = 67.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Tirunelveli]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate =[[K. R. P. Prabakaran]]
|votes = 3,98,139
|percentage = 41.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = Devadasa Sundaram
|votes = 2,72,040
|percentage = 28.26
|change = +28.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|candidate =S Sivananentha Perumal
|votes = 1,27,370
|percentage = 13.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = S. Ramasubbu
|votes =62,863
|percentage = 6.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress
|candidate = Dhevanathan Yadav T
|votes =19,381
|percentage = 2.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,26,099
|percentage = 13.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,62,647
|percentage = 67.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Tirunelveli]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = S. Ramasubbu
|votes = 2,74,932
|percentage = 39.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = K. Annamalai
|votes = 2,53,629
|percentage = 36.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|candidate =S. Michael Rayappan
|votes = 94,562
|percentage = 13.49
|change = +13.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate =Karu Nagarajan
|votes =39,997
|percentage =5.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate =N. Jeyabalan
|votes =6,079
|percentage =0.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,303
|percentage = 3.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,00,788
|percentage = 66.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Tirunelveli]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[R. Dhanuskodi Athithan]]
|votes = 3,70,127
|percentage = 58.39
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = R. Amirtha Ganesan
|votes = 2,03,052
|percentage = 32.03
|change = -8.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = M. Appavu
|votes = 39,333
|percentage = 6.21
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,67,075
|percentage = 26.36
|change = +22.02
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,33,846
|percentage = 58.35
|change = +3.89
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing = +58.39
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Tirunelveli]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*http://164.100.24.209/newls/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=13{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/tirunelveli/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Tirunelveli lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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