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{{Infobox state assembly constituency<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = Kanniyakumari<br />
| Existence = 1952-present<br />
| CurrentMLAParty = [[AIADMK]]<br />
| CurrentMLA = [[Thalavai Sundaram]]<br />
| ElectedByYear = [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| District = [[Kanniyakumari district|Kanniyakumari]]<br />
| State = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| Electorate = <br />
| Reservation = General<br />
| Successful Party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7 times)<br />
}} <br />
'''Kanyakumari''' is a Tamil Nadu assembly constituency located in [[Kanniyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency]] in [[Kanyakumari district]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. The constituency is located in the southern corner of mainland [[India]], comprising the popular tourist destination [[Kanyakumari]]. In 2011 election, it had 237,410 total number of voters, consisting of 120,372 males and 117,038 females. [[Nadar (caste)|Nadar]]sformed the majority of the electorate.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Tamilnadu&artid=402058&SectionID=129&MainSectionId=129&SEO=&Title=| title=விஐபி தொகுதி - 12: கன்னியாகுமரி சுரேஷ் ராஜனின் சவால்!| publisher=Dinamani| date=8 April 2011| access-date=10 April 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006132737/http://dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Tamilnadu&artid=402058&SectionID=129&MainSectionId=129&SEO=&Title=| archive-date=6 October 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref> Kanyakumari will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|VVPAT]] facility with EVMs in [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ec-to-tighten-grip-on-cash-for-votes/article8225776.ece|title=EC to tighten grip on cash for votes|date=12 February 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
===2021===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kanyakumari]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[Thalavai Sundaram]]<br />
|votes = 109745<br />
|percentage = 48.8<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[S. Austin]] <br />
|votes = 93532<br />
|percentage = 41.59<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi<br />
|candidate = SASIKALA R<br />
|votes = 14140<br />
|percentage = 6.29<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate |<br />
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam<br />
|candidate = SELVAKUMAR P.T.<br />
|votes = 3106<br />
|percentage = 1.38<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate |<br />
|party = NOTA<br />
|candidate = None of the Above<br />
|votes = 1096<br />
|percentage = 0.49<br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 16213<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = AIADMK<br />
|loser = DMK<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2016===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kanniyakumari]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[S. Austin (MLA)|S. Austin]]|votes= 89,023|percentage=42.41|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Thalavai Sundaram]]|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=83,111|percentage=39.59|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[M. Meena Dev]]|votes=24,638|percentage=11.74|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=D. Aathilinga Perumal|party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|votes=6,914|percentage=3.29|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|candidate=V. Bala subramaniam|votes=1,732|percentage=0.83|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the Above]]|party=None of the above|votes=1,570|percentage=0.75|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
| |votes = 5,912<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,09,924|percentage=75.07|change=}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors<br />
| |reg. electors = 2,79,651 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2011===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kanniyakumari]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[K. T. Pachaimal]]|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=86,903|percentage=48.22|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[N. Suresh Rajan]]|votes= 69,099|percentage=38.34|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[M. R. Gandhi]]|votes=20,094|percentage=11.15|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha|candidate=P. Vetri Velayutha Perumal|votes=734|percentage=0.41|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
| |votes = 17,804<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,80,206|percentage=75.76|change=}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors<br />
| |reg. electors = 2,37,865 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2006===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kanyakumari]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[N. Suresh Rajan]]|votes=63181 |percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Thalavai Sundaram]]|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|votes=52494|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=A. Alex Shantha Sekar|party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|votes=5093|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=N. Thanu Krishnan|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=3436|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=T. Uthaman|party=All India Forward Bloc|votes=317|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha|candidate=P. Vetri Velayutha Perumal|votes=109|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
| |votes = 10687<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=126225|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors<br />
| |reg. electors = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = DMK<br />
|loser = AIADMK<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
== Travancore-cochin assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"<br />
!style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Constituency<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party<br />
|----<br />
|rowspan=2|Thovalai Agasthesswaram<br />
|rowspan=2|[[1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|[[T. S. Ramasamy Pillai]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|<br />
|---- <br />
|[[A. Samraj]]<br />
|----<br />
|Thovalai<br />
|rowspan=2|[[1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election|1954]]<br />
|[[T. S. Ramasamy Pillai]]<br />
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]<br />
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Praja Socialist Party/meta/color}}"|<br />
|---- <br />
|Agastheeswaram<br />
|[[P. Thanulinga Nadar]]<br />
|[[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress|Tamil Nadu Congress]]<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Madras State assembly==<br />
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| [[T. S. Ramaswamy Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| [[B. Natarajan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| [[B. M. Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Tamil Nadu assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
| [[K. Rajah Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| [[C. Krishnan (Kanyakumari MLA)|C. Krishnan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| [[S. Muthukrishnan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]<br />
| [[K. Perumal Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
| [[K. Subramania Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| [[M. Ammamuthu]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| [[N. Suresh Rajan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| [[Thalavai Sundaram]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| [[N. Suresh Rajan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| [[K. T. Pachaimal]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| [[S. Austin (MLA)|S. Austin]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| [[Thalavai Sundaram]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |title=Statistical reports of assembly elections |access-date=8 July 2010 |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=October 5, 2010 }}<br />
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