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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}<br />
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
|name = Nagercoil<br />
|image = <br />
|caption = <br />
|Existence = 1957<br />
|Abolished = 2009<br />
|Reservation = None<br />
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|Electorate = 1493509<br />
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Nagercoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Nagercoil]], [[Kanyakumari]], [[Colachel]], [[Padmanabhapuram]], [[Killiyur (state assembly constituency)|Killiyur]], [[Vilavancode]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''[[Nagercoil]]''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. [[K. Kamaraj Nadar|K. Kamaraj]]. The first elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from here. It has been now named as [[Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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==Assembly segments==<br />
Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency used to be composed of the following assembly segments:<br />
*[[Colachel (State Assembly Constituency)|Colachel]]<br />
*[[Killiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Killyur]]<br />
*[[Nagercoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Nagercoil]]<br />
*[[Padmanabhapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Padmanabhapuram]]<br />
*[[Thiruvattar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvattar]]<br />
*[[Vilavancode (State Assembly Constituency)|Vilavancode]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies<br />
|access-date = 2008-10-13<br />
|work = Tamil Nadu<br />
|publisher = Election Commission of India<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|archive-date = 2008-10-31<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Kanyakumari district which includes Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency was a constituent of [[Travancore-Cochin]] state before merging with Tamil Nadu in 1956.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Members of the Parliament==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="40%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Picture<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Runner-up<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party<br />
|----<br />
|1951<br />
|[[Marshal Nesamony|Marshal A. Nesamony]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu Congress]]<br />
|[[Sivathanu Pillai]]<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|----<br />
|1957<br />
|[[P. Thanulinga Nadar]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[Chellaswamy]]<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|----<br />
|1962<br />
| [[Marshal Nesamony|Marshal A. Nesamony]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[P. Vivekananda]]<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|----<br />
|1967<br />
|[[Marshal Nesamony|Marshal A. Nesamony]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[M. Mathias]]<br />
|[[Swatantra Party]]<br />
|----<br />
|1969 (by-election)<br />
|[[K. Kamarajar]]<br />
|[[File:Kamarajar.jpg|150x150px]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[M. Mathias]]<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|----<br />
|1971<br />
|[[K. Kamarajar]]<br />
|[[File:Kamarajar.jpg|150x150px]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]<br />
|[[M. C. Balan]]<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|----<br />
|1977<br />
|[[Kumari Ananthan]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]<br />
|[[M. Moses]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|----<br />
|1980<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]<br />
|[[Pon. Vijayaraghavan]]<br />
|[[Janata Party]]<br />
|----<br />
|1984<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[Pon. Vijayaraghavan]]<br />
|[[Janata Party]]<br />
|----<br />
|1989<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[D. Kumaradoss]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal]]<br />
|----<br />
|1991<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|[[P. Mohammad Ismail]]<br />
|[[Janata Dal]]<br />
|----<br />
|1996<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]<br />
|[[Pon. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|----<br />
|1998<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]<br />
|[[Pon. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|----<br />
|1999<br />
|[[Pon Radhakrishnan]]<br />
|[[File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg|150x150px]]<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|[[N. Dennis]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|----<br />
|2004<br />
|[[A. V. Bellarmin]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
|[[Pon. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|----<br />
|}<br />
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* In 2008, the Nagercoil constituency was renamed Kanyakumari. For results post-2008, please see [[Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
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==Election Results==<br />
===General Election 2004===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = [[A. V. Bellarmin]]<br />
|votes = 410,091 <br />
|percentage = 60.87<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Pon Radhakrishnan|P. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
|votes = 245,797 <br />
|percentage = 36.48<br />
|change = -12.94<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 164,294 <br />
|percentage = 24.39<br />
|change = +0.97<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 673,716 <br />
|percentage = 60.69<br />
|change = +1.90<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = +60.87<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Left Front (West Bengal)<br />
|loser = National Democratic Alliance (India)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf Volume I, 1996 Indian general election, 11th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf Volume I, 2004 Indian general election, 14th Lok Sabha]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Nagercoil]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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