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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}<br />
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
|Name = Tenkasi<br />
|image = tenkasi lok sabha constituency.png<br />
|caption = Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation<br />
|Existence = 1957-present<br />
|Reservation = [[Scheduled Caste]]<br />
|CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] <br />
|CurrentMP = [[Dhanush M. Kumar]]<br />
|ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019|2019 Election]]<br />
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|Successful Party = [[Indian National Congress]] (9 times)<br />
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rajapalayam]]<br /> [[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivilliputhur ]]<br /> [[Sankarankovil (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankarankovil]]<br /> [[Vasudevanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Vasudevanallur]]<br /> [[Kadayanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kadayanallur]]<br /> [[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tenkasi]] <br />
|Electorate = 15,03,898 <ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result]</ref><br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency''' ({{lang-ta|தென்காசி மக்களவைத் தொகுதி}}) is one of the 39 [[Lok Sabha]] ([[Parliament of India|parliamentary]]) constituencies in [[Tamil Nadu]], a [[Federated state|state]] in southern [[India]].<br />
<br />
==Assembly segments==<br />
Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :<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 />
|accessdate = 2008-10-13<br />
|work = Tamil Nadu<br />
|publisher = Election Commission of India<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|archivedate = 2006-05-04<br />
|df = <br />
}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"<br />
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number<br />
! width="200px" |Name<br />
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)<br />
! width="150px" |District<br />
|-<br />
|203<br />
|[[Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rajapalayam]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Virudhunagar district|Virudhunagar]]<br />
|-<br />
|204<br />
|[[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivilliputhur]]<br />
|SC<br />
|[[Virudhunagar district|Virudhunagar]]<br />
|-<br />
|219<br />
|[[Sankarankoil (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankarankovil]]<br />
|SC<br />
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]<br />
|-<br />
|220<br />
|[[Vasudevanallur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Vasudevanallur]]<br />
|SC<br />
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]<br />
|-<br />
|221<br />
|[[Kadayanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kadayanallur]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]<br />
|-<br />
|222<br />
|[[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tenkasi]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
Before 2009:<br />
<br />
1.Sankarankovil (SC)<br />
<br />
2.Vasudevanallur (SC)<br />
<br />
3.Kadaiyanallur<br />
<br />
4.Tenkasi<br />
<br />
5.Alangulam<br />
<br />
6.Ambasamuthiram<br />
<br />
==Members of Parliament==<br />
{| width="60%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<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 />
|1957<br />
|[[M. Sankarapandian]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[N. Shanmugham]]<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1962<br />
|[[M. P. Swamy]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[S. A. Muruganandam]]<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1967<br />
|[[R. S. Arumugam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|Velu<br />
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1971<br />
|[[A. M. Chellachami]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[R. S. Arumugam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1977<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[S. Rajagopalan]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1980<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[S. Rajagopalan]]<br />
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1984<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[R. Krishnan (politician)|R. Krishnan]]<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1989<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[R. Krishnan (politician)|R. Krishnan]]<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]<br />
|---- <br />
|1991<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar]]<br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]<br />
|----<br />
|1996<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)|TMC(M)]]<br />
|[[V. Selvaraj]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|----<br />
|1998<br />
|[[S. Murugesan]]<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]<br />
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)|TMC(M)]]<br />
|----<br />
|1999<br />
|[[S. Murugesan]]<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|S. Arumugam<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
|----<br />
|2004<br />
|[[M. Appadurai]]<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|[[S. Murugesan]]<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|----<br />
|2009<br />
|[[P. Lingam]]<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|K. Vellaipandi<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|----<br />
|2014<br />
|[[M. Vasanthi]]<br />
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]<br />
|[[K. Krishnasamy]]<br />
|[[Puthiya Tamizhagam]]<br />
|----<br />
|2019<br />
|[[Dhanush M Kumar]]<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|accessdate=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|[[K. Krishnasamy]]<br />
|[[Puthiya Tamizhagam]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Detailed results ==<br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[Dhanush M Kumar]]<br />
|votes = 4,69,156<br />
|percentage = 44.69<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamilagam<br />
|candidate = [[K. Krishnasamy]]<br />
|votes = 3,55,870<br />
|percentage = 33.40<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party =Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate =S. Ponnuthai <br />
|votes = 92,116<br />
|percentage = 8.64<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi<br />
|candidate = S. S. Madhivanan<br />
|votes = 59,445<br />
|percentage = 5.58<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam<br />
|candidate = K. Muneeswaran<br />
|votes = 24,023<br />
|percentage = 2.25<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above]]<br />
|votes =14,056<br />
|percentage = 1.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 1,20,286<br />
|percentage = 11.29<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 10,66,008<br />
|percentage = 71.43<br />
|change = <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 />
=== 2014 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[M. Vasanthi]]<br />
|votes = 4,24,586<br />
|percentage = 41.71<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamizhagam<br />
|candidate = [[K. Krishnasamy]]<br />
|votes = 2,62,812<br />
|percentage = 25.82<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar T<br />
|votes = 1,90,233<br />
|percentage = 18.61<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = K. Jeyakumar<br />
|votes = 58,963<br />
|percentage = 5.73<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate =[[P. Lingam]]<br />
|votes = 23,528<br />
|percentage =1.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate =[[None of the above]]<br />
|votes = 14,492<br />
|percentage =1.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 1,61,774<br />
|percentage = 15.89<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 10,19,436<br />
|percentage = 73.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = United Progressive Alliance<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = P. Lingam<br />
|votes = 2,81,174<br />
|percentage = 37.69<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = G. Vellaipandi<br />
|votes = 2,34,368<br />
|percentage = 33.04<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Puthiya Tamizhagam<br />
|candidate = [[K. Krishnasamy]]<br />
|votes = 1,16,685<br />
|percentage = 15.63<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam<br />
|candidate =K. Inbaraj<br />
|votes = 75,741<br />
|percentage = 10.14<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Krishnan K<br />
|votes =6,948<br />
|percentage = 0.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 34,677<br />
|percentage = 4.65<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 7,46,413<br />
|percentage = 70.18<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2004===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = [[M. Appadurai]]<br />
|votes = 3,48,000 <br />
|percentage = 48.85<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|candidate = [[S. Murugesan]]<br />
|votes = 2,25,824 <br />
|percentage = 31.70<br />
|change = -3.62<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|candidate = Dr. K. Krishnasamy<br />
|votes = 1,01,122 <br />
|percentage = 14.19<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = M. Vadivel Kumar<br />
|votes = 14,441 <br />
|percentage = 2.03<br />
|change = n/a<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 1,22,176 <br />
|percentage = 17.15<br />
|change = +17.02<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 7,12,409 <br />
|percentage = 65.68<br />
|change = +0.80<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India<br />
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|swing = +48.85<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]<br />
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/tenkasi/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Tenkasi lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tenkasi]]<br />
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Tirunelveli district]]</div>
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