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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Tenkasi
|image        = tenkasi lok sabha constituency.png
|caption = Tenkasi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
|Existence = 1957-present
|Reservation = [[Scheduled Caste]]
|CurrentMPParty = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|CurrentMP = [[Dhanush M. Kumar]]
|ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019|2019 Election]]
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Successful Party = [[Indian National Congress]] (9 times)
|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]]
|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>
}}
 
'''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]].
 
==Assembly segments==
Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :<ref>{{cite web
|url        = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title      = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|accessdate  = 2008-10-13
|work        = Tamil Nadu
|publisher  = Election Commission of India
|url-status    = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate = 2006-05-04
|df          =
}}</ref>
{| 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
|-
|203
|[[Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency)|Rajapalayam]]
|None
|[[Virudhunagar district|Virudhunagar]]
|-
|204
|[[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivilliputhur]]
|SC
|[[Virudhunagar district|Virudhunagar]]
|-
|219
|[[Sankarankoil (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankarankovil]]
|SC
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]
|-
|220
|[[Vasudevanallur (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Vasudevanallur]]
|SC
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]
|-
|221
|[[Kadayanallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kadayanallur]]
|None
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]
|-
|222
|[[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tenkasi]]
|None
|[[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]
|-
|
|}
Before 2009:
 
1.Sankarankovil (SC)


2.Vasudevanallur (SC)
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3.Kadaiyanallur
 
4.Tenkasi
 
5.Alangulam
 
6.Ambasamuthiram
 
==Members of Parliament==
{| width="60%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Runner-up
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
|----
|1957
|[[M. Sankarapandian]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[N. Shanmugham]]
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|----
|1962
|[[M. P. Swamy]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[S. A. Muruganandam]]
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|----
|1967
|[[R. S. Arumugam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Velu
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|----
|1971
|[[A. M. Chellachami]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[R. S. Arumugam]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]
|----
|1977
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[S. Rajagopalan]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]
|----
|1980
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[S. Rajagopalan]]
|[[Janata Party|JNP]]
|----
|1984
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[R. Krishnan (politician)|R. Krishnan]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|----
|1989
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[R. Krishnan (politician)|R. Krishnan]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|----
|1991
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[T. Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|----
|1996
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)|TMC(M)]]
|[[V. Selvaraj]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|1998
|[[S. Murugesan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[M. Arunachalam (Tenkasi MP)|M. Arunachalam]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)|TMC(M)]]
|----
|1999
|[[S. Murugesan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|S. Arumugam
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2004
|[[M. Appadurai]]
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|[[S. Murugesan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|----
|2009
|[[P. Lingam]]
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|K. Vellaipandi
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|----
|2014
|[[M. Vasanthi]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[K. Krishnasamy]]
|[[Puthiya Tamizhagam]]
|----
|2019
|[[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>
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[K. Krishnasamy]]
|[[Puthiya Tamizhagam]]
|}
 
== Detailed results ==
 
=== 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = [[Dhanush M Kumar]]
  |votes      = 4,69,156
  |percentage = 44.69
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Puthiya Tamilagam
  |candidate  = [[K. Krishnasamy]]
  |votes      = 3,55,870
  |percentage = 33.40
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      =Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  =S. Ponnuthai
  |votes      = 92,116
  |percentage = 8.64
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Naam Tamilar Katchi
  |candidate  = S. S. Madhivanan
  |votes      = 59,445
  |percentage = 5.58
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Makkal Needhi Maiam
  |candidate  = K. Muneeswaran
  |votes      = 24,023
  |percentage = 2.25
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
  |votes      =14,056
  |percentage = 1.32
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 1,20,286
  |percentage = 11.29
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 10,66,008
  |percentage = 71.43
  |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]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = [[M. Vasanthi]]
  |votes      = 4,24,586
  |percentage = 41.71
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Puthiya Tamizhagam
  |candidate  = [[K. Krishnasamy]]
  |votes      = 2,62,812
  |percentage = 25.82
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = Sadhan Thirumalai Kumar T
  |votes      = 1,90,233
  |percentage = 18.61
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = K. Jeyakumar
  |votes      = 58,963
  |percentage = 5.73
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  =[[P. Lingam]]
  |votes      = 23,528
  |percentage =1.42
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  =[[None of the above]]
  |votes      = 14,492
  |percentage =1.42
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 1,61,774
  |percentage = 15.89
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 10,19,436
  |percentage = 73.76
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |loser      = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = P. Lingam
  |votes      = 2,81,174
  |percentage = 37.69
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = G. Vellaipandi
  |votes      = 2,34,368
  |percentage = 33.04
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Puthiya Tamizhagam
  |candidate  = [[K. Krishnasamy]]
  |votes      = 1,16,685
  |percentage = 15.63
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
  |candidate  =K. Inbaraj
  |votes      = 75,741
  |percentage = 10.14
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Krishnan K
  |votes      =6,948
  |percentage = 0.93
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 34,677
  |percentage = 4.65
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 7,46,413
  |percentage = 70.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Tenkasi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[M. Appadurai]]
  |votes      = 3,48,000
  |percentage = 48.85
  |change    = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |candidate  = [[S. Murugesan]]
  |votes      = 2,25,824
  |percentage = 31.70
  |change    = -3.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = Dr. K. Krishnasamy
  |votes      = 1,01,122
  |percentage = 14.19
  |change    = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = M. Vadivel Kumar
  |votes      = 14,441
  |percentage = 2.03
  |change    = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 1,22,176
  |percentage = 17.15
  |change    = +17.02
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 7,12,409
  |percentage = 65.68
  |change    = +0.80
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
  |loser      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  |swing      = +48.85
}}
{{Election box end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]
*[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]
==See also==
* [[Tenkasi]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}
{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tirunelveli district]]

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